Punjab Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: Incredible Inquilab, Says Kejriwal as AAP Slays Giants of Punjab Politics from Channi to Captain
Punjab Election Results 2022 LIVE Updates: The Aam Aadmi Party has turned giant-slayer in Punjab election 2022 with its candidates defeating heavyweights like outgoing chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu in Amritsar East, former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh in Patiala and Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in Lambi. In his victory speech, Punjab Chief
Minister-elect Bhagwant Mann has promised to fix unemployment in the state as his first task in office. In an outreach to Dalit voters, Bhagwant Mann said no government office in the state will have the photo of the Punjab CM, but will carry a portrait of Dalit icon DR Ambedkar. The ruling Congress has been relegated to second position in the state, losing power.
Exit polls 2022 had predicted a win for AAP Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann in Assembly Election Results 2022. Majority of the Punjab exit polls results had been unanimous in predicting a clean sweep for the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party with 75-90 seats in the 117-seat Punjab Assembly, where the halfway mark is 59. A handful had projected a hung Assembly in Punjab, the lone poll-bound state where the Congress was in power, with an edge for the AAP. With the Punjab Election Results handing a thumping victory to the AAP, the party has taken a giant step on road to becoming a national party. The Punjab Election 2022 percentage share of parties will be interesting to watch now.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which struck an alliance with Captain Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt), has been limited to single digital tally. Same is the case with the Shiromani Akali Dal which has an alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Assembly Election Results 2022 in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur are being as the half-time preview of Lok Sabha elections 2024. With the duo of Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann winning the Punjab Vidhan Sabha chunav, this is the AAP’s second major government formation after Delhi. Mann would have to resign as Member of Parliament from Sagrur Lok Sabha seat. The party had also contested extensively in Goa elections 2022, and also fought on seats in Uttarakhand polls and Uttar Pradesh elections, but was always seen as having the real shot in Punjab.
The Aam Aadmi Party has promised the Delhi model of development in elections in Punjab with heavy emphasis on health, education, water, electricity and outreach towards women with a monthly allowance for all above the age of 18. The party has also promised to create employment and provide an unemployment allowance for youth.
The Congress, meanwhile, is at yet another crossroads in Punjab. After a bitter build-up to Punjab polls with Amarinder Singh’s exit, Rahul Gandhi announced Charanjit Singh Channi as the Punjab CM candidate in a snub to state unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. With the drubbing, Rahul Gandhi now has to justify that choice and the loss to the party, particularly to the Group of 23 rebels who had spoken out against his style of leadership. The party has already turned down Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as Punjab Congress chief.
Punjab Election 2022 Live: The most-watched candidates and constituencies in Punjab election 2022 were Charanjit Singh Channi (Chamkaur Sahib), Bhagwant Mann (Dhuri), Navjot Singh Sidhu (Amritsar East), Amarinder Singh (Patiala), Parkash Singh Badal (Lambi), Sukhbir Singh Badal (Jalalabad) and Bikram Singh Majithia (Amritsar East).
Apart from the farmers’ protest against now-repealed agri-marketing laws, major election issues in Punjab were sacrilege and drugs smuggling. The BJP made the unprecedented breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security part of its campaign pitch on security in the border state.
Punjab Election 2022 seats have painted a completely different picture from the last Punjab election in which the Congress had won an absolute majority by winning 77 seats in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha, ousting the SAD-BJP government after 10 years. The AAP had emerged as the second-largest party, winning 20 seats. The Shiromani Akali Dal won 15 seats, while the BJP, which had a coalition government with the Akali Dal in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, secured three seats.
Punjab Election Results 2022 : https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/statewiseS191.htm
