2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.

2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Registered	21,499,804
Turnout	72.15% ( 5.05 pp)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Bhagwant Mann Charanjit Singh Channi Sukhbir Singh Badal Party AAP INC SAD Leader since 2022 2021 2019 Leader's seat Dhuri Chamkaur Sahib, Bhadaur (both lost) Jalalabad (lost) Last election 23.72%, 20 seats 38.50%, 77 seats 25.24%, 15 seats Seats won 92 18 3 Seat change 72 59 12 Popular vote 6,538,783 3,576,684 2,861,286 Percentage 42.01% 22.98% 18.38% Swing 18.29 pp 15.52 pp 6.86 pp
Results by constituency (vote share) Results by constituency (winners)
Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Charanjit Singh Channi INC Elected Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats. AAP Punjab convener and MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. Mann ministry was formed with 10 cabinet ministers on 19 March 2022.

Background and overview

The tenure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly was scheduled to end on 23 March 2022. The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017. After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Amarinder Singh becoming Chief Minister.

Political developments

On 18 September 2021, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resigned over differences with other members of Congress and was succeeded by Charanjit Singh Channi. On 27 October 2021, Singh announced that he would be forming a new party to contest the election. He officially resigned from Indian National Congress on 2 November 2021, and founded a new political party, Punjab Lok Congress.

Between June and November 2021, five AAP MLAs joined Congress.

In the 2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election that occurred in December 2021, the Aam Aadmi Party won 14 seats and became the single largest party in the council of total 35 seats.

As of January 2022, four Congress MLAs joined BJP, one of which returned.

On 18 January 2022, AAP declared Bhagwant Mann as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.

On 6 February, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi as their Chief Ministerial candidate.

Farmers' protests

The Parliament of India passed 3 agricultural farm laws in Lok Sabha on 17 September 2020 and in the Rajya Sabha on 20 September 2020. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, gave his assent on 27 September 2020. Farmers and farmers unions held massive protests over a period of more than a year mainly in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. On 19 November 2021, the union government decided to repeal the bills.

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022. However, the election date was postponed from 14 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti.

S.No.	Event	Date	Day
1.	Date for nominations	25 January 2022	Tuesday
2.	Last date for filing nominations	1 February 2022	Tuesday
3.	Date for scrutiny of nominations	2 February 2022	Wednesday
4.	Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	4 February 2022	Friday
5.	Date of poll	20 February 2022	Sunday
6.	Date of counting	10 March 2022	Thursday
7.	Date before which election shall be completed	12 March 2022	Saturday

Voter statistics

According to Punjab Election Commission, 1,304 candidates contested the election and there were 21,499,804 registered voters in the state.

Total candidates	Male candidates	Female candidates	Transgender candidates
1304	1209	93	2

Total voters	Male voters	Female voters	Transgender voters
21,499,804	11,298,081	10,200,996	727

S.No.	Types	Voters
1	General voters	20,721,026
2	People with disabilities	158,341
3	Service voters	109,624
4	Non resident Indian voters	1,608
5	Voters above the age of 80	509,205
6	Total	21,499,804

Parties and alliances

SAD dissolved its alliance with the BJP, which had lasted over two decades, over the controversial Farm Bills passed by the Indian Parliament in 2020. On 13 June 2021, SAD and BSP announced an alliance for the assembly election with 97-20 seat sharing. On 28 December 2021, BJP, PLC and SAD(S) announced an alliance for the assembly elections.

AAP contested on all the seats without any alliance.

Indian National Congress

  Indian National Congress

Chief Ministerial candidate was Charanjit Singh Channi.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Indian National Congress			Charanjit Singh Channi		117	106	11

Aam Aadmi Party

  Aam Aadmi Party

Chief Ministerial candidate was Bhagwant Mann.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Aam Aadmi Party			Bhagwant Mann		117	105	12

Shiromani Akali Dal+

  Shiromani Akali Dal+

Chief Ministerial candidate was Sukhbir Singh Badal.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Shiromani Akali Dal			Sukhbir Singh Badal		97	92	5
2.	Bahujan Samaj Party			Jasvir Singh Garhi		20	19	1
Total						117	111	6

National Democratic Alliance (India)

  National Democratic Alliance (India)

NDA contested the election without a Chief Ministerial face.

