Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of

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. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 M ...

. 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

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form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is

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with 18 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the

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, the

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, the

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and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.

History

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on 16 March at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of

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. Inderbir Singh Nijjar took the oath as Protem Speaker. On 17 March Nijjar administered the oath of office to all the 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative assembly. Other 10 cabinet ministers of the Mann ministry, took oath on 19 March. On 22 June 2022, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced that the legislators will get answers on all issues that they raise during the Assembly debates. The answers would be provided during the Zero Hour. This was done for the first time in the history of Punjab Assembly.

Leaders

Committees

List of committees and chairpersons for the term 2022–2023.

Composition

By alliance and party

By constituency

Resolutions passed

On 22 March 2022, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to install the statues of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and

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in the assembly complex. On 1 April 2022, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to immediately transfer union territory of Chandigarh — the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, to Punjab. On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the

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to immediately rollback the Agnipath scheme. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority. Punjab was the only state to pass such a resolution. On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the

to not alter the nature and character of

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. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority.

Bypolls 2022-2026

Following the 2022 election, five by-elections were held, and one is pending because of the death of the Aam Aadmi Party MLA in Ludhiana West. In the 5 by-elections, Aam Aadmi Party retained one and gained 3, while losing one to Congress. Congress gained only one seat and lost 4 to the Aam Aadmi Party.

Notes

References

{{Authority control 16th 2022 establishments in Punjab, India

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