2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered21,499,804
Turnout72.15% ( 5.05 pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Bhagwant Mann Charanjit Singh Channi Sukhbir Singh Badal
Party AAP INC SAD
Leader since 2022 2021 2019
Leader's seat Dhuri Chamkaur Sahib, Bhadaur
(both lost)
Jalalabad
(lost)
Last election 23.72%, 20 seats 38.50%, 77 seats 25.24%, 15 seats
Seats won 92 18 3
Seat change 72 59 12
Popular vote 6,538,783 3,576,684 2,861,286
Percentage 42.01% 22.98% 18.38%
Swing 18.29 pp 15.52 pp 6.86 pp


Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Charanjit Singh Channi
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bhagwant Mann
AAP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats. AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. Mann ministry was formed with 10 cabinet ministers on 19 March 2022.