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 Aam Aadmi Party
State parties Shiromani Akali Dal Communist Party of India
Registered unrecognized parties Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)
Lok Sabha elections Lok Sabha Election Year1st Party2nd Party3rd Party4th Party Others Total Seats1st Lok Sabha1951-52INC 16Ind 2182nd Lok Sabha1957INC 21CPI 1 –223rd Lok Sabha1962INC 17BJS 3AD 1SP 1HLS 1174th Lok Sabha1967INC 9AD(SF) 3BJS 1 –135th Lok Sabha1971INC(R) 10CPI 2Ind 1136th Lok Sabha1977AD 7JP 3SAD 2CPI(M) 1 –137th Lok Sabha1980INC(I) 12SAD 1 –138th Lok Sabha1984INC 6AD 6SAD 1 –139th Lok Sabha1989SAD(A) 7INC 1JD 1BJP 1BSP 1, Ind 21310th Lok Sabha1991INC 12BSP 1 –1311th Lok Sabha1996SAD 8BSP 3INC 2 –1312th Lok Sabha1998SAD 8BJP 3JD 1Ind 11313th Lok Sabha1999INC 8SAD 2BJP 1CPI 1SAD(A) 11314th Lok Sabha2004SAD 8BJP 3INC 2 –1315th Lok Sabha2009INC 8SAD 4BJP 1 –1316th Lok Sabha2014SAD 4AAP 4INC 3BJP 2 –1317th Lok Sabha2019INC 8SAD 2BJP 2AAP 1–1318th Lok Sabha2024INC 7AAP 3SAD 1Ind 213
YearLok Sabha ElectionWinning Party/Coalition1951First Lok Sabha Indian National Congress1957Second Lok Sabha1962Third Lok Sabha1967Fourth Lok Sabha1971Fifth Lok Sabha1977Sixth Lok SabhaJanata alliance (SAD, BLD, CPI(M)) : 13 seats out of 13 1980Seventh Lok Sabha Indian National Congress 1984Eighth Lok Sabha1989Ninth Lok SabhaNational Front (Akali (M) - 6/13), Cong : 2, Janata : 1, BSP : 1, Independents : 31991Tenth Lok SabhaNo elections in May 1991 due to unrest, but elections were held for all seats at a later date (probably 1992 with assembly polls). 1996Eleventh Lok SabhaShiromani Akali Dal - 8 of 13, Congress - 2, BSP : 3. 1998Twelfth Lok SabhaNational Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP)1999Thirteenth Lok SabhaIndian National Congress2004Fourteenth Lok SabhaNational Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP)2009Fifteenth Lok SabhaUnited Progressive Alliance (Indian National Congress)2014Sixteenth Lok SabhaNational Democratic Alliance (SAD, BJP) : 6/13, AAP : 4, Congress: 3 2019Seventeenth Lok Sabha Indian National Congress (8/13), AAP - 1, Akali + BJP = 2+2 . 2024Eighteenth Lok Sabha INC (7/13), AAP: 3, SAD : 1, IND: 2
Maps Lok Sabha Elections Assembly segments wise lead2009 Lok Sabha Elections2009 Assembly Segments Lead2014 Lok Sabha Elections2014 Assembly Segments Lead2019 Lok Sabha Elections2019 Assembly segments Lead2024 Lok Sabha Elections2024 Assembly segments lead
Vidhan Sabha Elections
Pre-Independence Year UoP INC SAD AIML IND Others Total19379518101203017519462051227372
Post-Independence
United Punjab United Punjab (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Chandigarh)Years INC SAD CPI IND Others Total19529613 4941261957120 ^6132115419629016121818
After Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 PunjabYears INC SAD CPICPI(M) IND Others Total196748 ^ 5 3939104196938434241719726624101311New Boundaries Reorganized PunjabYears SAD INC CPIBJP IND Others Total 197758177~2331171980376391251985733216411992^8746416199775142 18622002416223902007484401950116New Boundaries Reorganized Years INC SAD AAP BJP IND Others Total20124656~12301172017771520302202218392 2112027 ^ - 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 DecadeAssembly Results Map 2010s2012 Assembly results2017 Assembly results2020s2022 Assembly results2027 Assembly results
See also Elections in Haryana, carved out of Punjab in 1966 Elections in Himachal Pradesh, carved out of Punjab in 1966 Elections in India, national elections
References
External links Election Commission of India