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AAP Punjab CM face Bhagwant Mann wins from Dhuri seat
AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann to take oath at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr
Chandigarh, Mar 10 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann on Thursday said the oath-taking ceremony of the new Punjab cabinet will be held at Khatkarkalan in Nawanshahr district, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
"The oath-taking ceremony will not be held at Raj Bhawan, but at Khatkarkalan. The date will be announced later," Mann said addressing party workers and supporters at Dhuri after the AAP appeared set for a clean sweep in Punjab having taken lead in 91 of the 117 assembly seats after initial rounds of counting of votes.
He also said that no government office will carry photograph of the chief minister. Instead, photos of Bhagat Singh and Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar will be put on walls in government offices.
Appealing to people to work unitedly, he said those who did not vote for the APP need not worry as the government will work for all sections of the society.
The thrust areas for his government would be improving the condition of schools, health infrastructure, bringing back industry, making agriculture profitable, and improving sports infrastructure.
He said sports tracks and stadiums will be set up in all villages.
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -20
SAD+ 05
AAP 89
BJP+ 2
OTHERS 01
Party position of Punjab assembly polls at 12 noon:
Total seats-117
AAP 89
CONGRESS 18
SAD 6
BJP 3
INDEPENDENT 1
Several political stalwarts, senior leaders trailing in Punjab
Several political stalwarts and senior leaders, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, former chief minister Amarinder Singh and Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, were trailing in their respective assembly constituencies in Punjab, according to initial trends in the counting of votes.
Besides, Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa, SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia and former union minister Vijay Sampla were also behind their nearest rivals.
The Aam Aadmi Party appeared to be heading for a clean sweep, having taken a big lead in 88 of the 117 seats in Punjab.
Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab began at 8am on Thursday amid tight security arrangements.
Five-time chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, who was seeking re-election from his home turf Lambi, was trailing behind his nearest rival and AAP candidate Gurmeet Singh Khudian by a margin of 4,385 votes.
At 94, Badal is the country's oldest candidate to fight elections.
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was trailing from the two seats he contested -- Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur.
AAP candidate Labh Singh Ugoke was leading from Bhadaur seat, which is part of the politically significant Malwa region.
Channi was also trailing from his home constituency Chamkaur Sahib which he represented thrice.
AAP nominee Charanjit Singh is leading from Chamkaur Sahib seat by a margin of 1,438 votes.
Punjab Lok Congress chief and former chief minister Amarinder Singh was trailing from his pocket borough Patiala Urban.
The scion of the erstwhile Patiala royal family has been a legislator from Patiala seat in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017 as a Congress candidate.
AAP candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli was leading by a margin of 9,592 votes from Patiala Urban.
SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal is also trailing from his home turf Jalalabad in Fazilka district. AAP candidate Jagdeep Kamboj is leading from Jalalabad by a margin of 5,017 votes.
In Lehra seat, AAP candidate Barinder Kumar Goyal was leading over SAD (Sanyukt) candidate Parminder Singh Dhindsa by a margin of 22,862 votes.
Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal who was also fighting from Lehra was trailing.
Former Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa was trailing in the Qadian assembly seat from where SAD candidate Guriqbal Singh Mahal was leading by 141 votes.
Former Union minister and BJP candidate Vijay Sampla was trailing in Phagwara seat.
BSP candidate Jasvir Singh Garhi is leading over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal in Phagwara seat by a margin of 1,493 votes.
Several turncoats trailing in Punjab
Several party hoppers including Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa and Anil Joshi were trailing from their respective constituencies in Punjab, according to poll trends.
The Aam Aadmi Party was leading in 89 out of total 117 assembly seats in Punjab.
Ahead of the assembly polls, several leaders had switched sides.
Former sports minister Sodhi had quit the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested from Ferozepur City seat.
Sodhi, a four-time MLA from Guruharsahai in Ferozepur, was trailing from Ferozepur seat, the trends showed.AAP candidate Ranbir Singh was leading from Ferozepur City over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Parminder Singh Pinki.
Former Congress leader Bajwa, who had joined the BJP, and fought from Batala seat was trailing.Aam Aadmi Party candidate Amansher Singh is leading from Batala seat over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Ashwani Sekhri, according to trends.
Fateh Jang Bajwa was a sitting legislator from Qadian seat from where the Congress fielded his elder brother and Rajya Sabha member Partap Singh Bajwa.