PLC was allotted 37 seats, but only contested in 34 seats after it could not find candidates to run in 3 seats. The three seats were returned to BJP. 4 Candidates of PLC contested on BJP symbol.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Ashwani Kumar Sharma		73	67	6
2.	Punjab Lok Congress			Amarinder Singh		28	26	2
3.	Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)			Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa		15	14	1
Total						116	107	9

Sanyukt Samaj Morcha+

  Sanyukt Samaj Morcha+

Chief Ministerial candidate was Balbir Singh Rajewal.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Sanyukt Samaj Morcha contesting as Independents			Balbir Singh Rajewal		107	103	4
2.	Sanyukt Sangharsh Party			Gurnam Singh Charuni		10	10	0
Total						117	113	4

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male candidates	Female candidates
1.	Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)			Simranjit Singh Mann		81	78	3
2.	Lok Insaaf Party			Simarjit Singh Bains		35	34	1
3.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon		14	14	0
4.	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation			Sukhdarshan Singh Natt		11	11	0
5.	Communist Party of India			Bant Singh Brar		7	7	0

Candidates

AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann contested from Dhuri.

Congress leader and CM Charanjit Singh Channi contested from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, and former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal contested from Lehragaga from INC.

Former CM, Prakash Singh Badal, member of Shiromani Akali Dal, contested from Lambi. While SAD-BSP alliance’s CM candidate Sukhbir Singh Badal contested from Jalalabad. Former CM, Amarinder Singh, member of Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) contested from Patiala Urban.

There were total 1304 candidates in fray. 2266 candidates filed their nominations and out of these, 1645 found valid. 341 withdrew their candidature.

• (Names of the winning candidates are in bold text)

