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Punjab State Election Commission is an autonomous and statutory body constituted in Indian state of Punjab for ensuring that elections are conducted in free, fair and unbiased way. Constitution of India with provisions as per Article 243K and 243 ZA and Article 324 ensures creation and safeguarding of the powers of State Election Commissions .
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.
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election NDA Seat Sharing. NDA contested the election without a Chief Ministerial face. [32] 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. [33] 4 Candidates of PLC contested on BJP symbol. [34]
The State Election Commissioner is the head of the commission and is assisted by additional commissioners and secretaries. At the district level, the conduct and supervision of the elections are the responsibility of the district collector / district magistrate .
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. [13] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase. [ 14 ]
On 25 September 2016, the BSP announced a list of nine candidates for 2017 Punjab assembly elections. [44] On 25 September 2016, Avtar Singh Karimpuri was replaced with Rashpal Singh Raju as BSP Punjab state president as the former was declared a Vidhan Sabha candidate from Phillaur.
A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses. Punjab Legislative Assembly appointed the member of the second largest party as Leader of opposition ...
Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Rupnagar [5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AAP: Dinesh Kumar Chadha: 59,903 44.11 INC: Brinder Singh Dhillon: 36,371 26.71 SAD: Daljit Singh Cheema 22,338 16.45 BJP: Iqbal Singh Lalpura: 10,067 7.41 Independent: Subedar Avtar Singh 3,339 2.46 Independent: Devinder Singh Bajwa 1,929 1.42 Independent: Bachitar Singh ...