Former Punjab minister Joshi, who quit the BJP and joined the SAD last year, contested from Amritsar North assembly seat.
AAP candidate and former IPS officer Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh was leading over Joshi from Amritsar North seat.
Joshi had remained legislator from the Amritsar North seat in 2007 and 2012 on the BJP ticket. He faced defeat in the 2017 Assembly polls.
Former Congress leader Harjot Kamal, who too had joined the BJP, fought from Moga assembly seat. Kamal left the Congress after the party denied him the ticket from Moga.
From Moga seat, AAP candidate Amandeep Kaur Arora was leading over her nearest rival and Congress candidate Malvika Sood Sachar, who is sister of actor Sonu Sood.
Former Punjab minister and three-time MLA Joginder Singh Mann, who joined the AAP after snapping his 50-year-old ties with the Congress, fought from Phagwara seat.
However, Congress candidate Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal was leading over BSP nominee Jasvir Singh Garhi from Phagwara seat.
Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lali Majithia, who joined the AAP after leaving the Congress, tried his luck from Majitha assembly segment.
SAD candidate Ganieve Kaur Majithia is leading from Majithia assembly segment.
Raman Bahl, who left the Congress last year and joined the AAP, fought from Gurdaspur seat.
SAD candidate Gurbachan Singh Babehali was leading over Congress candidate and sitting MLA Barindermeet Singh Pahra from Gurdaspur seat.
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -18
SAD+ 06
AAP 90
BJP+ 2
OTHERS 01
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -16
SAD+ 07
AAP 89
BJP+ 4
OTHERS 01
AAP appears to be heading for clean sweep in Punjab having taken lead in 88 of 117 assembly seats after initial rounds of counting.
Congress leading in 13 seats, SAD in 8, BJP 5 and BSP 2, independent candidate in 1 seat, according to trends available at 10.30 am
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -13
SAD+ 10
AAP 88
BJP+ 5
OTHERS 01
Party position of Punjab assembly polls at 10 am:
Total seats-117
Party Leading Win
AAP 84
CONGRESS 18
SAD 8
BJP 3
BSP 1
INDEPENDENT 1Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -28
SAD+ 18
AAP 64
BJP+ 7
OTHERS 00
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -38
SAD+ 20
AAP 51
BJP+ 6
OTHERS 00
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS - Latest Trends
Congress -39
SAD+ 19
AAP 48
BJP+ 5
OTHERS 00
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS
Congress -18
SAD+ 7
AAP 32
BJP+ 1
OTHERS 00
Punjab Election Result 2022: LIVE UPDATES, Latest trends, news -
Total - 117 SEATS
Congress -13
SAD+ 3
AAP 17
BJP+ 1
OTHERS 00
Counting of votes in Punjab begins amid tight security arrangements
Counting of votes for 117 assembly seats in Punjab began on Thursday amid tight security arrangements.
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.
Polling in the state was held on February 20.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, which emerged as a major contender in the multi-cornered contest, is looking to get its first full state to rule while the Congress aims to retain power.
Various exit polls have predicted that the Aam Aadmi Party will form the next government in Punjab but a few have also forecast a hung assembly.
As many as 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, were in the fray.
The state recorded a voter turnout of 71.95 per cent. It was the lowest compared to the voting percentage observed in three previous assembly elections.
The AAP sought to project itself as an agent of change and designed its poll campaign likewise and accused its rivals of "looting" the state.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Congress have alternatively been forming governments after the reorganisation of Punjab in 1966.
The Congress fought the election with Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial candidate hoping for the consolidation of the Scheduled Caste votes.
The stakes are also high for the SAD which contested the polls in alliance with the BSP after breaking electoral ties with the BJP in 2020 over the farm laws issue.
The BJP, which used to be a junior partner during its alliance with the SAD, fought this election as a major partner after allying with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD (Sanyukt).
The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, comprising various Punjab farmer bodies which had taken part in the stir against the Centre's now-repealed farm laws, fought the polls in alliance with the Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh Party.
In the 2017 Punjab assembly polls, the Congress had ended the SAD-BJP's 10-year rule by bagging 77 seats. The AAP had managed to get 20 seats, while the SAD-BJP had won 18 seats and two seats went to the Lok Insaaf Party.