Constituency		UPA			AAP			SAD +
No.	Name	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate	Party		Candidate
Pathankot District
1	Sujanpur		INC	Naresh Puri		AAP	Amit Singh Manto		SAD	Raj Kumar Gupta
2	Bhoa		INC	Jogindar Pal		AAP	Lal Chand Kataruchakk		BSP	Rakesh Kumar Majotra
3	Pathankot		INC	Amit Vij		AAP	Vibhuti Sharma		BSP	Advocate Jyoti Pal Bhim
Gurdaspur District
4	Gurdaspur		INC	Barindermeet Singh Pahra		AAP	Raman Bahel		SAD	Gurbachan Singh Babehali
5	Dina Nagar		INC	Aruna Chaudhary		AAP	Shamsher Singh		BSP	Kamaljit Chawla Mahasha
6	Qadian		INC	Partap Singh Bajwa		AAP	Jagroop Singh Shekhwan		SAD	Guriqbal Singh Mahal
7	Batala		INC	Ashwani Sekhri		AAP	Amansher Singh (Sherry Kalsi)		SAD	Sucha Singh Chhotepur
8	Sri Hargobindpur		INC	Mandeep Singh Rangar Nangal		AAP	Amarpal Singh		SAD	Rajanbir Singh
9	Fatehgarh Churian		INC	Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa		AAP	Balbir Singh Pannu		SAD	Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal
10	Dera Baba Nanak		INC	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa		AAP	Gurdeep Singh Randhawa		SAD	Ravikaran Singh Kahlon
Amritsar District
11	Ajnala		INC	Harpratap Singh Ajnala		AAP	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal		SAD	Amarpal Singh Ajnala
12	Rajasansi		INC	Sukhwinder Singh Sarkaria		AAP	Baldev Singh Meadian		SAD	Veer Singh Lopoke
13	Majitha		INC	Jagwinder Pal Singh		AAP	Sukhjinder Singh Lalli Majithia		SAD	Ganieve Kaur Majithia
14	Jandiala Guru		INC	Sukhwinder Singh Danny		AAP	Harbhajan Singh E.T.O.		SAD	Satinderjit Singh
15	Amritsar North		INC	Sunil Dutti		AAP	Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh		SAD	Anil Joshi
16	Amritsar West		INC	Raj Kumar Verka		AAP	Jasbir Singh Sandhu		SAD	Dalveer Singh Verka
17	Amritsar Central		INC	Om Parkash Soni		AAP	Ajay Gupta		BSP	Dalbir Kaur Rangretta
18	Amritsar East		INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu		AAP	Jeevan Jyot Kaur		SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia
19	Amritsar South		INC	Inderbir Singh Bolaria		AAP	Inderbir Singh Nijjar		SAD	Talbir Singh Gill
20	Attari		INC	Tarsem Singh Sialka		AAP	Jaswinder Singh		SAD	Gulzar Singh Ranike
Tarn Taran District
21	Tarn Taran		INC	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri		AAP	Kashmir Singh Sohal		SAD	Harmeet Singh Sandhu
22	Khem Karan		INC	Sukhpal Singh Bhullar		AAP	Sarvan Singh Dhun		SAD	Virsa Singh Valtoha
23	Patti		INC	Harminder Singh Gill		AAP	Laljit Singh Bhullar		SAD	Adesh Partap Singh Kairon
24	Khadoor Sahib		INC	Ramanjeet Singh Sikki		AAP	Manjinder Singh Lalpura		SAD	Ranjit Singh Brahmpura
Amritsar District
25	Baba Bakala		INC	Santokh Singh Bhalaipur		AAP	Dalbir Singh Tong		SAD	Baljit Singh
Kapurthala District
26	Bholath		INC	Sukhpal Singh Khaira		AAP	Ranjeet Singh Rana		SAD	Jagir Kaur
27	Kapurthala		INC	Rana Gurjeet Singh		AAP	Manju Rana		BSP	Davinder Singh Dhapai
