The Congress has made a resounding comeback in Punjab, winning a solid 77 seats in the 117-seat Assembly. Anti-incumbency may have helped the party notch up its big score. The AAP won less than it was expected to. Still, its 20 seats on debut do make it the second largest party in the Punjab Assembly. The SAD-BJP alliance – expected to be reduced to single digits – fared the worst, with 18 seats.
Results of Punjab assembly elections 2017 was declared today by the Election Commission. From Ghanuar seat, Congress emerged victorious. Congress had given the the ticket to former MLA Madan Lal Thekedar Jalalpur from Ghanaur. AAP had fielded Anu Randhawa, daughter of former state minister Jasjit Singh Randhawa from the constituency. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate from the seat was incumbent MLA Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpur.
Mukhmailpur, better known as Bibi, had won the elections in 2012 with a thin margin of over 1,000 votes. Although she is among the favourites to win the election, pollsters have not underestimated the AAP wave in west Malwa region. Anu Randhawa, the AAP candidate, received significant amount of support during her poll campaign. Randhawa pins hope in the legacy of her late father, the former two-time MLA, along with the ‘aam aadmi’ tag she has earned in the region.
Punjab – Ghanaur
Result Declared
Candidate
Party
Votes
THEKEDAR MADAN LAL JALALPUR
Indian National Congress
65965
HARPREET KAUR MUKHMAILPUR
Shiromani Akali Dal
29408
ANU RANDHAWA
Aam Aadmi Party
23188
ANUPINDER KAUR SANDHU
Independent
2833
JAGJEET SINGH
Bahujan Samaj Party
1275
GURSEWAK SINGH
Democratic Swaraj Party
1131
BALJIT SINGH
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party
462
SURINDER KAUR
Independent
388
None of the Above
None of the Above
82
The final tally declared by Election Commission at 4:36 PM confirmed the victory of Congress in Rajpura. Hardial Singh Kamboj ended up winning the seat by a margin of nearly 23,000 votes. AAP’s Ashutosh Joshi came second, bagging 26542 seats, whereas, the BJP candidate Harjit Singh Grewal secured 19,151 votes.
Punjab – Rajpura
Result Declared
Candidate
Party
Votes
HARDIAL SINGH KAMBOJ
Indian National Congress
59107
ASHUTOSH JOSHI
Aam Aadmi Party
26542
HARJIT SINGH GREWAL
Bharatiya Janata Party
19151
JAGDISH KUMAR
Independent
15073
NIRMALJIT SINGH
Independent
3939
RAVINDER JAIN
Bahujan Samaj Party
1126
SOBHA SINGH
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)(Simranjit Singh Mann)
684
MAHESH KUMAR
Independent
443
DALBIR SINGH
Independent
429
RAJINDER KUMAR
Aapna Punjab Party
282
SHER SINGH
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Party
271
None of the Above
None of the Above
1026
In the 2012 assembly elections, Hardial Singh Kamboj of Congress wrested the seat from BJP with a margin of more than 30,000 votes. Backed by Congress’ chief ministerial candidate Capt Amarinder Singh, Hardial was considered among the favourites to win the elections held on February 4.
Samana constituency is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and its constituency number is 116. Rajinder Singh Kamboj, who belongs to Congress, is the current MLA of Samana and he became MLA by winning the current elections held in 2017.
Punjab – Samana
Result Declared
Candidate
Party
Votes
RAJINDER SINGH
Indian National Congress
62551
SURJIT SINGH RAKHRA
Shiromani Akali Dal
52702
JAGTAR SINGH RAJLA
Aam Aadmi Party
28884
RAJINDER SINGH
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)(Simranjit Singh Mann)
1854
DAVINDER SINGH DHIMAN
Bahujan Samaj Party
1084
AJAIB SINGH BATHOI
Independent
501
RAJINDER SINGH
Independent
348
JASPAL SINGH
Independent
250
None of the Above
None of the Above
1052