16th Punjab Assembly

Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab
Type
Type
History
Established11 March 2022
Preceded by15th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Gulab Chand Kataria
since 31 August 2021
Kultar Singh Sandhwan, AAP
since 21 March 2022
Deputy Speaker
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
Structure
Seats117
Political groups
Government (95)
  •   AAP (95)

Official Opposition (14)

Other opposition (9)

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

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.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6]

In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 94 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 14 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.[7]

History

Incumbent Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on 16 March at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh. 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.[8] 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.[9]

Leaders

Title Name Portrait Since
Constitutional Posts
Governor Gulab Chand Kataria 30 July 2024


Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan[10] 21 March 2022
Deputy speaker Jai Krishan Singh[11] 30 June 2022
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister) 		Bhagwant Mann 16 March 2022
Leader of Opposition Pratap Singh Bajwa 9 April 2022
Political posts
Leader of AAP legislature party Bhagwant Mann 16 March 2022
Leader of INC legislature party Pratap Singh Bajwa 9 April 2022
Leader of SAD legislature party Manpreet Singh Ayali April 2022
Leader of BJP legislature party Ashwani Kumar Sharma April 2022
Leader of BSP legislature party Nachhatar Pal April 2022

Committees

List of committees and chairpersons for the term 2022–2023.[12]

Committee[13] Chairperson Party or Organization
Committee on Local Bodies Jagroop Singh Gill Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Public Accounts Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria Indian National Congress
Committee on Estimates Aman Arora Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Public Undertakings Budh Ram Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes 		Manjit Singh Bilaspur Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Privileges Kulwant Singh Pandori Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Government Assurances Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Local Bodies Jagroop Singh Gill Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions Gurmeet Singh Khudian Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Subordinate Legislation Barinder Kumar Goyal Vakeel Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Papers Laid/to be Laid on the Table and Library Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Petitions Mohammad Jamil Ur Rahman Aam Aadmi Party
House Committee Jai Krishan Singh
Deputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairperson) 		Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Questions & References Baljinder Kaur Aam Aadmi Party
Press Gallery Committee Naresh Sharma
Committee on Co-operation and its allied activities Sarvjit Kaur Manuke Aam Aadmi Party
Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities Gurpreet Singh Banawali Aam Aadmi Party

Composition

Further information: 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election § Results
Seat Share
  1. AAP - 95 (81.2%)
  2. INC - 16 (13.7%)
  3. SAD - 2 (1.70%)
  4. BJP - 2 (1.70%)
  5. BSP - 1 (0.90%)
  6. IND - 1 (0.90%)

By alliance and party

Alliance Party Seats Legislative

Party Leader

Bench
Won [14] Change[a]
Aam Aadmi Party 95 Increase 75 Bhagwant Singh Mann[15] 94 Government
Indian National Congress 15 Decrease 62 Partap Singh Bajwa 16 Main Opposition
Shiromani Akali Dal 2 Decrease 13 Manpreet Singh Ayali[16] 7 Other Opposition
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 2 Decrease 1 Ashwani Kumar Sharma
Bahujan Samaj Party 1 Increase 1 Nachhatar Pal
Independents 1 Increase 1 Rana Inder Partap Singh
Total 117 117