28	Sultanpur Lodhi		INC	Navtej Singh Cheema		AAP	Sajjan Singh Cheema		SAD	Harminder Singh
29	Phagwara		INC	Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal		AAP	Joginder Singh Maan		BSP	Jasvir Singh Garhi
Jalandhar District
30	Phillaur		INC	Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary		AAP	Prem Kumar		SAD	Baldev Khaira
31	Nakodar		INC	Navjot Singh		AAP	Inderjit Kaur Mann		SAD	Gurpartap Singh Wadala
32	Shahkot		INC	Hardev Singh Ladi		AAP	Rattan Singh Kakarkalan		SAD	Bachittar Singh Kohar
33	Kartarpur		INC	Chaudhary Surinder Singh		AAP	DCP Balkar Singh		BSP	Advocate Balwinder Kumar
34	Jalandhar West		INC	Sushil Kumar Rinku		AAP	Sheetal Angural		BSP	Anil Kumar Meenia
35	Jalandhar Central		INC	Rajinder Beri		AAP	Raman Arora		SAD	Chandan Grewal
36	Jalandhar North		INC	Avtar Singh Junior		AAP	Dinesh Dhal		BSP	Kuldeep Singh Lubana
37	Jalandhar Cantonment		INC	Pargat Singh		AAP	Surinder Singh Sodhi		SAD	Jagbir Singh Brar
38	Adampur		INC	Sukhwinder Singh Kotli		AAP	Jeet Lal Bhaati		SAD	Pawan Kumar
Hoshiarpur District
39	Mukerian		INC	Indu Bala		AAP	Gurdhian Singh Multani		SAD	Sarabjit Singh Sabbi
40	Dasuya		INC	Arun Dogra		AAP	Karambir Singh Ghuman		BSP	Sushil Sharma Pinki
41	Urmar		INC	Sangat Singh Gilzian		AAP	Jasvir Singh Raja Gill		BSP	Lakhwinder Singh Lucky
42	Sham Chaurasi		INC	Pawan Kumar Adia		AAP	Dr. Ravjot Singh		BSP	Mohinder Singh Sandhar
43	Hoshiarpur		INC	Sunder Sham Arora		AAP	Pandit Brahm Shankar Jimpa		BSP	Varinder Parihar
44	Chabbewal		INC	Raj Kumar Chabbewal		AAP	Harminder Singh Sandhu		SAD	Sohan Singh Thandal
45	Garhshankar		INC	Amarpreet Lally		AAP	Jai Kishan Singh Rori		SAD	Surinder Singh Rathan
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (S.B.S Nagar)/Nawan Shahr District
46	Banga		INC	Tarlochan Singh Soondh		AAP	Kuljit Singh Sarghal		SAD	Sukhwinder Kumar
47.	Nawan Shahr		INC	Satbir Singh Saini		AAP	Lalit Mohan Pathak		BSP	Nachhatar Pal
48.	Balachaur		INC	Darshan Lal		AAP	Santosh Kataria		SAD	Sunita Chaudhary
Rupnagar District
49	Anandpur Sahib		INC	Kanwarpal Singh		AAP	Harjot Singh Bains		BSP	Nitin Nanda Tarkhan
50	Rupnagar		INC	Barinder Singh Dhillon		AAP	Dinesh Chadha		SAD	Diljeet Singh Cheema
51	Chamkaur sahib		INC	Charanjit Singh Channi		AAP	Dr Charanjit Singh		BSP	AIG Harmohan Singh Sandhu
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (S.A.S Nagar)/Mohali District
52.	Kharar		INC	Vijay Sharma Tinku		AAP	Anmol Gagan Maan		SAD	Ranjit Singh Gill
53.	S.A.S. Nagar		INC	Balbir Singh Sidhu		AAP	Kulwant Singh		SAD	Parvinder Singh Sohana
Fatehgarh Sahib District
54.	Bassi Pathana		INC	Gurpreet Singh GP		AAP	Rupinder Singh Happy		BSP	Shiv Kumar Kalyan
55.	Fatehgarh Sahib		INC	Kuljit Singh Nagra		AAP	Lakhbir Singh Rai		SAD	Jagdeep Singh Cheema
56.	Amloh		INC	Randeep Singh Nabha		AAP	Gurinder Singh		SAD	Gurpreet Singh Khanna
Ludhiana District
57.	Khanna		INC	Gurkirat Singh Kotli		AAP	Tarunpreet Singh Sond		SAD	Jasdeep Kaur
58.	Samrala		INC	Raja Gill		AAP	Jagtar Singh		SAD	Paramjit Singh Dhillon
59.	Sahnewal		INC	Vikram Bajwa		AAP	Hardeep Singh Mundian		SAD	Sharanjit Singh Dhillon
60.	Ludhiana East		INC	Sanjeev Talwar		AAP	Daljit Singh Grewal		SAD	Ranjit Singh Gill
61.	Ludhiana South		INC	Ishwarjot Singh Cheema		AAP	Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina		SAD	Hira Singh Gabria
62.	Atam Nagar		INC	Kamaljit Singh Karwal		AAP	Kulwant Singh Sidhu		SAD	Harish Rai
63.	Ludhiana Central		INC	Surinder Kumar Dawar		AAP	Ashok 'Pappi' Prashar		SAD	Pritpal Singh Palli
64.	Ludhiana West		INC	Bharat Bhushan		AAP	Gurpreet Singh Gogi		SAD	Maheshindar Singh Grewal
65.	Ludhiana North		INC	Rakesh Pandey		AAP	Madan Lal Bagga		SAD	R. D. Sharma
66.	Gill		INC	Kuldeep Singh Vaid		AAP	Jiwan Singh Sangowal		SAD	Darshan Singh
67.	Payal		INC	Lakhvir Singh Lakha		AAP	Manwinder Singh Gyaspura		BSP	Dr. Jaspreet Singh Beeja
68.	Dakha		INC	Capt. Sandeep Singh Sandhu		AAP	KNS Kang		SAD	Manpreet Singh Ayali
69.	Raikot		INC	Kamil Amar Singh		AAP	Hakam Singh Thekedar		BSP	Balwinder Singh Sandhu
70.	Jagraon		INC	Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal		AAP	Saravjit Kaur Manuke		SAD	Shiv Ram Kaler
Moga District
71.	Nihal Singh Wala		INC	Bhupendra Sahoke		AAP	Manjit Singh Bilaspur		SAD	Baldev Singh Manuke
72.	Bhagha Purana		INC	Darshan Singh Brar		AAP	Amritpal Singh Sukhanand		SAD	Tirath Singh Mahla
73.	Moga		INC	Malvika Sood		AAP	Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora		SAD	Barjinder Singh Brar
74.	Dharamkot		INC	Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh		AAP	Devinder Singh Laddi Dhos		SAD	Totta Singh
Ferozpur District
75.	Zira		INC	Kulbir Singh Zira		AAP	Naresh Kataria		SAD	Janmeja Singh Sekhon
76.	Firozpur City		INC	Parminder Singh Pinky		AAP	Ranveer Singh Bhullar		SAD	Rohit Vohra
77.	Firozpur Rural		INC	Ashu Bangar		AAP	Rajnish Dahiya		SAD	Joginder Singh
78.	Guru Har Sahai		INC	Vijay Kalra		AAP	Fauja Singh Srari		SAD	Vardev Singh Maan
Fazilka District
79.	Jalalabad		INC	Mohan Singh Phalianwala		AAP	Jagdeep 'Goldy' Kamboj		SAD	Sukhbir Singh Badal
80.	Fazilka		INC	Davinder Gubaya		AAP	Narinderpal Singh Sawna		SAD	Hansraj Josan
81.	Abohar		INC	Sandeep Jakhar		AAP	Deep Kamboj		SAD	Mahinderpal Rinwa
82.	Balluana		INC	Rajinder Kaur		AAP	Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir		SAD	Prithi Ram Meghwal
Sri Muktsar Sahib District
83.	Lambi		INC	Jagpal Singh Abulkhurana		AAP	Gurmeet Singh Khudian		SAD	Parkash Singh Badal
84.	Gidderbaha		INC	Amarinder Singh Raja Warring		AAP	Preetpal Sharma		SAD	Hardeep Singh Dhillon
85.	Malout		INC	Rupinder Ruby		AAP	Dr. Baljit Kaur		SAD	Harpreet Singh Kotbhai
86.	Muktsar		INC	Karan Kaur Brar		AAP	Jagdeep Singh Brar		SAD	Kanwarjit Singh
Faridkot District
87.	Faridkot		INC	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon		AAP	Gurdit Singh Sekhon		SAD	Parambans Singh Romana
88.	Kotkapura		INC	Ajaipal Singh Sandhu		AAP	Kultar Singh Sandhwan		SAD	Mantar Singh Brar
