The Punjab legislative assembly election, 2012 was held on 30 January 2012, to elect 117 members to the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 ...

. The results of the election were announced on 6 March 2012. The ruling

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are man ...

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Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

alliance An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

led by

Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal ( pa, ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਾਦਲ; born 8 December 1927) is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971, from 1977 to 1980, from 1997 to 2002, and from 2007 to 2017. He i ...

won the elections.

Background

Punjab have tradition of transfer of power every 5 years between

and

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

but this election of 2012 is different from others where ruling party again came to power 2012 Assembly Elections in Punjab received attention for being the first elections after reorganisation of Punjab in 1966 to witness the return of an incumbent party. This elections also saw the emergence of new political leadership, like rise of Sukhbir Singh Badal and the rise and fall of Manpreet Singh Badal, the founder of the Peoples Party of Punjab.

Religion and Caste Data

Religion Data As per the 2011 census,
/sup> Caste Data # Dalits (Scheduled Castes) constitute 31.94% of the population, the highest percentage amongst all the states. # Other Backward Classes (OBCs) like -

Saini Saini () is a caste of North India who were traditionally landowners ( zamindars) and farmers. Sainis claim to be descendants of a king, Shurasena, as well as of Krishna and Porus, and to be related to the ancient Shoorsaini clan,'' "The S ...

Sunar Sunar (alternately, Sonar or Swarnkar) is a Hindu caste in India referring to the community of people who work as goldsmiths. The community is primarily Hindu, and found usually in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujrat and other North ...

, Kambojs, Tarkhans/Ramgarhias, Gurjars, Kumhars/Prajapatis, Telis, Banjaras, Lohars constitute 31.3% of the population. # Jat-Sikhs comprise 21% of the population while other forward castes (general category) - Brahmins, Khatris/Bhapas, Bania, Thakurs/Rajputs constitute around rest. # As of 2016, Government of India has not publicly released Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 ''caste population data'' for every single non-SC/ST castes (General castes, OBC/EBCs) in India.

Timeline of events

Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab 201

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Voter Turnout

Parties and Alliances

Sanjha Morcha

Other

Opinion Polls

Most of the opinion polls predicted that Congress will win the election. They were proved wrong as Congress finished as the runner up.

Exit Polls

2012 exit polls for Punjab Assembly Elections results.

Results

Party-wise Results

Result by region

Among parties:

Result by district

Result by constituency

By-polls 2012-2017

References

External links

* * https://www.epw.in/journal/2012/14/special-statistics-2012-state-elections-special-issues-specials/fourteenth-assembly {{Punjab (India) elections 5. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3455-punjab-2012/ 2012 State Assembly elections in India State Assembly elections in Punjab, India 2010s in Punjab, India January 2012 events in India