Punjab Election Result 2022 LIVE UPDATES: Counting set to begin at 8 AM.
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- The stage is set for counting of votes on Thursday for 117 assembly seats in Punjab where the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has emerged as a major contender while the Congress is seeking to retain power in the multi-cornered contest.
- Various exit polls have predicted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will form the next government in Punjab but a few have also forecast a hung assembly in the state which had witnessed a high-stakes contest on February 20.
-Counting of votes will start at 8 am at 117 centres in 66 locations, said Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Wednesday.
-A total of 1,304 candidates, including 93 women and two transgenders, were in the fray.
-The state recorded voter turnout of 71.95 per cent. It was the lowest percentage as compared to the voting percentage observed in three previous assembly elections. In the 2017 Punjab assembly polls, the voting percentage recorded was 77.40. The percentage in 2007 and 2012 was 75.45 and 78.20 respectively. In the 2002 elections, the voting percentage was 65.14.
-Though various exit polls predicted that the Congress would not be able to form the government for the second time in a row, Punjab Congress leaders have insisted that their party would secure victory.
-AAP's chief ministerial face and state unit head Bhagwant Mann has also expressed confidence that his party would form the next government in the state.
-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 seats. The BJP has said that it will make impressive gains while former chief minister Amarinder Singh has said that this party, the Punjab Lok Congress, and the BJP have done well in the elections.
-The AAP has sought to project itself as an agent of change and designed its poll campaign in such a way that the people vote for 'badlav' (change) as it targeted the traditional political parties for looting the state.
-It also announced its CM face ahead of polls to give clarity to voters.The SAD and the Congress have alternatively been forming the government after the reorganistaion of Punjab in 1966.
-The stakes are high for the Congress which is looking to retain power in Punjab. It announced Charanjit Singh Channi as the CM face and was hoping for the consolidation of the Scheduled Caste votes. Punjab has nearly 32 per cent Scheduled Caste population.
-The Congress, a dominant player in state politics, also banked on various decisions like reducing electricity tariff, slashing fuel prices, taken during Channi's 111-day tenure.
-The stakes are also high for the SAD which contested the polls in alliance with the BSP after breaking electoral ties with the BJP in 2020 over farm laws issue.
-With Sukhbir Singh Badal in the driving seat, the SAD is hoping for making a comeback after it was relegated to the third spot in the 2017 assembly polls.
-The BJP, which used to be a junior partner during its previous alliance with the SAD, was fighting the elections as a major partner after entering into an alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD (Sanyukt).
-The BJP is hopeful of getting a good response especially in Hindu dominated urban and semi-urban areas. The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha, comprising various Punjab farmer bodies which had taken part in the stir against the Centre's now-repealed farm laws, fought the polls in alliance with the Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh Party.
-All major political parties promised a host of freebies and sops to woo voters in order to form the next government in the state.
-Key constituencies where result would be keenly watched included Chamkaur Sahib constituency from where Channi is seeking a re-election. He also contested from the Bhadaur assembly seat in Barnala district.
-The poll fight in Amritsar East constituency is considered as the mother of all electoral battles. Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu fought against SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia from this seat.
-Mann was trying his luck from Dhuri seat as he fought against sitting MLA and Congress nominee Dalvir Singh Goldy.
-Five-time chief minister and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal fought from his pocket borough Lambi seat in Muktsar district.
-Amarinder Singh, who was unseated by the Congress last year from the post of chief minister following a bitter feud with Sidhu, contested from his home turf Patiala Urban seat.
- SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was trying his luck from Jalalabad seat.
- In the 2017 Punjab assembly polls, the Congress had ended the SAD-BJP combine ten year regime by bagging 77 seats out of the total 117-assembly segments in the state.
- The AAP had managed to get 20 seats, while the SAD-BJP had won 18 seats and two seats went into the kitty of the Lok Insaaf Party.
Results trends will start from 8 AM on 10th March 2022, says Election Commission website - https://results.eci.gov.in/
Punjab Election Result 2022: Zee Exit Poll - Expected SEAT SHARE
Total Seats- 117
CONG 26-33
SAD+ 24-32
AAP 52-61
BJP+ 3-7
OTH 1-2
Punjab Election Result 2022: Zee Exit Poll - Expected Vote Share
CONG 25
SAD+ 24
AAP 39
BJP+ 6
OTH 6
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