89.	Jaitu		INC	Darshan Singh Dilwan		AAP	Amolak Singh		SAD	Suba Singh Badal
Bathinda District
90.	Rampura Phul		INC	Gurpreet Singh Kangar		AAP	Balkar Singh Sidhu		SAD	Sikander Singh Maluka
91.	Bhucho Mandi		INC	Pritam Singh Kotbhai		AAP	Master Jagsir Singh		SAD	Darshan Singh Kotfatta
92.	Bathinda Urban		INC	Manpreet Singh Badal		AAP	Jagroop Singh Gill		SAD	Sarup Chand Singla
93.	Bathinda Rural		INC	Harvinder Singh Gill Laddi		AAP	Amit Rattan Kotfatta		SAD	Parkash Singh Bhatti
94.	Talwandi Sabo		INC	Khushbaz Singh Jatana		AAP	Baljinder Kaur		SAD	Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu
95.	Maur		INC	Dr. Manoj Bala Bansal		AAP	Sukhvir Maiser Khana		SAD	Jagmeet Singh Brar
Mansa District
96.	Mansa		INC	Sidhu Moosewala		AAP	Dr Vijay Singla		SAD	Prem Arora
97.	Sardulgarh		INC	Bikram Singh Mofar		AAP	Gurpreet Singh Banawali		SAD	Dilraj Singh Bhunder
98.	Budhlada		INC	Ranvir Kaur Meya		AAP	Budhram Singh		SAD	Dr Nishan Singh
Sangrur District
99.	Lehragaga		INC	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal		AAP	Barinder Kumar Goyal		SAD	Gobind Singh Longowal
100.	Dirba		INC	Ajaib Singh Rataul		AAP	Harpal Singh Cheema		SAD	Gulzar Singh
101.	Sunam		INC	Jaswinder Singh Dhiman		AAP	Aman Arora		SAD	Baldev Singh Mann
Barnala District
102.	Bhadaur		INC	Charanjit Singh Channi		AAP	Labh Singh Ugoke		SAD	Satnam Singh
103.	Barnala		INC	Manish Bansal		AAP	Gurmeet Singh Hayer		SAD	Kulwant Singh
104.	Mehal Kalan		INC	Harchand Kaur		AAP	Kulwant Singh Pandori		BSP	Chamkaur Singh
Malerkotla district
105.	Malerkotla		INC	Razia Sultana		AAP	Dr Mohd. Zamil-Ur-Rehman		SAD	Uneus Mohammad
106.	Amargarh		INC	Smit Singh		AAP	Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra		SAD	Iqbal Singh Jhundan
Sangrur District
107.	Dhuri		INC	Dalvir Singh Goldy		AAP	Bhagwant Singh Mann		SAD	Parkash Chand Garg
108.	Sangrur		INC	Vijay Inder Singla		AAP	Narinder Kaur Bharaj		SAD	Winnerjit Singh Goldy
Patiala District
109.	Nabha		INC	Sadhu Singh Dharamsot		AAP	Gurdev Singh Dev Mann		SAD	Kabir Dass
110.	Patiala Rural		INC	Mohit Mohindra		AAP	Dr. Balbir Singh		SAD	Jaspal Singh Chatha
111.	Rajpura		INC	Hardial Singh Kamboj		AAP	Neena Mittal		SAD	Charanjit Singh Brar
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (S.A.S Nagar)/Mohali District
112.	Dera Bassi		INC	Deepinder Singh Dhillon		AAP	Kuljit Singh Randhawa		SAD	Narinder Kumar Sharma
Patiala District
113.	Ghanaur		INC	Madan Lal Jalalpur		AAP	Gurlal Ghanaur		SAD	Prem Singh Chandumajra
114.	Sanour		INC	Harinder Pal Singh Mann		AAP	Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra		SAD	Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra
115.	Patiala		INC	Vishnu Sharma		AAP	Ajitpal Singh Kohli		SAD	Harpal Juneja
116.	Samana		INC	Rajinder Singh		AAP	Chetan Singh Jormajra		SAD	Surjit Singh Rakhra
117.	Shutrana		INC	Darbara Singh		AAP	Kulwant Singh Bazigar		SAD	Vaninder Kaur

