Elections In Punjab, India

	Elections In Punjab, India Elections in Punjab (India), 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. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed. Political parties National parties * Bharatiya Janata Party * Indian National Congress * Communist Party of India (Marxist) * Bahujan Samaj Party * Aam Aadmi Party State parties * Shiromani Akali Dal * Communist Party of India Registered unrecognized parties * Lok Insaaf Party * Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) Lok Sabha elections Vidhan Sabha Elections Pre-Independence Post-Independence United Punjab After Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 * ^ - Party didn't contest el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Punjab (India) Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by the Indian union territory, union territories of Chandigarh to the east and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir to the north. It shares an international border with Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, a Pakistani province, province of Pakistan to the west. The state covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles), which is 1.53% of India's total geographical area, making it List of states and union territories of India by area, the 19th-largest Indian state by area out of 28 Indian states (20th largest, if UTs are considered). With over 27 million inhabitants, Punjab is List of states and union territories of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Janata Alliance The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian National Congress. In the 1977 general election, the party defeated the Congress and Janata leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister in independent modern India's history. Raj Narain, a socialist leader, had filed a legal writ alleging electoral malpractice against Indira Gandhi in 1971. On 12 June 1975, Allahabad High Court found her guilty of using corrupt electoral practices in her 1971 election victory over Narain in the Rae Bareli constituency. She was barred from contesting any election for the next six years. Economic problems, corruption and the conviction of Gandhi led to widespread protests against the Congress (R) government, which responded by imposing a State of Emergency. The rationale was that of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Indian General Election, 2014 (Punjab) The 2014 Indian general elections was held in Punjab on 30 April 2014, making it the seventh phase of the elections. List of candidates Results Elected MPs Keys: Bye-elections Assembly segments wise lead of Parties References {{Reflist Indian general elections in Punjab, India 2010s in Punjab, India Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Indian General Election In Punjab, 2009 The 2009 Indian general election in Punjab, India, Punjab, occurred for 13 seats in the state. Punjab went for the Lok sabha elections in two phases-7 May and 13 May. There were 13 parliament seats from Punjab and the elections were held for 4 seats on 7 May and remaining 9 on 13 May. Results Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively. Elected MPs Assembly segments wise lead of Parties References {{Punjab (India) elections Indian general elections in Punjab, India 2000s in Punjab, India 2009 Indian general election by state or union territory, Punjab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]