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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.
Elections will be held for the five municipal corporations--Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Phagwara and Patiala--besides the 44 municipal councils and by-polls to some urban local bodies. [ 8 ] Total of 1,609 polling locations having 3,809 polling booths are made by state election commission
Punjab State Election Commission is an autonomous and statutory body constituted in Indian state of Punjab for ensuring that elections are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way. Constitution of India with provisions as per Article 243K and 243 ZA and Article 324 ensures creation and safeguarding of the powers of State Election Commissions .
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election NDA Seat Sharing. NDA contested the election without a Chief Ministerial face. [32] PLC was allotted 37 seats, but only contested in 34 seats after it could not find candidates to run in 3 seats. The three seats were returned to BJP. [33] 4 Candidates of PLC contested on BJP symbol. [34]
It was founded in 1969 under a legislative act of the Government of Punjab to administer the curriculum taught in public schools in the Punjab state and conduct standardized examinations in addition to conducting administration of scholarships, and publishing of textbooks.
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. [13] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase. [ 14 ]
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 ...
In the election, the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats. [24] No CM candidate was declared before the elections. [25] According to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal, the CM candidate would be selected from Punjab. [26] AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections.