Punjab Legislative Assembly

Punjab Legislative Assembly
15th Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Rana Kanwar Pal Singh, INC since 27 March 2017
Deputy Speaker	Ajaib Singh Bhatti, INC since 16 June 2017
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Capt. Amarinder Singh, INC since 16 March 2017
Leader of the Opposition	Harpal Singh Cheema, AAP since 27 July 2018
Deputy Leader of Opposition	Saravjit Kaur Manuke, AAP since 16 March 2017
Structure
Seats	117
Political groups	Government (78)      INC (78) Opposition (39) Main Opposition (20)      AAP (20) Others (19)      SAD (14)      BJP (3)      LIP (2)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 February 2017
Meeting place
Vidhan Bhavan, Chandigarh, India
Website
Homepage

The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab in northern India. At present, it consists of 117 members, directly elected from 117 single-seat constituencies. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly is five years unless dissolved sooner. The current Speaker of the Assembly is Rana KP Singh. The meeting place of the Legislative Assembly since 6 March 1961 is the Vidhan Bhavan in Chandigarh. The current ruling party is the Indian National Congress with 2/3rd Majority .

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
  • 
    1.1 British Raj
    
  
  
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    1.2 1947 – present
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 List of Political Parties Participated in 2017 Elections^[1]
  


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  3 Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly elected in 2017, Updated, 4 November 2018^[2]
  


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  4 Council of Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1897-1920)^[3]
  


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  5 Punjab Legislative Council (1921-1936)^[4]
  


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  6 Speakers of the Punjab Assembly^[5]
  


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  7 Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Assembly ^[6]
  


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  8 Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly
  


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  9 Interim Assembly (1947-1951)
  


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  10 Previous Results
  


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  11 Previous Assemblies
  


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  12 State Under Governor or President's rule
  


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  13 See also
  


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  14 References
  

History

British Raj

An Executive Council was formed under The Indian Councils Act, 1861. It was only under the Government of India Act 1919 that a Legislative Council was set up in Punjab. Later, under the Government of India Act 1935, the Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted with a membership of 175. It was summoned for the first time on 1 April 1937. In 1947, Punjab Province was partitioned into West Punjab and East Punjab and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly was formed, the forerunner of the current assembly consisting of 79 members.

1947 – present

On 15 July 1948, eight princely states of East Punjab grouped together to form a single state, Patiala and East Punjab States Union. The Punjab State Legislature was a bicameral house in April 1952, comprising the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and Vidhan Parishad (upper house). In 1956 the state was reorganized and renamed Punjab, the strength of the Vidhan Parishad of the new State of Punjab was enhanced from 40 seats to 46 seats and in 1957, it was increased to 51. Punjab was trifurcated in 1966 to form Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab. The Vidhan Parishad was reduced to 40 seats and the Vidhan Sabha was grown by 50 seats to 104 seats. On 1 January 1970, the Vidhan Parishad was abolished leaving the state with a unicameral legislature.

List of Political Parties Participated in 2017 Elections^[1]

Only the political parties are mentioned here which got seats in the assembly are mentioned below along with additional details:

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats Won	Vote % in Seats Contested	Votes in %
1	Indian National Congress (INC)	117	77	38.50	38.50
2	Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)	112	20	24.62	23.71
3	Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)	94	15	30.78	25.24
4	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	23	3	29.94	5.39
5	Lok Insaaf Party (LIP)	5	2	26.46	1.22

Members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly elected in 2017, Updated, 4 November 2018^[2]

