New Delhi/Amritsar. According to the big news of the morning, voting is going on in all 117 seats of Punjab (Punjab Vidhansabha Elections) today. It is worth noting that here too, like Uttar Pradesh, multi-cornered competition is being seen. Voting has started in Punjab from 8 am today. A total of 24740 polling stations have been set up for the 117 assembly seats here. Where more than 2.14 crore voters are going to decide the fate of 1304 candidates today. Among them 93 women are also included.
Punjab Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu casts his vote in Assembly elections, at Ludhiana
I request everyone to exercise their right to vote for the development of Punjab. The more people take part in elections the more democracy will strengthen, he says. pic.twitter.com/lY35mMp7PW
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2022
Aam Aadmi Party CM candidate for #PunjabElections2022Bhagwant Mann exercises his franchise in Mohali
He is contesting from Dhuri in Sangrur. pic.twitter.com/CsJp2eM1HG
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2022
Let us tell that in this election, many famous faces of Punjab whose electoral fortunes are at stake, among them Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann, Congress Punjab unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Parkash Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal are prominent. So at the same time, former Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, BJP’s Punjab unit president Ashwani Sharma and former Union Minister Vijay Sampla are also trying their luck in this election.
Today, on this big special day, Aam Aadmi Party’s chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Maan has said, “It is a big day for Punjab. I will appeal to all the voters not to get caught under any pressure or greed, vote according to your own will. On the other hand, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said, “I have prayed to Guru Sahib that Punjab should get a good government and there should be development in Punjab. Good luck to all.”
Mohali | It is a big day for #punjab today. Congress & BJP have come together to put on my party and me, but the people of Punjab know everything: Aam Aadmi Party’s CM candidate Bhagwant Mann
Mann is contesting from Dhuri, Sangrur pic.twitter.com/nhOHUPxuNj
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2022
“It’s leadership of the party. It’ll now be the will of the almighty & people, we’ve made all efforts,” says CM Charanjit Singh Channi as he offers prayers at Gurudwara Sri Katalgarh Sahib, Kharar
He is contesting #PunjabElections from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur constituencies. pic.twitter.com/0CaMNqMrFL
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2022
Significantly, this time in Punjab, there is a multi-cornered contest between the Congress, AAP, the SAD-BSP alliance, the BJP-PLC-SAD (United) and the Samyukta Samaj Morcha, a political wing of various farmers’ organisations.
Talking about the previous election results here, in the 2017 assembly elections, Congress got 77 seats, SAD-BJP alliance got 18, AAP got 20 seats while two seats went to Lok Insaaf Party’s account.