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Punjab Election Results Highlights: Win For AAP, Congress Accepts Defeat

Punjab Results 2022: Within the first two hours, NDTV called the result for the election based on early trends and predicted an AAP triumph in the state. 

Punjab Election Results Highlights: Win For AAP, Congress Accepts Defeat

Punjab Election 2022: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's celebratory pic with Chief Minister face Bhagwant Mann

New Delhi:

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party scored a landslide win in Punjab with leads in 92 seats in the 117-seat assembly, while the ruling Congress trailed with 18 seats in what was previously considered their stronghold.

Counting of votes for the Punjab Assembly Election 2022 began at 8 am today. Within the first two hours, NDTV called the result for the election based on early trends and predicted an AAP triumph in the state. 

As vote counting progressed, Punjab's former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh -- who won the 2017 Assembly elections for Congress by a massive margin -- lost his constituency, Patiala Urban, to his AAP rival, while Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi lost the election from both seats he contested from.

Other political heavyweights like Congress' Navjot Singh Sidhu, Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal also lost, marking the first time in 30 years that the Badal family will go unrepresented in the Punjab state assembly. AAP's Chief Ministerial face Bhagwant Mann, on the other hand, scored the Dhuri seat he was contesting from, in yet another win for the party of the hour.

AAP, positioning itself as an agent of change, designed its poll campaign this time round to encourage people to vote for "badlav" (change), and targeted the traditional political parties for "looting" the state. These parties are the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Congress, who have alternatively been forming the government in Punjab ever since 1966.

The state, which has over 2.14 crore eligible voters, went to polls on February 20 and recorded a voter turnout of 71.95 per cent -- its lowest in comparison to the past three assembly elections in Punjab. 

Here are the Highlights on the 2022 Punjab Election Results:

Mar 10, 2022 23:19 (IST)
It's A Chamatkaar, Says AAP's Raghav Chadha On Big Punjab Win
AAP's Raghav Chadha says the Punjab result did not shock the party, it is on "expected lines" and what the internal surveys of the party had projected. "We were hopeful that it is going to be a landslide. I'd said it sometime that we will get a 3/4th, may be in a bit of overconfidence, and we actually got that. This is unbelievable. This is a chamatkaar," he said.
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Watch: AAP's Punjab Victory Song, Raghav Chaddha Style
Watch: AAP's Punjab Victory Song, Raghav Chaddha Style
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Could Big Punjab Win Translate To Rajya Sabha Seats For AAP? Seems Likely
With a landslide victory in Punjab under its belt, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears set to make big inroads in Rajya Sabha.
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Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022: It's People's Win, AAP's Gurmeet Singh Kudian Who Defeated Akali Dal's Prakash Singh Badal Says
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Gurmeet Singh Khudian, who defeated Shiromani Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal from the Lambi seat, said that from the first day onwards, people walked along with him and supported him.
Mar 10, 2022 20:18 (IST)
AAP's Giant Killers In Punjab: Mobile Repair Shop Staff, Woman Volunteer

As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raced towards a thumping win in Punjab, two party candidates emerged as giant killers by defeating heavyweight candidates.

AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Shiromani Akali Dal heavyweight Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar East constituency.

"It's the victory of the people of Punjab. My ticket was announced around December 3. I got positive indication during door-to-door campaigns that Punjab has overcome identity politics," Ms Kaur was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Mar 10, 2022 20:08 (IST)
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Bhagwant Mann's Old Videos Resurface As AAP Sweeps Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann's former career as a comedian has given the Internet much fodder for memes.
Mar 10, 2022 19:56 (IST)
Punjab Tunes Out Controversial Singer Congress' Sidhu Moosewala: 5 Points

Controversial rapper and Congress candidate Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu aka Sidhu Moosewala lost from the Mansa assembly seat to Aam Aadmi Party's Vijay Singla. He had joined the Congress last year with both Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu welcoming him aboard. 

AAP's Vijay Singla defeated Sidhu Moosewala by a margin of 63,323 votes. While Sidhu Moosewala got 36,700 votes, Mr Singla bagged 1,00,023 votes.

Mar 10, 2022 19:31 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: After Punjab, These Two States Are Next AAP Ventures, Says Leader

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, savouring its huge victory in Punjab, has its campaigns already in the works for the states of Gujarat and Punjab, party leader Akshay Marathe told NDTV on Thursday.