AC No.	Constituency	Name of the Winning Candidate	Political Party	Votes secured (Votes in favour)
1	Sujanpur	Dinesh Singh	BJP	48910
2	Bhoa	Joginder Pal	INC	67865
3	Pathankot	Amit Vij	INC	56383
4	Gurdaspur	Barindermeet Singh Pahra	INC	67709
5	Dina Nagar	Aruna Chaudhary	INC	72176
6	Qadian	Fatehjang Singh Bajwa	INC	62596
7	Batala	Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal	SAD	42517
8	Sri Hargobindpur	Balwinder Singh	INC	57489
9	Fatehgarh Churian	Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa	INC	54348
10	Dera Baba Nanak	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	INC	60385
11	Ajnala	Harpartap Singh	INC	61378
12	Raja Sansi	Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	INC	59628
13	Majitha	Bikram Singh Majithia	SAD	65803
14	Jandiala	Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala	INC	53042
15	Amritsar North	Sunil Dutti	INC	59212
16	Amritsar West	Raj Kumar Verka	INC	52271
17	Amritsar Central	Om Parkash Soni	INC	51242
18	Amritsar East	Navjot Singh Sidhu	INC	60477
19	Amritsar South	Inderbir Singh Bolaria	INC	47581
20	Attari	Tarsem Singh D.C.	INC	55335
21	Tarn Taran	Dr. Dharambir Agnihotri	INC	59794
22	Khem Karan	Sukhpal Singh Bhullar	INC	81897
23	Patti	Harminder Singh Gill	INC	64617
24	Khadoor Sahib	Ramanjeet Singh Sahota Sikki	INC	64666
25	Baba Bakala	Santokh Singh	INC	45965
26	Bholath	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	AAP	48873
27	Kapurthala	Rana Gurjit Singh	INC	56378
28	Sultanpur Lodhi	Navtej Singh Cheema	INC	41843
29	Phagwara	Som Parkash	BJP	45479
30	Phillaur	Baldev Singh Khaira	SAD	41336
31	Nakodar	Gurpratap Singh Wadala	SAD	56241
32	Shahkot	Ajit Singh Kohar	SAD	46913
32	Sahkot (bypoll in May 2018)	Hardev Singh Ladi	INC	82745
33	Kartarpur	Chaudhary Surinder Singh	INC	46729
34	Jalandhar West	Sushil Kumar Rinku	INC	53983
35	Jalandhar Central	Rajinder Beri	INC	55518
36	Jalandhar North	Avtar Singh Junior	INC	69715
37	Jalandhar Cantt.	Pargat Singh Powar	INC	59349
38	Adampur	Pawan Kumar Tinu	SAD	45229
39	Mukerian	Rajnish Kumar Babbi	INC	56787
40	Dasuya	Arun Dogra	INC	56527
41	Urmar	Sangat Singh Gilzian	INC	51477
42	Sham Chaurasi	Pawan Kumar Adia	INC	46612
43	Hoshiarpur	Sunder Sham Arora	INC	49951
44	Chabbewal	Dr. Raj Kumar	INC	57857
45	Garhshankar	Jai Krishan	AAP	41720
46	Banga (Sc)	Sukhwinder Kumar	SAD	45256
47	Nawanshahr	Angad Singh	INC	38197
48	Balachaur	Darshan Lal	INC	49558
49	Anandpur Sahib	Kanwar Pal Singh	INC	60800
50	Rupnagar	Amarjit Singh Sandoa	AAP	58994
51	Chamkaur Sahib	Charanjit Singh Channi	INC	61060
52	Kharar	Kanwar Sandhu	AAP	54171
53	S.A.S.Nagar	Balbir Singh Sidhu	INC	66844
54	Bassi Pathana	Gurpreet Singh	INC	47319
55	Fatehgarh Sahib	Kuljit Singh Nagra	INC	58205
56	Amloh	Randeep Singh	INC	39669
57	Khanna	Gurkirat Singh Kotli	INC	55690
58	Samrala	Amrik Singh Dhillon	INC	51930
59	Sahnewal	Sharanjit Singh Dhillon	SAD	63184
60	Ludhiana East	Sanjeev Talwar	INC	43010
61	Ludhiana South	Balvinder Singh Bains	LIP	53955
62	Atam Nagar	Simarjeet Singh Bains	LIP	53421
63	Ludhiana Central	Surinder Kumar Dawar	INC	47871
64	Ludhiana West	Bharat Bhushan Ashu	INC	66627
65	Ludhiana North	Rakesh Pandey	INC	44864
66	Gill	Kuldeep Singh Vaid	INC	67927
67	Payal	Lakhvir Singh Lakha	INC	57776
68	Dakha	Harvinder Singh Phoolka	AAP	58923
68	Dakha	Bypoll TBD
69	Raikot	Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal	AAP	48245
70	Jagraon	Saravjit Kaur Manuke	AAP	61521
71	Nihal Singhwala	Manjit Singh	AAP	67313
72	Bhagha Purana	Darshan Singh Brar	INC	48668
73	Moga	Harjot Kamal Singh	INC	52357
74	Dharamkot	Sukhjit Singh	INC	63238
75	Zira	Kulbir Singh	INC	69899
76	Firozpur City	Parminder Singh Pinki	INC	67559
77	Firozpur Rural	Satkar Kaur	INC	71037
78	Guru Har Sahai	Gurmeet Singh Sodhi	INC	62787
79	Jalalabad	Sukhbir Singh Badal	SAD	75271
80	Fazilka	Davinder Singh Ghubaya	INC	39276
81	Abohar	Arun Narang	BJP	55091
82	Balluana	Nathu Ram	INC	25266
83	Lambi	Parkash Singh	SAD	66375
84	Gidderbaha	Amrinder Singh AKA Raja Warring	INC	63500
85	Malout	Ajaib Singh Bhatti	INC	49098
86	Muktsar	Kanwarjit Singh	SAD	44894
87	Faridkot	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon	INC	51026
88	Kotkapura	Kultar Singh Sandhwan	AAP	47401
89	Jaitu	Baldev Singh	AAP	45344
90	Rampura Phul	Gurpreet Singh Kangar	INC	55269
91	Bhucho Mandi	Pritam Singh Kotbhai	INC	51605
92	Bathinda Urban	Manpreet Singh Badal	INC	63942
93	Bathinda Rural	Rupinder Kaur Ruby	AAP	51572
94	Talwandi Sabo	Prof. Baljinder Kaur	AAP	54553
95	Maur	Jagdev Singh	AAP	62282
96	Mansa	Nazar Singh Manshahia	AAP	70586
97	Sardulgarh	Dilraj Singh	SAD	59420
98	Budhlada	Budh Ram	AAP	52265
99	Lehra	Parminder Singh Dhindsa	SAD	65550
100	Dirba	Harpal Singh Cheema	AAP	46434
101	Sunam	Aman Arora	AAP	72815
102	Bhadaur	Pirmal Singh Dhaula	AAP	57095
103	Barnala	Gurmeet Singh Meet Haher	AAP	47606
104	Mehal Kalan	Kulwant Singh Pandori	AAP	57551
105	Malerkotla	Razia Sultana	INC	58982
106	Amargarh	Surjit Singh Dhiman	INC	50994
107	Dhuri	Dalvir Singh Goldy	INC	49347
108	Sangrur	Vijay Inder Singla	INC	67310
109	Nabha	Sadhu Singh	INC	60861
110	Patiala Rural	Brahm Mohindra	INC	68891
111	Rajpura	Hardial Singh Kamboj	INC	59107
112	Dera Bassi	Narinder Kumar Sharma	SAD	70792
113	Ghanaur	Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur	INC	65965
114	Sanour	Harinder Pal Singh Chandumajra	SAD	58867
115	Patiala	Amarinder Singh	INC	72586
116	Samana	Rajinder Singh	INC	62551
117	Shutrana	Nirmal Singh	INC	58008

