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Majority Mark: 59
- The cartogram represents both wins and leads.
- Select the area to view details. Zoom in on the map to view all constituencies. Map is not to scale.
- Colour depiction is for representational purposes.
Punjab election: AAP tally biggest ever in the state
Published on Mar 11, 2022 01:26 PM IST
In terms of vote share, AAP’s victory in the state is not that unprecedented. The Congress won 45% and 44% of total votes in 1980 and 1992.
Abhishek Jha
Punjab polls: Bhagwant Mann to announce swearing-in date today
Punjab assembly election 2022: The Punjab CM-elect, who left for Delhi to meet AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, also said he will meet Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday.
Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:06 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Chandigarh’s polity to also feel ripples of AAP victory in Punjab
The Congress, which already lost most seats in MC with the rise of the AAP in Chandigarh, will now be under severe pressure after getting a drubbing from the party in Punjab as well
Published on Mar 11, 2022 04:16 AM IST
Munieshwer Sagar, Chandigarh
Punjab polls: AAP rises to power in Mohali district
Real estate baron and former city mayor Kulwant Singh unseats three-time MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu in Mohali; greenhorn Anmol Gagan Mann ensures party’s second consecutive win in Kharar, becomes first female MLA in the district; Congress turncoat Kuljeet Singh Randhawa wraps up contest in AAP’s favour in Dera Bassi, ousting sitting MLA NK Sharma
Published on Mar 11, 2022 04:09 AM IST
Hillary Victor, Mohali
Punjab polls: Of 14 kin of politicians, only 4 romped home victorious
Rana Inder Partap Singh, son of cabinet minister Rana Gurjeet Singh, registered a convincing win with a margin of 11,731 votes from Sultanpur Lodhi constituency. He is the only independent candidate in the state to register victory
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:40 AM IST
Dera ‘diktat’ fails to influence voters in Punjab
After dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving 20-year term for raping two women disciples at his ashram and life term for murdering a journalist, was granted furlough ahead of the polling, it was viewed as an alleged political understanding between the BJP and the dera management to woo dera followers.
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:37 AM IST
Vishal Joshi
Punjab polls: Rajewal and Cos. dud poll debut
Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) proved to be a damp squib in the Punjab assembly polls as it failed to secure a single seat, crashing the party’s hopes to play the role of a game changer in the state politics
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:34 AM IST
Punjab poll results: In worst show, SAD faces existential crisis
SAD’s second consecutive defeat in the assembly polls has pushed the party, once known for representing the Panth and the peasantry, into an existential crisis
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:32 AM IST
Gurpreet Singh Nibber, Chandigarh
AAP tsunami sweeps one and all in Malwa belt
While the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) managed to win only one seat, the Congress score stopped at two in the Malwa region
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:31 AM IST
Vishal Rambani and Vishal Joshi
Punjab poll results: Squabbles spell doom for Congress
Not only did Congress seat tally nosedived to 18 from 77, the party’s vote share also slid to 24% from the last election’s 38.5%
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 02:26 AM IST
Navneet Sharma, Chandigarh
Punjab wanted change, listened to ‘Mann ki baat’
Chandigarh : A strong clamour for change, Bhagwant Mann-Kejriwal ki jodi and the party’s track record in Delhi propelled the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to power in Punjab
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:25 AM IST
Punjab poll results: Capt Amarinder’s PLC scores golden duck
Former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh not only lost from its bastion Patiala City but his Punjab Lok Congress got fewer votes than NOTA
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:22 AM IST
Ravinder Vasudeva, Chandigarh
Women double their representation in Punjab assembly
With 13 women elected to the 117-strong Punjab assembly, their representation has gone up from a mere six in the previous House, but still remains dismal
Published on Mar 11, 2022 02:20 AM IST
Aneesha Sareen Kumar, Ludhiana
Punjab polls | Once a Congress stronghold, Payal swept by AAP juggernaut
In a major setback, Congress lost Payal, one of its strongest bastions, to the Aam Aadmi Party juggernaut in the Punjab assembly polls; Congress’ Lakhvir Singh Lakha lost to AAP’s Manwinder Singh Giaspura
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:51 AM IST
Tarsem Singh Deogan, Ludhiana
Punjab polls | 12,900 voters find no candidate worthy, opt for Nota in Ludhiana
The fate of the 175 candidates contesting the Punjab polls from the 14 assembly segments in Ludhiana was decided by 18,27,340 voters, of which 12,900 chose Nota.
