Elections in 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 The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (; AAP) is a political party in India, as one of the national political parties. The AAP was founded in November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, popular ...

State parties * Shiromani Akali Dal *

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

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 election * ~ - Party didn't exist * - Green color box indicates the party/parties who formed the government Next Punjab Legislative Assembly election is expected to be held in 2027.

Maps

External links

Election Commission of India
{{Indian elections History of Punjab, India (1947–present)