Council of Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1897-1920)^[3]

Council (Tenure)	Presided by	Tenure (Presiding dates)
1st (1 November 1898 - 3 July 1909)	William Mackworth Young	1 November 1897 - 28 February 1902
	Charles Montgomery Rivaz	10 November 1902 - 28 February 1907
	Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson	29 July 1905
		5 August 1905
	Louis William Dane	3 July 1909
2nd (3 January 1910 - 14 December 1912)		12 March 1910 - 14 December 1912
3rd (4 January 1913 - 19 April 1916)		4 January 1913 - 18 April 1913
	Michael Francis O'Dwyer	19 September 1913 - 19 April 1916
4th (12 June 1916 - 6 April 1920)		12 June 1916 - 7 April 1919
	Edward Douglas Maclagan	10 November 1919 - 6 April 1920
	Harbert John Maynard (vice president)	21 November 1918 - 12 December 1918

Punjab Legislative Council (1921-1936)^[4]

President

Council (Tenure)	Name	Tenure		Governor
1st (8 January 1921 - 27 October 1923)	Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler	8 January 1921	21 March 1922	Edward Douglas Maclagan
	Herbert Alexander Casson	10 May 1922	27 October 1923
2nd (2 January 1924 - 27 October 1926)		2 January 1924	16 January 1925	Edward Douglas Maclagan and William Malcolm Hailey
	Sheikh Abdul Qadir	16 January 1925	4 September 1925
	Shahab-ud-Din Virk	3 December 1925	27 October 1926
3rd (3 January 1927 - 26 July 1930)		4 January 1927	26 July 1930	William Malcolm Hailey and G. F. Montmorency
4th (24 October 1930 - 10 November 1936)		25 October 1930	24 July 1936	G. F. Montmorency, Sikandar Hayat Khan and Herbert William Emerson
	Chhotu Ram	20 October 1936	10 November 1936

