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16th Punjab Assembly information


Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type
Unicameral
History
Established11 March 2022
Preceded by15th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor
Banwarilal Purohit
since 31 August 2021
Speaker
Kultar Singh Sandhwan, AAP
since 21 March 2022
Deputy Speaker
Jai Krishan Singh, AAP
since 30 June 2022
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Bhagwant Mann, AAP
since 16 March 2022
Deputy Leader of the House
(Cabinet Minister)
Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP
since April 2022
Minister of Legislative Affairs
Balkar Singh, AAP
since 31 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition
Partap Singh Bajwa, INC
since 9 April 2022
Deputy Leader of Opposition
Vacant[1], INC
since 25 April 2024
Structure
Seats117
Political groups
Government (90)
  •   AAP (90)

Official Opposition (15)

  •   INC (15)

Other opposition (10)

  •   SAD (3)
  •   BJP (3)
  •   IND (3)[2]
  •   BSP (1)

Vacant (2)

  Vacant (2)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
Voting system
First-past-the-post
Last election
20 February 2022
Next election
February 2027 or earlier
Meeting place
Palace of Assembly, Chandigarh, India
Website
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India

Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 March 2022.[3][4][5] The Fifteenth Punjab assembly was dissolved on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.[6][7]

In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.[8]

  1. ^ "Punjab MLA Dr Raj Chabbewal resigns from Congress, joins AAP". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Congress suspends Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar for 'anti-party' activities". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Punjab Governor dissolves 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Punjab Cabinet recommends Governor for dissolution of 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Punjab Cabinet swearing-in Live Updates: From uprooting corruption to tackling drug addiction in Punjab — newly-inducted Ministers set targets". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

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