2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)

All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered20,029,646
Turnout77.20% ( 1.10%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Amarinder Singh Gurpreet Ghuggi Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC AAP SAD
Alliance UPA AAP+ NDA
Leader since 2015 2016 2007
Leader's seat Patiala (won)
Lambi (lost)
Batala (lost) Lambi
Last election 40.09%, 46 seats New 34.73, 56 seats
Seats won 77 20 15
Seat change 31 New 41
Popular vote 5,945,899 3,662,665 3,898,161
Percentage 38.64% 23.70% 25.24%
Swing 1.47% New 9.49 pp


Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Prakash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Charanjit Singh Channi
INC

A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017. The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The voter turnout for the Punjab Assembly election was 77.2% The Indian National Congress led by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh defeated the ruling alliance and the newcomer Aam Aadmi Party.