"Yes, we are definitely going to Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. These are two states on our radar and the party has been sending party workers to these states and we will definitely have a big impact. For decades people of India have had to decide between two parties who did not work for them. For the first time, they are seeing an alternative to both, and people want change," he said.

Mar 10, 2022 19:17 (IST)
AAP's Bhagwant Mann Says Oath Not At Punjab Raj Bhawan, Instead...

Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann drew cheers from the crowd on Thursday as he announced that his oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

He also announced that government offices will not have the photo of the Chief Minister as is the custom.

"The oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, but at Khatkarkalan. The date will be announced later," he said in his victory speech in Dhuri, where he won by over 58,000 votes.

Mar 10, 2022 19:05 (IST)
Defeating 2 Punjab Giants, AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur Earns Bragging Rights

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on the Amritsar East Assembly seat in Punjab.

Amritsar (East) was witnessing a key battle where Navjot Sidhu, who was the sitting MLA from the seat, took on former state minister Bikram Singh Majithia, who is the brother-in-law of SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the other hand fielded a female candidate Jeevan Jyot Kaur from the seat.

Jeevan Jyot Kaur won the Assembly constituency Amritsar East constituency by bagging total votes of 39,679. Trailing second behind the AAP candidate was Congress' Navjot Sidhu with 32,929 votes. Bikram Singh Majithia finished at the third spot with 25,188 votes.

Mar 10, 2022 18:51 (IST)
Watch: After Punjab Win, AAP Dig At Rivals Who Wrote Off Arvind Kejriwal

Ecstatic over its thumping victory in Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took a swipe at rivals who had written off party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the initial years of his political career.

The AAP posted a video on its official Twitter handle under the caption: "They tried to bury us...They didn't know we were seeds! #AAPSweepsPunjab." Read more

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Punjab Election Results: AAP Sweeps Punjab - A Summary
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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Bhagwant Mann's Old Videos Resurface As AAP Sweeps Punjab
Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann's former career as a comedian has given the Internet much fodder for memes. As his party heads for a massive victory in Punjab, an old video of the Aam Aadmi Party leader has resurfaced online. 

The video appears to have been taken from a comedy show which featured Bhagwant Mann in the role of a student who expresses his wish to become an MLA or a "mantri" (minister) some day. Strangely fitting, the Internet thought, at a time when Mr Mann is actually on the path to becoming the chief minister of Punjab. 

In the clip, Bhagwant Mann stars as a student whose teacher asks him what he wants to be when he grows up. "If I get enough education, I can become an officer. If not, I can become an MLA or a minister," he replies in Punjabi. The video then cuts to present-day photos of Mr Mann as a politician, with one picture showing him with party leader Arvind Kejriwal.
Mar 10, 2022 17:39 (IST)
Election Results: AAP's Amritsar East candidate who beat Navjot Sidhu speaks on Punjab win
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"Arvind Kejriwal only leader recognised across India as an image of clean politics, good governance": AAP spokesperson on Punjab
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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: "I'm No Terrorist... People Of Country Have Spoken," Says Arvind Kejriwal
Arvind Kejriwal, today said with his Aam Aadmi Party's spectacular victory in Punjab, the people had spoken - "Kejriwal is not a terrorist. He is a son of the country, a true patriot".
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Assembly Election Results 2022: "We'll Learn From This," Says Rahul Gandhi As Congress's Poor Run Continues
With the Congress scoring a unambiguous 0/5 in the state elections from Uttar Pradesh to Goa, and losing one of the few states it held in Punjab, senior leader Rahul Gandhi's latest mea culpa said the party will learn from these election results. Read here.
Mar 10, 2022 16:27 (IST)
Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: NCP's Sharad Pawar Says AAP's Record In Delhi Helped Them In Winning Punjab
The results of Assembly elections in Punjab are a "shock" for Congress while the Aam Aadmi Party benefited because of the performance of its government in Delhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said here on Thursday.
Mar 10, 2022 16:18 (IST)
Badal family to be unrepresented in Punjab state assembly for first time in three decades
After three decades, Punjab's major political family Badal will remain unrepresented in the Punjab state assembly.

All from the Badal clan, who contested the 2022 state Vidhan Sabha elections, have lost the polls from their respective strongholds. There now won't be anyone from the Badal family in the newly elected state assembly.

The last time this happened was during the 1992 elections when Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) boycotted the state assembly elections. 
Mar 10, 2022 15:59 (IST)
AAP's Giant Killers In Punjab: Mobile Repair Shop Staff, Woman Volunteer
As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raced towards a thumping win in Punjab, two party candidates emerged as giant killers by defeating heavyweight candidates.