Deputy President

Council	Name	Tenure
1st	Sardar Mehtab Singh	23 February 1921	24 October 1921
	Manohar Lal	3 November 1921	27 October 1923
2nd	Sheikh Abdul Qadir	5 January 1924	16 January 1925
	Mohinder Singh	5 March 1925	27 October 1926
3rd	Buta Singh	5 January 1927	21 July 1927
	Habibullah	21 July 1927	26 July 1930
4th	Harbaksh Singh	8 November 1930	17 January 1931
	Buta Singh	2 March 1931	10 November 1936

Speakers of the Punjab Assembly^[5]

S. No.	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party		Assembly
Pre-Independence (1937-1947)
1	Shahab-ud-Din Virk	6 April 1937	16 March 1945		Unionist Party	1st
2	Sataya Prakash Singha	21 March 1946	4 July 1947			2nd
After Independence (1947-till now)
1	Kapur Singh	1 November 1947	20 June 1951		Indian National Congress	-
2	Satya Pal	5 May 1952	18 April 1954			1st
3	Gurdial Singh Dhillon	18 May 1954	April 1957
		April 1957	13 March 1962			2nd
4	Parbodh Chandra	14 March 1962	18 March 1964			3rd
5	Harbans Lal Gupta	25 March 1964	19 March 1967
6	Joginder Singh Mann	21 March 1967	13 March 1969		Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh	4th
7	Darbara Singh	14 March 1969	March 1972		Independent	5th
		March 1972	3 September 1973		Indian National Congress	6th
8(i)	Kewal Krishan	25 September 1973	30 June 1977
9(i)	Ravi Inder Singh	1 July 1977	27 June 1980		Shiromani Akali Dal	7th
10	Brij Bhushan Mehra	1 July 1980	13 October 1985		Indian National Congress (Indira)	8th
9(ii)	Ravi Inder Singh	15 October 1985	27 May 1986		Shiromani Akali Dal	9th
11	Surjit Singh Minhas	2 June 1986	15 March 1992
12	Harcharan Singh Ajnala	17 March 1992	9 June 1993		Indian National Congress (Indira)	10th
13	Harnam Das Johar	21 July 1993	23 November 1996
14	Dilbagh Singh Daleke	23 December 1996	2 March 1997
15(i)	Charanjit Singh Atwal	4 March 1997	20 March 2002		Shiromani Akali Dal	11th
8(ii)	Kewal Krishan	21 March 2002	15 March 2007		Indian National Congress	12th
16	Nirmal Singh Kahlon	16 March 2007	19 March 2012		Shiromani Akali Dal	13th
15(ii)	Charanjit Singh Atwal	20 March 2012	27 March 2017			14th
17	Rana KP Singh	27 March 2017	Incumbent		Indian National Congress	15th

Deputy Speakers of the Punjab Assembly ^[6]

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Pre-Independence (1937-1947)
Dasaundha Singh	6 April 1937	7 April 1941	Unionist Party
Gurbachan Singh	22 April 1941	16 March 1945
Kapur Singh	26 March 1946	4 July 1947
After Independence (1947-till now)
Thakur Panchan Chand	03.11.1947	20.03.1951	Indian National Congress
Smt. Shanno Devi	26.03.1951	20.06.1951
Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon	10.05.1952	17.05.1954
Swaroop Singh	19.05.1954	28.02.1962
Smt. Shanno Devi	19.03.1962	31.10.1966
Jagjit Singh Chohan	27.03.1967	27.11.1967	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
Baldev Singh	08.12.1967	23.08.1968	Shiromani Akali Dal
Brig. (Retd.) Bikramajit Singh Bajwa	20.03.1969	24.04.1970
	28.07.1970	13.10.1971
Dr. Kewal Krishan	28.03.1972	25.09.1973	Indian National Congress
Nasib Singh Gill	28.09.1973	30.04.1977
Panna Lal Nayyar	08.07.1977	17.02.1980	Shiromani Akali Dal
Guizar Singh	08.07.1980	26.06.1985	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Nirmal Singh Kahlon	05.11.1985	06.05.1986	Shiromani Akali Dal
Jaswant Singh	02.06.1986	05.03.1988
Romesh Chander Dogra	07.04.1992	07.01.1996	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Naresh Thakur	28.02.1996	11.02.1997
Swarna Ram	18.06.1997	26.07.1997	Bhartiya Janata Party
Baldev Raj Chawla	23.12.1997	31.12.1999
Satpal Gosain	05.09.2000	24.02.2002
Prof. Darbari Lal	26.06.2002	10.03.2003	Indian National Congress
Bir Devinder Singh	27.03.2003	09.07.2004
Prof. Darbari Lal	12.07.2004	03.2007
	03.2007	10.03.2012	Bharatiya Janata Party
Dinesh Singh	20.03.2012	11.03.2017
Ajaib Singh Bhatti	16.06.2017	Incumbent	Indian National Congress

Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly

Color Keys for the Party of Leader of opposition

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    Aam Aadmi Party
  


• 
    Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
  


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    All-India Muslim League
  


• 
    Bahujan Samaj Party
  


• 
    Indian National Congress
  


• 
    Shiromani Akali Dal
  

No.	Name	Tenure		Party
Before Independence
1	Gopi Chand Bhargava	1937	1940		Indian National Congress
2	Lala Bhim Sen Sachar	1940	1946
3	Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot	1946	1947		All-India Muslim League
After Independence
-	Vacant (no opposition in assembly)	15 August 1947	17 April 1952		-
1	Gopal Singh khalsa	17 April 1952	9 April 1957		Shiromani Akali Dal
-	Vacant (no official opposition)	9 April 1957	11 March 1962		-
2	Gurnam Singh	11 March 1962	5 July 1966		Shiromani Akali Dal
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	5 July 1966	1 November 1966		-
(2)	Gurnam Singh	1 November 1966	8 March 1967		Shiromani Akali Dal
3	Gian Singh Rarewala	9 March 1967	24 November 1967		Indian National Congress
(2)	Gurnam Singh	24 November 1967	23 August 1968		Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	23 August 1968	17 February 1969		-
4	Major Harinder Singh	17 February 1969	14 June 1971		Indian National Congress
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	14 June 1971	16 March 1972		-
5	Jaswinder Singh Brar	16 March 1972	2 October 1972		Shiromani Akali Dal
6	Prakash Singh Badal	2 October 1972	30 April 1977
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	30 April 1977	19 June 1977		-
7	Balram Jakhar	19 June 1977	17 February 1980		Indian National Congress
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	17 February 1980	7 June 1980		-
(6)	Prakash Singh Badal	7 June 1980	7 October 1983		Shiromani Akali Dal
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	7 October 1983	29 September 1985		-
8	Gurbinder Kaur Brar	29 September 1985	11 May 1987		Indian National Congress
-	Vacant (state under President's rule)	11 May 1987	25 February 1992		-
9	Satnam Singh Kainth	25 February 1992	12 February 1997		Bahujan Samaj Party
10	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	12 February 1997	28 November 1998		Indian National Congress
11	Chaudhary Jagjit Singh	28 November 1998	26 February 2002
(6)	Prakash Singh Badal	26 February 2002	1 March 2007		Shiromani Akali Dal
(10)	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	1 March 2007	14 March 2012		Indian National Congress
12	Sunil Jakhar	14 March 2012	11 December 2015
13	Charanjit Singh Channi	11 December 2015	11 November 2016
-	Vacant (all opposition members resigned against SYL canal issue)	11 November 2016	16 March 2017		-
14	Harvinder Singh Phoolka	16 March 2017	9 July 2017		Aam Aadmi Party
15	Sukhpal Singh Khaira	9 July 2017	26 July 2018
16	Harpal Singh Cheema	27 July 2018	Incumbent

Interim Assembly (1947-1951)

On 3rd June 1947 the assembly which was elected in 1946 divided into two parts. One was West Punjab Assembly and other was East Punjab Assembly to decide whether or not the province of Punjab be partitioned. After voting on both sides, partition was decided. Consequently, the
existing Punjab Legislative Assembly was also divided into West Punjab Legislative Assembly and the East Punjab Legislative Assembly. The sitting members belonging to the Western Section subsequently became the members of the new Assembly renamed as the West Punjab Legislative Assembly.
The sitting members belonging to the Eastern Section subsequently became the members of the new Assembly renamed as the East Punjab Legislative Assembly. The members which were elected in 1946 election on the ticket of Shiromani Akali Dal and Unionist Party after Partition all joined the Indian National Congress. There were total 79 members.^[7]

On 15 August 1947 Gopi Chand Bhargava elected the Chief Minister of East Punjab by Members of Interim Assembly.

On 1 November 1947 first time interim assembly sit. Kapur Singh elected Speaker on same day and 2 days later on 3rd November Thakur Panchan Chand elected Deputy speaker.