Campaigns

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmers, campaigned against the ruling BJP by organising public meetings and rallies asking farmers to not vote for BJP. SKM had organised the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest against the controversial three farm acts which were passed by the BJP-led Union Government in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020. These laws were eventually withdrawn by the Union government.

On 31 January 2022, the farmer leaders observed "Vishwasghat Diwas" (treachery day) across India after the Union government failed to fulfill promises that were made to the farmers during the withdrawal of agitation against three farm laws. SKM leaders have warned that the farm laws may be re-introduced if BJP wins the elections.

Policy positions

Farm Laws

BJP's Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in December 2021, had said that BJP brought the 3 agriculture amendment laws (repealed in 2021). "But the government is not disappointed. We moved a step back and we will move forward again because farmers are India’s backbone."

The AAP is against the farm laws and had supported the farmers' unions during their year-long protest against the farm laws.

Campaigning

Indian National Congress

Congress party started their campaign from Atamnagar, Ludhiana with CM Charanjit Singh Channi and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Shiromani Akali Dal

In March 2021, Shiromani Akali Dal began holding rallies and protests under slogan "Punjab Mangda Jawaab" led by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal that criticised Amarinder Singh over issues including a power tariff hike, the value-added tax (VAT) on fuel and his loan waiver promise.

Aam Aadmi Party

In March 2021, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections. On 28 June 2021, Kejriwal announced in a speech in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election. On 30 September 2021, Kejriwal also announced that if AAP wins the election, his government would build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab that would provide free healthcare facilities. On 22 November 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that if AAP wins Punjab then 1,000 rupees will be given to every women above 18 years of age.

On 9 February, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate and MP, Bhagwant Mann raised issues about farmers in the Lok Sabha. The payment to sugarcane farmers for the year 2020–21 and 2021–22 had been pending. He appealed for clearing the due early along with interest. He asked for compensation for the losses in cotton farmers due to the pest attack. He asked that the Union government should recognise the farmers who died during the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest.

Anmol Gagan Maan sang the campaign song for AAP, "Bhagat Singh, Kartar Sarabha saare hi ban challe, bhai hun jaago aaiyaan, sarkaar badlan challey, bhai hun jaago aaiyaan". Indian Express called the song a "huge hit during campaigning".

Bahujan Samaj Party

On 31 December 2020, Bahujan Samaj Party cadres, led by state president Jasbir Singh Garhi, first gathered at Shambhu border and then left in a cavalcade of 100 cars to join the protest and show solidarity to the farmers. They also waved banners in support of farmers and on unity of farmers and labourers, as most number of labourers come from the Scheduled Castes. It was the first time that a political party was part of the farmers protest in such large numbers.

Garhi has also criticised what he argues are lies and corruption of the incumbent government on the subject of the implementation of Post Metric Scholarship Scheme, calling it the "Scholarship Scheme Scam".

Bharatiya Janata Party

After two years, In election year Modi came to Punjab for a public rally after repealing controversial Farm Laws for NDA. However, rally was cancelled due to farmers protest at Ferozpur–Moga road.

Campaign controversies

Election Commission of India

On 8 January 2022, Election Commission of India announced ban on physical rallies until 15 January, due to high positivity rate of COVID-19. ECI further extended the ban until 22 January. The ban was further extended to 31 January 2022.

INC

Manish Tewari, the only MP from Congress in Punjab was not included in the list of start campaigners. Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was also left out. The two leaders had written to Congress president asking for reforms in Congress party. Sunil Jakhar claimed he wasn't made Chief Minister despite having the support of the most 42 MLAs, and quit from active politics few days later.

Campaign finance

ECI increased the expenditure limit to ₹40 lakh.

Dynasty politics

Shiromani Akali Dal

1. Former Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal, Son of Former CM Parkash Singh Badal is contesting from Jalalabad.
2. Former Punjab Minister Tota Singh is contesting from Dharamkot and his son Barjinder Singh Makhan Brar is contesting from Moga.
3. Former Anandpur Sahib Lok Sabha MP Prem Singh Chandumajra is contesting from Ghanaur and his son Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra (incumbent MLA) is contesting from Sanour.

Indian National Congress

Congress has decided to follow 'one family, one ticket' norm while selecting party candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab.

1. Manish Bansal, son of Pawan Kumar Bansal, former Minister of Railways is contesting from Barnala.
2. Smit Singh, nephew of Navjot Singh Sidhu is contesting from Amargarh.
3. Vikram Bajwa, son-in-law of Rajinder Kaur Bhattal is contesting from Sahnewal.

Poll predictions

Opinion polls

Polling aggregates

Active Parties

Indian National Congress

Aam Aadmi Party

Shiromani Akali Dal+

Others

Date published	Polling agency						Lead
		UPA	AAP	SAD+	NDA	Others
7 February 2022	ABP News – C-Voter	30%	39.8%	20.2%	8%	2%	9.8%
23 January 2022	Polstrat-NewsX	37.2%	39.7%	16.6%	2.7%	3.8%	2.5%
10 January 2022	ABP News – C-Voter	35.9%	39.7%	17.7%	2.5%	4.2%	3.8%
21 December 2021	Polstrat-NewsX	35.20%	38.83%	21.01%	2.33%	2.63%	3.63%
11 December 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	34.1%	38.4%	20.4%	2.6%	4.5%	4.3%
12 November 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	34.9%	36.5%	20.6%	2.2%	5.8%	1.6%
8 October 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	31.8%	35.9%	22.5%	3.8%	6.0%	5.1%
4 September 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	28.8%	35.1%	21.8%	7.3%	7.0%	6.3%
19 March 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	31.5%	36.5%	21.3%	5.0%	5.7%	5.0%