AAP's Jeevan Jyot Kaur defeated Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and Shiromani Akali Dal heavyweight Bikram Singh Majithia in Amritsar East constituency.

The other shocker came from Bhadaur when the AAP's Labh Singh Ugoke posted an emphatic win, defeating incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi with a margin of about 40,000 votes.

AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned Ms Kaur and Mr Ugoke as he thanked the people for the massive Punjab mandate, stressing how the common man can make a difference.
Mar 10, 2022 15:51 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: "This Big A Majority Scares Me Too," Says Arvind Kejriwal
The Aam Aadmi Party heading for a massive victory in Punjab with around 90 of the state's 117 seats, party chief Arvind Kejriwal said the scale of the victory "scares" him. Read more here.
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Punjab Election Results: "No Chief Minister Photo In Offices, Instead..." Hints AAP's Bhagwant Mann
Punjab Chief Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann drew cheers from the crowd on Thursday as he announced that his oath-taking ceremony will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. 

He also announced that government offices will not have the photo of the Chief Minister as is the custom.

"The oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, but at Khatkarkalan. The date will be announced later," he said in Dhuri during his victory speech.

"No government office will carry a picture of Chief Minister, instead there will be pictures of Bhagat Singh and BR Ambedkar," Mr Mann announced.
Mar 10, 2022 14:42 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: Did England Pacer Jofra Archer Predict AAP's Clean "Sweep" In Punjab? The Party Think So
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is heading for a massive victory in Punjab. Within the first four hours of counting itself, AAP had taken the lead in over 90 of the 117 assembly seats in the state. Find out here how Jofra Archer's involved.
Mar 10, 2022 14:09 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi Loses Both Seats
Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022: Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi has lost the election from both the seats that he contested from - Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur. Read more here.
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Punjab Election Results: Bhagwant Mann, AAP's Chief Minister Face, Wins Dhuri Seat
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Punjab Elections: "Baby Mufflerman" - Boy Dresses Up As Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann Mix As AAP Sweeps Punjab
A young boy, who had gained prominence as "baby mufflerman" after the 2020 Delhi polls by dressing up as Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, is back in the limelight. Following the party's landslide victory in Punjab, he went for an "all-in-one" look - he sported a turban and a moustache to resemble the state's chief ministerial candidate, Bhagwant Mann, along with the signature Kejriwal muffler.

Celebrating outside the AAP headquarters in Delhi, the boy dressed in a v-neck maroon sweater and wrapped a muffler around his neck. He even put on spectacles similar to the AAP chief.

The boy's father told NDTV that his whole family supports AAP and they had been to Punjab for 10 days to campaign for the party. 

The "baby mufflerman" image had gone viral after the 2020 Delhi election results, which returned Mr Kejriwal and his party to power in the national capital. Even the Twitter handle of the AAP had shared the image at the time, calling him the "mufflerman".
Mar 10, 2022 13:37 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: Amarinder Singh accepts "verdict of the people"
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Punjab Election Results 2022: AAP vote share at 42.4% so far, Congress at 24%
As AAP heads for landslide victory, it holds 42.4 per cent of the vote share so far, with Congress trailing behind with 24 per cent and Shiromani Akali Dal with 20.2 per cent.

Both Congress and Akali Dal have historically held power in the party, whereas AAP is a new face contesting the Punjab elections only for the second time. From 2017 to 2022, AAP has gained 71 seats so far while Congress has lost 60 and SAD lost nine.

Mar 10, 2022 13:15 (IST)
After Punjab, These Two States Are Next AAP Ventures, Says Leader
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, savouring its huge victory in Punjab, has its campaigns already in the works for the states of Gujarat and Punjab, party leader Akshay Marathe told NDTV on Thursday. 

"Yes, we are definitely going to Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. These are two states on our radar and the party has been sending party workers to these states and we will definitely have a big impact. For decades people of India have had to decide between two parties who did not work for them. For the first time, they are seeing an alternative to both, and people want change," he said.
Mar 10, 2022 13:00 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: In Victory Tweet, Arvind Kejriwal And Bhagwant Mann's Message For Punjab
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal met with his party's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann in Punjab as election result trends showed the party winning in the state. This win would give the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, its first chance at running a full state unlike Delhi, which is a Union Territory.

