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The Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2007, to elect 117 members to the 13th Punjab Lagislative Assembly. [1] Shiromani Akali Dal, and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party gained majority of the seats.
[20] [21] [22] Although there are many parties with the description Akali Dal, the party that is recognized as "Shiromani Akali Dal" by the Election Commission of India is the one led by Sukhbir Singh Badal. The party has a moderate Punjabi agenda. [23] On 26 September 2020, it left the National Democratic Alliance over the farm bills. [24]
Parkash Singh Badal: Party INC: SAD: Alliance UPA: NDA: Leader since 26 February 2002 1 March 1997 Leader's seat Patiala: Lambi: Last election 14 75 Seats won 62: 41 Seat change 48 34 Popular vote 5,572,643: 4,828,612 Percentage 40.11%: 34.76% Swing 13.8% 11.3%
First party Second party Third party Leader Sukhbir Singh Badal: Avinash Rai Khanna: Harvendra Singh Hanspal: Party SAD: BJP: INC: Alliance NDA: NDA: UPA: Leader's seat Faridkot (won) did not contest: did not contest: Seats before 2 1 8 Seats won 8 3 2 Seat change 6 2 6 Percentage 34.28% 10.48% 34.17%
Shiromani Akali Dal (Democratic), was splinter group of the Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal. SAD(D) was formed in 1996 under the leadership of Kuldip Singh Wadala who would become the first president of the party.
2012 Assembly Elections in Punjab received attention for being the first elections after reorganisation of Punjab in 1966 to witness the return of an incumbent party. This elections also saw the emergence of new political leadership, like rise of Sukhbir Singh Badal and the rise and fall of Manpreet Singh Badal , the founder of the Peoples ...
Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1997 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 1997, to elect 117 members to the 11th Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] Shiromani Akali Dal had majority of the seats in the 11th Punjab Assembly that was constituted after this election.
Manpreet Singh Badal was born on 26 July 1962 in Muktsar. He is the son of Gurdas Singh Badal, the brother of former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, [4] and Harmandir Kaur Badal, who died on 19 March 2020 at the age of 84. [5] Manpreet Singh Badal attended The Doon School and St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. He is fluent ...