Date published	Polling agency						Lead	Remarks
		UPA	AAP	SAD+	NDA	Others
7 February 2022	ABP News – C-Voter	24-30	55-63	20-26	3-11	0-2	25-39	Hung
23 January 2022	Polstrat-NewsX	42-45	52-55	17-20	0-2	0-1	7-13	Hung
10 January 2022	ABP News – C-Voter	37-43	52-58	17-23	1-3	0-1	9-21	Hung
21 December 2021	Polstrat-NewsX	40-45	47-52	22-26	1-2	0-1	2-12	Hung
11 December 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	39-45	50-56	17-23	0-3	0-1	5-16	Hung
12 November 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	42-50	47-53	16-24	0-1	0-1	0-11	Hung
8 October 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	39-47	49-55	17-25	0-1	0-1	2-16	Hung
4 September 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	38-46	51-57	16-24	0-1	0-1	5-19	Hung
19 March 2021	ABP News – C-Voter	43-49	51-57	12-18	0-3	0-5	2-14	Hung

Exit polls

The Election Commission banned the media from publishing exit polls between 7 AM on 10 February 2022 and 6:30 PM on 7 March 2022. Violation of the directive would be punishable with two years of imprisonment. Accordingly the exit polls below were published in the evening of 7 March.

Polling agency						Lead	Remarks
	UPA	AAP	SAD+	NDA	Others
ABP News – C Voter	22-28	51-61	20-26	7-13	1-5	23-39	Hung
Dainik Bhaskar	26-32	38-44	30-39	7-10	1-2	1-14	Hung
NewsX – Polstrat	24-29	56-61	22-26	1-6	0-3	27-37	Hung
India Today – Axis My India	19-31	76-90	7-11	1-4	0-2	55-71	AAP Majority
India TV-Ground Zero	49-59	27-37	20-30	2-6	1-3	12-32	Hung
News24-Today's Chanakya	10	100	6	1	0-1	90	AAP Majority
Republic-P Marq	23-31	62-70	16-24	1-3	1-3	31-47	AAP Majority
Times Now – VETO	22	70	19	5	1	48	AAP Majority
TV 9 Marathi-Polstrat	24-29	56-61	22-26	1-6	0-3	27-37	Hung
Zee News-DesignBoxed	26-33	52-61	24-32	3-7	0	19-35	Hung
Election results	18	92	4	2	1	74	AAP Majority

Incidents

Voting Machine malfunction

Electronic Voter Machine (EVM) malfunction was reported at several places. AAP reported these incidents to the Election Commission.

Voter turnout and incidents

Source:

District	Seats	Turnout (%)
Amritsar	11	65.87
Barnala	3	73.84
Bathinda	6	78.19
Faridkot	3	76.31
Fatehgarh Sahib	3	76.87
Fazilka	4	78.18
Firozpur	4	77.59
Gurdaspur	7	71.28
Hoshiarpur	7	68.66
Jalandhar	9	66.95
Kapurthala	4	68.07
Ludhiana	14	67.67
Malerkotla	2	78.28
Mansa	3	81.24
Moga	4	73.95
Pathankot	3	74.69
Patiala	8	73.11
Rupnagar	3	73.99
S. A. S. Nagar	3	66.87
Sangrur	5	78.04
S. B. S. Nagar	3	70.75
Sri Muktsar Sahib	4	80.49
Tarn Taran	4	70.09
Total	117	71.95

Voting Machine malfunction

Electronic Voter Machine (EVM) malfunction was reported at several places. AAP reported these incidents to the Election Commission.

Results

Map displaying constituencies won by parties

92	18	4	3
AAP	UPA	SAD+	Others

1. AAP – 92 (78.6%)
2. UPA – 18 (15.4%)
3. SAD+ – 4 (3.40%)
4. NDA – 2 (1.70%)
5. IND – 1 (0.90%)