"Many congratulations to the people of Punjab for this revolution," Mr Kejriwal tweeted, along with a photo of Mr Mann and him showing the V for victory sign.
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Punjab Elections 2022: Navjot Singh Sidhu accepts Congress defeat, congratulates AAP
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Punjab Election Results: Amarinder Singh, Punjab Ex Chief Minister, Loses In Patiala
Former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has lost in his Patiala Urban constituency. 

The two-time Chief Minister lost to his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) rival Ajit Pal Singh Kohli. In the previous election in 2017, his victory margin had been 49 per cent.

Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is heading for a landslide win in Punjab, with the ruling Congress far behind. 

Captain Amarinder Singh had dramatically exited Congress in September last year and later went on to form his own party, Punjab Lok Congress, which he had allied with BJP for this election.
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Arvind Mann? Bhagwant Kejriwal? See toddler's celebratory half-and-half attire at AAP headquarters
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Punjab Elections: All thanks to Kejriwal, says his party
Raghav Chadha (AAP): Today Arvind Kejriwal ji and Bhagwant Mann ji's positive campaign and agenda that won over the negative campaign and agenda of other parties. They called Kejriwal ji 'Aatankwaadi', but the result has proven what the people believe in and what they have rejected. It proves that Kejriwal ji is a 'Shikshawaadi' and 'Vikaswaadi'.
Mar 10, 2022 11:50 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: AAP Emotional, Triumphant
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Manish Sisodia On AAP's Punjab Sweep: Kejriwal Model Going National
The Punjab elections results were an endorsement for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) model of governance, his deputy Manish Sisodia said on Thursday. Read more here.
Mar 10, 2022 11:42 (IST)
Punjab Elections 2022: The Arvind Kejriwal Model Of Governance In Spotlight
Reena Gupta (AAP): We are moving forward with the Kejriwal model of governance - which is for good governance. We now have Punjab where everyone will see our good governance model because Delhi is a half-state with powers divided between Centre and state, but in Punjab, AAP has a full state for the first time and we will show the work we can do independently. That being said, with unemployment at its highest, price rise at its highest, with Covid and with farmers agitation, if the Congress could not emerge as even a solid opposition, then they have no business to be in politics. You all will now see Aam Aadmi Party be the national opposition party to the BJP till the next national election.
Mar 10, 2022 11:39 (IST)
Punjab Election Result: AAP with 41.4% of vote share so far, Congress at 25%
As AAP heads for landslide victory, it holds 41.4 per cent of the vote share so far, with Congress trailing behind with 25 per cent and Shiromani Akali Dal with 21.7 per cent.

Both Congress and Akali Dal have historically held power in the party, whereas AAP is a new face contesting the Punjab elections only for the second time. From 2017 to 2022, AAP has gained 70 seats so far while Congress has lost 63 and SAD lost seven.

Mar 10, 2022 11:32 (IST)
Punjab Elections 2022: The Arvind Kejriwal Model Of Governance In Spotlight
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Punjab Election Result: AAP supporters continue early celebrations, dancing outside Bhagwant Mann's Dhuri residence
Celebrations kicked off at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party's Chief Ministeral's candidate Bhagwant Mann with early trends from the Assembly polls counting shows AAP crossing halfway mark in Punjab, according to the Election Commission website.

AAP workers were seen dancing at the Dhuri residence of Mann with brooms in their hands. The broom is the election symbol of the AAP.

AAP workers in Delhi too started celebrations at the party headquarters. One supporter even brought along his child in a costume that was a mix of party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and the party's CM face in Punjab Bhagwant Mann.
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Assembly Elections 2022: AAP's Jadoo Ki Jhappi In Punjab - Why It's An Exceptional Win
Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party, in its second attempt, has taken Punjab, giving the eight-year-old outfit its second state after Delhi.

"This shows AAP is the natural and national replacement of the Congress," said Raghav Chadha, who ran the Punjab campaign for his party, in an exclusive interview to NDTV.

By 9 am, it was clear that Punjab had embraced AAP, which placed second in the last election five years ago, defying several exit polls that had then forecast it as the winner. This time around, all exit polls gave AAP the clear lead in Punjab.

