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The Next Punjab legislative assembly election is expected to be held in February 2027 to elect all 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] Bhagwant Mann is the incumbent Chief Minister of Punjab .
The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 2 seats each. [4]
[3] [6] In March 2023, Punjab and Haryana High Court directed Punjab state election commission to draw schedule for elections within two weeks. [7] On 16 October 2023, election commission announced schedule for electoral rolls, with final publication for rolls scheduled for 10 November 2023. [8]
Elections in Punjab, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Punjab creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India.
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. [15] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase. [ 16 ]
The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years ...
The next day, the PTI announced that it would convene a separate Punjab Assembly session to select its chief minister, speaker, and deputy speaker, asserting a majority with 250 MPAs, including those from reserved seats for women and minorities.
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022. [23] However, the election date was postponed from 14 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti. [24] Map of Assembly Constituencies of Punjab, India in 2022