On 6 April 1949 Bhim Sen Sachar and Pratap Singh Kairon with other members moved Motion of no confidence against Gopi Chand Bhargava. Dr. Bhargava failed to secure motion by one vote. No confidence motion was carried by 40 votes in favour and 39 against.^[8]

On same day Bhim Sen Sachar elected the leader of congress assembly party. He took oath of Chief Minister of Punjab on 13 April 1949. On issue of corruption Sachar resigned from the post and on next day on 18 October 1949 Bhargava took charge of Chief minister of Punjab.

Thakur Panchan Chand resigned from the post of Deputy Speaker on 20 March 1951. On 26 March 1951 Smt. Shanno Devi elected Deputy Speaker. Interim Assembly was dissolved on 20 June 1951.

Previous Results

Pre-Independence

Year	UoP	INC	SAD	AIML	IND	Others	Total
1937	95	18	10	1	20	30	175
1946	20	51	22	73	7	2

After Independence

Years	INC	SAD	AAP	BJP	IND	Others	Total
1952	96	13	~	~	9	8	126
1957	120	^			13	21	154
1962	90	19			18	27
1967	48	^			9	47	104
1969	38	43			4	17
1972	66	24			3	11
1977	17	58			2	40	117
1980	63	37		1	2	14
1985	32	73		6	4	2
1992	87	^		6	4	20
1997	14	75		18	6	4
2002	62	41		3	9	2
2007	44	48		19	5	0	116
2012	46	56		12	3	0	117
2017	77	15	20	3	0	2

• ^ - Party didn't contest election


• ~ - Party didn't exist

Previous Assemblies

Assembly	Tenure		Party formed government	Note
	First sitting	Date of dissolution
Pre-Independence
1	5 April 1937	19 March 1945	Unionist Party	Assembly tenure extended due to Violence during Partition
2	21 March 1946	4 July 1947		Assembly dissolved prematurely due to Partition
After Independence
-	1 November 1947	20 June 1951	Indian National Congress	Interim Assembly
1	3 May 1952	31 March 1957
2	24 April 1957	1 March 1962
3	13 March 1962	28 February 1967		Assembly under suspension from 5 July 1966 to 1 November 1966
4	20 March 1967	23 August 1968	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh	Assembly dissolved prematurely
5	13 March 1969	13 June 1971	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
6	21 March 1972	30 April 1977	Indian National Congress	Assembly tenure extended by one month due to Emergency
7	30 June 1977	17 February 1980	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
8	23 June 1980	26 June 1985	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Assembly under suspension from 6 October 1983
9	14 October 1985	11 May 1987	Shiromani Akali Dal	Assembly dissolved prematurely
10	16 March 1992	11 February 1997	Indian National Congress (Indira)
11	3 March 1997	26 February 2002	Shiromani Akali Dal
12	21 March 2002	27 February 2007	Indian National Congress
13	1 March 2007	March 2012	Shiromani Akali Dal
14	March 2012	11 March 2017
15	24 March 2017	till now	Indian National Congress

State Under Governor or President's rule

S. No.	Governor or President Rule	Tenure			Reason
Before Independence
1	Governor's Rule	2 March 1947	15 August 1947	166 days	Government resigned against the decision of Partition of India
After Independence
1	President's rule	20 June 1951	17 April 1952	302 days	Pandit Nehru kept the Punjab Assembly in suspension to help the state Congress government get its act together.
2	President's rule	5 July 1966	1 November 1966	119 days	State administration was taken over, ostensibly to facilitate bifurcation of Punjab state into two, Punjab and Haryana
3	President's rule	23 August 1968	17 February 1969	178 days	Break-up of coalition
4	President's rule	14 June 1971	17 March 1972	277 days	Following poor performance in March, 1971 Lok Sabha Elections, incumbent Chief Minister advised dissolving state assembly and holding fresh elections to state legislature.
5	President's rule	30 April 1977	20 June 1977	51 days	To conduct the fresh election after Emergency in India
6	President's rule	17 February 1980	6 June 1980	110 days	Government dismissed in spite of Parkash Singh Badal enjoying majority support in Assembly
7	President's rule	6 October 1983	29 September 1985	1 year, 358 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order
8	President's rule	11 June 1987	25 February 1992	4 years, 259 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order

See also

• Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2017


• List of constituencies of Punjab Legislative Assembly


• List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)

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v t e Legislatures of India
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