In fact, the party's phenomenal result was at the cost of the incumbent Congress, which, at 10.30 am, was down to 13 seats compared to 77 in 2017.
Mar 10, 2022 10:56 (IST)
Punjab Assembly Election 2022: Arvind Kejriwal Will Be PM, AAP National Force Now: AAP's Raghav Chadha To NDTV
As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) raced to a spectacular sweep of Punjab, taking its second state after Delhi, the party's Raghav Chaddha said AAP would replace the Congress as the country's biggest opposition party. Read more here.
Mar 10, 2022 10:52 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: Exclusive NDTV Interview with AAP's Raghav Chadha
Raghav Chadha (AAP) to NDTV: Mr Bhagwant Mann is a phenomenal leader. He is the best man to lead Punjab... I have seen him grow and mature into a leader. He is one of the persons with the most amount amount of integrity that I have met in my life. He will be a great Chief Minister.

Sreenivasan Jain: The Aam Aadmi Party has just announced that they are now the new Congress.

Shekhar Gupta: The Congress has already set itself up in Gujarat next with their tactics... so AAP is the party to watch out for in Gujarat. They will replace the Congress there too at this rate.
Mar 10, 2022 10:50 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: Exclusive NDTV Interview with AAP's Raghav Chadha
Raghav Chadha (AAP) to NDTV: Guru maharaj ne apna haath Aam Aadmi Party ke sar par rakha hai. The people of Punjab have seen the Kejriwal model of governance and want to try it out. For five decades, those who have kept the people of Punjab without the amenities they deserve and making the state prosperous... even those who thought they would rule forever have now been thrown out. These people looted people of Punjab... put the state in over Rs 3 lakh crore deficit. People did not have basic amenities, while those who ruled the state made farmhouses, hotels, businesses. The people decided to teach them a lesson.

Raghav Chadha (AAP) to NDTV: It is a tremoendous day for AAP as a party too, because today we have become a national party. We are no longer a regional party. May the almighty bless us and Mr Kejriwal. May he lead the nation one day. We will say more when results are fully declared. Punjab will benefit under the leadership of Kejriwal ji and Bhagwant Mann ji. This is an effort of every party worker at the grassroot level.
Mar 10, 2022 10:38 (IST)
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Congress' Navjot Sidhu, Akali Dal's Bikram Majithia trail behind AAP candidate in Amritsar East
Face-off: Congress and Akali Dal heavyweights trailing in Amritsar East, Aam Aadmi Party's Jeevan Jyot Kaur in the lead.

Mar 10, 2022 10:16 (IST)
Election Results 2022: Aam Aadmi Party's supporters celebrate, say party will cross 100-mark in Punjab
Mar 10, 2022 09:59 (IST)
Election 2022: Political heavyweights all trail AAP in Punjab
Major political heavyweights Amarinder Singh, Navjot Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi, Parkash Singh Badal and Sukhbir Singh Badal are all trailing in their constituencies. AAP is presently leading on 85 out of 117 seats, in what appears to be building up to an absolute landslide victory.

For context: In the 2017 Punjab Election, Amarinder Singh (then Congress) won by a 43% victory margin, while Navjot Singh Sidhu (Congress) won by a 41% margin, with nobody coming close to their landslide wins. Within five years, much has changed in Punjab, that these two would now be trailing to their constituencies' AAP candidates.

Mar 10, 2022 09:45 (IST)
Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister, trailing in his constituency of Patiala Urban
Amarinder Singh, former Chief Minister who quit Congress last year and formed his own party -- the Punjab Lok Congress -- which is now in alliance with BJP, is trailing in his constituency of Patiala Urban, where the AAP candidate is ahead instead. In the last election, Amarinder Singh won by a 43% victory margin.
Mar 10, 2022 09:40 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: AAP Leads In Early Trends, Congress, BJP, Akalis Trail
In a fierce multi-cornered fight, Congress has been dislodged to second place and Akalis are struggling to retain their seats. Read more here on Punjab's election trends.
Mar 10, 2022 09:37 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: AAP crosses halfway mark in leads
Mar 10, 2022 09:29 (IST)
AAP scoops Punjab - NDTV calls result
Mar 10, 2022 09:22 (IST)
Early trend: Akali Dal, Independent candidate leading on one seat each in Punjab
Early trends from the counting of votes for Punjab Assembly polls showed the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and an Independent candidate leading in Mukerian and Sultanpur Lodhi constituencies respectively, the latest data by the Election Commission stated.

The SAD's Sarbjot Singh is leading with a margin of 201 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party's nominee Jangi Lal Mahajan in the Mukerian Assembly seat.

In Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly seat, Independent candidate Rana Inder Pratap Singh is leading with a margin of 1770 votes from the SAD candidate Harminder Singh.
Mar 10, 2022 09:18 (IST)
Punjab Election 2022: Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi speaks to NDTV on Punjab situation
Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi to NDTV: Channi was actually a good choice, I believe. The party thought that it is best to get someone who has risen from the grassroots, and the move was praised by many in the media too, but too much was made of it in the media and too many people spoke too much about it, so it backfired.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi: Navjot Sidhu is a great orator and has great leadership quality. He will win from his seat and has a big following among the people. But like you said, he might have spoken out of turn.

Abhishek Manu Singhvi: We could not have done this campaign without Navjot Sidhu.
Mar 10, 2022 09:15 (IST)
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"Prayed for the golden future of Punjab and the welfare of all": Bhagwant Mann on Election Results Day
Mar 10, 2022 08:58 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: AAP overtakes Congress in early leads (postal votes only)
Mar 10, 2022 08:46 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: AAP gains on Congress, trails close behind in early leads
Mar 10, 2022 08:42 (IST)
Punjab Election 2022: Leads for 9 seats in, Congress marginally ahead
Mar 10, 2022 08:26 (IST)
Punjab Election 2022: Tight security in Punjab centres amid vote counting
As many as 7,500 personnel have been deputed for the counting process which began at 8 am at 66 locations across the state, officials said.

A three-tier security measure has been set up with the deployment of 45 companies of Central Armed Police Forces at the counting centres.

Officials said CRPC section 144 has been imposed in all the districts and gathering of people outside the counting centres has been prohibited.
Mar 10, 2022 08:20 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: Congress ahead in Punjab, as per early leads
Early leads show that Congress, is holding in one seat and is presently ahead in Punjab, based on postal votes. However, 116 of 117 seats are still awaited.

Health warning: Leads are based only on postal votes at this time. These can change once the EVM votes are counted.
Mar 10, 2022 08:01 (IST)
All You Need To Know About Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022
The result of the February 20 election to 117-seat Punjab assembly is being declared today. The state, which has over 2.14 eligible voters, recorded 71.95 per cent polling, down from 77 per cent recorded in 2017. Your guide to the Punjab elections as vote counting begins.
Mar 10, 2022 07:54 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: AAP prepares for good news at its Delhi headquarters
Preparations for celebration are being made at the national headquarters of the Aam Aadmi Party. A stage has been built for AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal's speech, while the headquarters have been decorated with flowers and balloons all over.

Mar 10, 2022 07:50 (IST)
Punjab Elections 2022: AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha's tweet ahead of counting
Mar 10, 2022 07:43 (IST)
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Punjab Election 2022 Live: Bhagwant Mann visits Gurdwara Gursagar Mastuana Sahib

Mar 10, 2022 07:09 (IST)
Punjab Election Results 2022: Key seats to watch today
Mar 10, 2022 07:07 (IST)
Punjab Election 2022: Jalebi batches being prepped at Bhagwant Mann's house in anticipation of good news
Punjab Election Results: Jalebis being prepared at AAP Chief Ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann's house, as Bhagwant Mann leaves his home early this morning for the gurudwara.


Mar 10, 2022 06:29 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: Counting of votes will begin at 8 am at 117 centres in 66 locations. Visuals from a counting centre in Amritsar:
Mar 10, 2022 06:25 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: AAP's chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann has expressed confidence that his party will form the next government in the state and has claimed that his politics won't go to his head if he becomes Punjab's Chief Minister.
Mar 10, 2022 06:24 (IST)
Punjab Election 2022: Punjab Congress leaders have insisted that their party will secure victory despite exit polls predicting their loss, while Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Badal had claimed that his party, which fought elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party, would win over 80 of the 117 seats.
Mar 10, 2022 01:00 (IST)
Live Punjab Election Results: The BJP fought the election in alliance with the Punjab Lok Congress, founded by former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after his dramatic exit from Congress over power tussle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Mar 10, 2022 01:00 (IST)
Election 2022: As the Congress led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is eyeing a second consecutive term in power, the big challenger is Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).  A poll of exit polls in Punjab shows the AAP would be the single largest party in the state. But exit polls do not always get it right.
Mar 10, 2022 00:59 (IST)
Punjab Election Results: The result of the February 20 election to 117-seat Punjab assembly is being declared today. The state, which has over 2.14 crore eligible voters, recorded 71.95 per cent polling, down from 77 per cent recorded in 2017. There were 1,304 candidates in the contest.
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