16th Punjab Assembly

Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 March 2022. The Fifteenth Punjab assembly was dissolved on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March. In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 92 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.

Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type
History
Established11 March 2022
Preceded by15th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Banwarilal Purohit
since 31 August 2021
Kultar Singh Sandhwan, AAP
since 21 March 2022
Jai Krishan Singh, AAP
since 30 June 2022
Bhagwant Mann, AAP
since 16 March 2022
Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP
since April 2022
Balkar Singh, AAP
since 31 May 2023
Partap Singh Bajwa, INC
since 9 April 2022
Raj Kumar Chabbewal, INC
since 9 April 2022
Structure
Seats117
Political groups
Government (92)
  •   AAP (92)

Opposition (25)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
20 February 2022
Next election
February 2027 or earlier
Meeting place
Website
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constitution
Constitution of India
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