2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election information
Elections for the 15th Legislative Assembly of Punjab (India)
2017 Punjab legislative assembly election
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All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
77.20% (1.10%)
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Captain Amarinder Singh
Gurpreet Singh Waraich
Parkash Singh Badal
Party
INC
AAP
SAD
Alliance
UPA
AAP+
NDA
Leader since
2015[1]
2016[2]
2007
Leader's seat
Patiala (won) Lambi (lost)
Batala (lost)[3]
Lambi
Last election
46
New
68
Seats after
77
20
18
Seat change
31
New
50
Popular vote
5,945,899
3,662,665
4,731,253
Percentage
38.64%
23.70%
30.6%
Swing
1.47%
New
11.20%
Chief Minister before election
Prakash Singh Badal
SAD
Elected Chief Minister
Amarinder Singh
INC
A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab[4] 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.[5] The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance[6][7] 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.[8]
^"'Amarinder appointed Captain of Punjab Congress'". Daily Post India. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
^"AAP appoints Gurpreet Ghuggi as Punjab convener". The Tribune. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^"AAP"s Ghuggi loses from Batala". Press Trust of India. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2022 – via India Today.
^"Punjab Elections 2017". The Quint. 12 February 2017.
^"Punjab Assembly Election Results 2017 | Election Winners | Election Results Live Update Punjab | Indian National Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | Bahujan Samaj Party | Samajwadi Party | Onmanorama". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^Khanna, Rajeev (13 February 2016). "Why is BJP keen on retaining Akali alliance in Punjab?". CatchNews. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^Vasudeva, Vikas (29 December 2015). "BJP gets ready to bargain for more seats in Punjab". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
^"Punjab, Goa Assembly elections 2017: 78.6% polling in Punjab, Goa sees 82.3% turnout". 5 February 2017.
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