Published on Mar 11, 2022 01:44 AM IST
Nikhil Sharma, Ludhiana
Punjab polls | ‘Arrogance’, allegations of corruption did Ashu in
Congress’ poster boy and cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu lost the Ludhiana West segment to his former colleague Gurpreet Gogi by 7,512 votes in the 2022 Punjab polls
Published on Mar 11, 2022 01:41 AM IST
Harsimran Singh Batra, Ludhiana
Punjab polls | Curtain falls on Bains’ 10-year run, brothers lose security deposit
AAP leaders Kulwant Singh Sidhu and Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina clean sweep Atam Nagar and Ludhiana South constituencies
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:37 AM IST
Harsimran Singh Batra, Ludhiana
Punjab assembly elections results: Piercing silence at SAD, Congress offices in Chandigarh after drubbing
The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and Shiromani Akali Dal offices in Chandigarh wore a deserted look as both parties faced a massive defeat in the assembly elections
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:27 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula
Punjab assembly elections results: Celebrations break out at AAP camps in Mohali and Chandigarh
Celebrations started from early in the morning at Aam Aadmi Party’s office in Sector 79, as its Mohali candidate Kulwant Singh gained an early lead; he eventually won by beating Congress’ Balbir Sidhu
Published on Mar 11, 2022 01:23 AM IST
Dar Ovais, Chandigarh
Honest politics from Day 1 in Punjab: Manish Sisodia
The Aam Aadmi Party has got its first full state to rule in Punjab after an impressive poll victory. Sweta Goswami speaks to AAP leader and Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. Edited excerpts.
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 01:04 AM IST
Ludhiana | LIT chairperson announces resignation after Ashu’s defeat
Posting it on facebook, chairperson of Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) Raman Balasubramaniam said he will resign on March 11 morning
Updated on Mar 11, 2022 12:07 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Ludhiana
He's on right path: Bhagwant Mann’s mother as AAP leader takes over as Punjab CM
Mann won from Sangrur district's Dhuri Assembly constituency by a margin of 58,206 votes over Congress' Dalvir Singh Goldy.
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 08:16 PM IST
Written by Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
Meet Punjab’s True ShowMann
At 48, Bhagwant Mann will be the youngest to helm the state since 1970 when 42-year-old Parkash Singh Badal headed a coalition government. As a rank outsider who cut his teeth in politics in 2012, Mann has come a long way in a decade before he got nominated as the party’s CM face last month
Published on Mar 10, 2022 07:51 PM IST
Punjab voted with vengeance, and decisively
BEYOND THE NEWS: High on a heady victory, Bhagwant Mann has his task cut out. He will have to navigate the burden of soaring expectations stemming from a raft of populist promises that the AAP has made, while steering the state beset with daunting challenges: A ballooning ₹3 lakh crore public debt, farm distress, burgeoning unemployment and drug menace
Published on Mar 10, 2022 07:03 PM IST
Who is AAP's Bhagwant Mann, the stand-up comic who will be next Punjab CM
Bhagwant Mann won his first Assembly poll from Dhuri constituency in Sangrur by 58,206 votes
Published on Mar 10, 2022 06:44 PM IST
Written by Aryan Prakash
AAP wins 5 of 7 segments in Hoshiarpur district
Former Congress ministers Sunder Sham Arora and Sangat Singh Gilzian defeated in Hoshiarpur and Urmur; Congress retains Chabbewal, while BJP wins Mukerian
Published on Mar 10, 2022 05:57 PM IST
Harpreet Kaur
How a political novice flattened two giants in high-stakes Amritsar East battle
A social worker before she took the political plunge in 2015, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, 50, was popularly known as the padwoman of Punjab due to her extensive work in the field of women’s health through her NGO — SHE Society. She trumped Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and former Akali minister Bikram Singh Majithia
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 05:49 PM IST
Surjit Singh, Amritsar
CM Channi defeated from Bhadaur, Chamkaur Sahib
Charanjit Singh Channi was drubbed by AAP's political greenhorn Labh Singh Ugoke with a margin of 37,558 votes from Bhadaur seat.
Published on Mar 10, 2022 05:09 PM IST
PTI |
AAP sweeps sacrilege epicentre, retains Kotkapura, Jaitu
AAP MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan retains Kotkapura, while Gurdit Singh Sekhon and Amolak Singh win Faridkot and Jaitu, respectively
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 05:09 PM IST
Debutante politician, who ran school at Singhu border during farmer protests wins Amloh for AAP
In what was an out and out Aam Aadmi Party victory in Punjab, with the party bagging 92 of the 117 seats in the state assembly, Birring stood out with a record win specially since he is a first timer in the political arena.
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 05:35 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sohini Sarkar