In a surprise reversal, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is projected to oust the Congress in Punjab in the 2022 assembly elections to win its second state within 10 years of its formation. The party, which is currently in power in Delhi, is projected to win over 75 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly. exit poll 2022,
The Axis My India survey has projected 76-90 seats for the AAP in Punjab, taking it ahead of the majority mark of 59 seats. The Jan Ki Baat poll has predicted 60-84 seats for the Aam Aadmi Party, while the P-Mark survey said the party is expected to land between 62 and 70 seats. According to ETG Research, the AAP could have won 70-75 seats, and Pollstrat reduced the party to beyond the magic number but 56-61 seats.
Meanwhile, the Congress is projected to lose from Punjab with just 30 seats in the assembly. The SAD-BSP alliance is predicted to manage a limited double-digit number of seats below 25. The BJP and allies are projected to win a single digit. for counting of votes Punjab Election 2022 Will be held on 10th March 2022.
Overall, nearly 70% of the voter turnout was recorded in a single-phase, multi-cornered contest for the 117-member assembly in Punjab. A total of 1,304 candidates, including two transgenders, were in the fray this time.
The main contest was between the ruling Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which contested the 2020 elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party after breaking a two-decade-old ties with the BJP. Agricultural Law. The BJP-Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) alliance was also in the fray, apart from the Samyukta Samaj Morcha, which included farmers’ bodies from Punjab, who participated in the movement against the Centre’s now repealed agricultural laws.
Congress painted incumbent Charanjit Singh Channi as the chief ministerial candidate, despite prolonged lobbying by Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann was the CM face of AAP, while the Akali Dal remained with Sukhbir Singh Badal.
In addition to farmers’ year-long protests against the now repealed agri-marketing laws, issues of sacrilege and drug trafficking dominated the election narrative. The BJP made an unprecedented breach of the Prime Minister’s security by its campaign pitch on security in the border state.
In the 2017 assembly elections, the Congress secured an absolute majority by winning 77 seats in the 117-member assembly, ousting the SAD-BJP government after 10 years.
AAP had emerged as the second largest party by winning 20 seats. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won 15 seats, while the BJP, which had a coalition government with the Akali Dal in Punjab from 2007 to 2017, won three seats.
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