Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties –

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

Aam Aadmi Party The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, ) is a List of political parties in India, political party in India. It was founded on 26 November 2012 by Arvind Kejriwal and his then-companions, following the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement against then gover ...

and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from

Jat Sikh Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group, a subgroup of the Jat people whose traditional religion is Sikhism, originating from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in Pu ...

community despite its 21 percent state population. Exceptions are Giani

Zail Singh Giani Zail Singh (, born Jarnail Singh; 5 May 1916 – 25 December 1994) was an Indian politician from Punjab who served as the president of India from 1982 to 1987 and chief minister of Punjab. He was the first Sikh to become president. B ...

, the Chief Minister of Punjab from 17 March 1972 to 30 April 1977 belonging to Ramgarhia community that has population of 6 percent and is a part of significant OBC community having population of 31.3 percent in the state and

Charanjit Singh Channi Charanjit Singh Channi (born 15 March 1963) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief minister (India), Chief Minister of Punjab, India, Punjab. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is serving as a Member of Parliament ...

who held the position for 111 days from 20 September 2021 to 16 March 2022 and was from Scheduled Caste(Dalit) who have 32 percent population in the state. Other prominent party is

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a 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), along with Religious ...

especially in Doaba region founded by Kanshi Ram of

Rupnagar district Rupnagar district is one of twenty-three districts in the state of Punjab, India. The city of Rupnagar is said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen. It is also t ...

. In 1992 BSP won 9 seats Vidhan Sabha elections. Also BSP won 3 lok sabha seats from Punjab in

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and only Garhshanker seat in 1997 Vidhan Sabha elections. Communist parties too have some influence in the Malwa area. In the 2014 general elections, the first-time contesting

got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments, coming second in 7, third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments. The support for the

increased later in Punjab. The current Government was elected in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections and the AAP won 92 out of 117 Assembly seats with

Bhagwant Mann Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973), better known by his stage name "Jugnu", is an Indian politician, social worker, former comedian, singer and actor who is currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab since 2022. He represen ...

as the Chief Minister. The Congress flows down to get only 18 seats.

History

Pre-1947 period

Before 1947 partition of Punjab, politics were dominated by Unionist Party as it was main party in united Punjab especially seen in 1937 elections.

1947–1966

During 1947-1966 Punjab was undivided and consisted of present-day

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

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, and

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. This meant that both population and religion factor of whole state was mixed and politics were dominated by

Political parties

Punjab has many

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but only eight parties recognized by

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and having presence in the state: *National parties in Punjab **

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

(''Limited presence in Punjab'') *Recognized state parties in Punjab **

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal 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 ma ...

*Other Parties **

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(''Limited presence in Punjab'') **Punjab Seva Dal (Beant Singh Bhullar) ** Lok Insaaf Party **

Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) The Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) (, SAD(S)) was a Centre-right politics, centre-right Sikh-centric political party in Punjab, India, Punjab, India, formed by former Shiromani Akali Dal leaders Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and Ranjit Singh Brahmpura. ...

** Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) ** Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party ** Revolutionary Marxist Party of India *Alliances in Punjab **

National Democratic Alliance The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāntrik Gaṭhabandhan'') is an Indian big tent Political group, multi-party political alliance, led by the country's biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

** Punjab Democratic Alliance ** INC+ Alliance

Maps

Punjab in Map of India

Punjab is situated in Northern India and shares its boundary with three states –

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and

and with two

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and

. It also shares its border with

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The election Schedule will declare by

on the reasonable time. Last year election dates were announced on 4 January and polling was completed on 4 February 2017. Results were declared on 11 March 2017.

Map of Punjab

Punjab has 23 districts (Malerkotla is the 23rd District, carved out from Sangrur District in May, 2021) and is divided into 4 regions, having 117 total constituencies. Punjab district map

# Majha region have 4 district and 25 Assembly constituencies # Doaba is the smallest region with 23 assembly constituencies and 4 districts # Malwa is the biggest region with 15 districts (including 3 districts in Puadh region) and 69 assembly constituencies # # 34 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes and Punjab have no reservation for ST community.

Legislative Assembly Seats Map

This year Punjab will see Major Fight between

and

and Punjab Democratic Alliance. 34 Seats are Reserved for SC's and 83 are unreserved out of 117 assembly Constituencies of Punjab

Region and District wise list of Assembly constituencies

Constituencies

Following is the list of parliamentary constituencies (PC) and assembly constituencies (AC) of Punjab:-

Former Constituencies

The most recent Delimitation Commission was constituted on July 12, 2002. The recommendations of the commission were approved by the

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notification on February 19, 2008. With this, three of the constituencies were eliminated. The Lok Sabha constituencies abolished, as a result, were as follows: # Phillaur constituency # Ropar constituency # Tarn Taran constituency

References

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