15th Punjab Assembly

Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Punjab Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	12 March 2017
Disbanded	11 March 2022
Preceded by	14th Punjab Assembly
Succeeded by	16th Punjab Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Rana Kanwar Pal Singh
Deputy Speaker	Ajaib Singh Bhatti
Leader of the House	Amarinder Singh (2017-2021)
Chief Minister	Amarinder Singh (2017-2021); Charanjit Singh Channi (2021-2022) ; since Leader of the opposition
Leader of the Opposition	H. S. Phoolka (2017) ; Sukhpal Singh Khaira (2017-2018) ; Harpal Singh Cheema (2018-2022)
Structure
Seats	117
Political groups	Government (77) INC (77); Opposition (40) AAP (20); SAD (15); BJP (3); LIP (2);
Length of term	2017-2022
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 February 2017
Next election	20 February 2022

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election for the constitution of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017.

The term of the fifteenth Punjab assembly ended with its dissolution on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.

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