By constituency

District No. Constituency Name Party Bench S.C % 2001 Census
Pathankot 1 Sujanpur Naresh Puri INC Opposition 26.71%
2 Bhoa (SC) Lal Chand Kataruchakk AAP Government 42.48%
3 Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP Opposition 19.95%
Gurdaspur 4 Gurdaspur Barindermeet Singh Pahra INC Opposition 21.18%
5 Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna Chaudhary INC Opposition 32.32%
6 Qadian Partap Singh Bajwa INC Opposition 14.33%
7 Batala Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) AAP Government 23.07%
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) Amarpal Singh AAP Government 28.12%
9 Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC Opposition 25.68%
10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC Opposition 14.23%
Gurdeep Singh Randhawa AAP Government
Amritsar 11 Ajnala Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal AAP Government 23.20%
12 Rajasansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC Opposition 29.39%
13 Majitha Ganieve Kaur Majithia SAD Opposition 37.44%
14 Jandiala (SC) Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. AAP Government 39.23%
15 Amritsar North Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh AAP Government 19.14%
16 Amritsar West (SC) Jasbir Singh Sandhu AAP Government 23.33%
17 Amritsar Central Ajay Gupta AAP Government 19.26%
18 Amritsar East Jeevan Jyot Kaur AAP Government 21.91%
19 Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Nijjar AAP Government 15.23%
20 Attari (SC) Jaswinder Singh AAP Government 39.23%
Tarn Taran 21 Tarn Taran Harmeet Singh Sandhu AAP Government 31.62%
22 Khemkaran Sarvan Singh Dhun AAP Government 31.50%
23 Patti Laljit Singh Bhullar AAP Government 29.37%
24 Khadoor Sahib Manjinder Singh Lalpura AAP Government 33.83%
Amritsar 25 Baba Bakala (SC) Dalbir Singh Tong AAP Government 35.55%
Kapurthala 26 Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC Opposition 21%
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet Singh INC Opposition 29.24%
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Pratap Singh IND Opposition 28.42%
29 Phagwara (SC) Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal INC Opposition 38.29%
Jalandhar 30 Phillaur (SC) Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary INC Opposition 46.85%
IND Suspended by INC in April 2024.[17]
31 Nakodar Inderjit Kaur Mann AAP Government 43.89%
32 Shahkot Hardev Singh Laddi INC Opposition 33.89%
33 Kartarpur (SC) Balkar Singh AAP Government 48.82%
34 Jalandhar West (SC) Sheetal Angural AAP Government
Mohinder Pal Bhagat AAP 37.97%
35 Jalandhar Central Raman Arora AAP Government 22.14%
36 Jalandhar North Avtar Singh Junior INC Opposition 21.71%
37 Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh INC Opposition 34.95%
38 Adampur (SC) Sukhwinder Singh Kotli INC Opposition 46.16%
Hoshiarpur 39 Mukerian Jangi Lal Mahajan BJP Opposition 22.39%
40 Dasuya Karambir Singh Ghuman AAP Government 24.06%
41 Urmar Jasvir Singh Raja Gill AAP Government 34.37%
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Ravjot Singh AAP Government 44.67%
43 Hoshiarpur Bram Shanker AAP Government 31.99%
44 Chabbewal (SC) Raj Kumar Chabbewal INC Opposition
Ishank Kumar AAP Government 45.36%
45 Garhshankar Jai Krishan Singh AAP Government 38.62%
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar 46 Banga (SC) Sukhwinder Kumar AAP Government

(Defected from SAD to AAP)

49.71%
47 Nawan Shahr Nachhatar Pal BSP Opposition 40.66%
48 Balachaur Santosh Katariaa AAP Government 29.51%
Rupnagar 49 Anandpur Sahib Harjot Singh Bains AAP Government 19.76%
50 Rupnagar Dinesh Chadha AAP Government 22.72%
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Dr Charanjit Singh AAP Government 34.54%
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 52 Kharar Anmol Gagan Maan AAP Government 27.36%
53 S.A.S. Nagar Kulwant Singh AAP Government 14.93%
Fatehgarh Sahib 54 Bassi Pathana (SC) Rupinder Singh AAP Government 34.31%
55 Fatehgarh Sahib Lakhbir Singh Rai AAP Government 29.30%
56 Amloh Gurinder Singh Garry AAP Government 28.38%
Ludhiana 57 Khanna Tarunpreet Singh Sond AAP Government 33.43%
58 Samrala Jagtar Singh AAP Government 31.61%
59 Sahnewal Hardeep Singh Mundian AAP Government 30.66%
60 Ludhiana East Daljit Singh Grewal AAP Government 16.85%
61 Ludhiana South Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina AAP Government 10.69%
62 Atam Nagar Kulwant Singh Sidhu AAP Government 11.59%
63 Ludhiana Central Ashok Prashar Pappi AAP Government 10.46%
64 Ludhiana West Sanjeev Arora AAP Government 14%
65 Ludhiana North Madan Lal Bagga AAP Government 14.67%
66 Gill (SC) Jiwan Singh Sangowal AAP Government 38.89%
67 Payal (SC) Manwinder Singh Gyaspura AAP Government 35.48%
68 Dakha Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD Opposition 34.90%
69 Raikot (SC) Hakam Singh Thekedar AAP Government 36.14%
70 Jagraon (SC) Saravjit Kaur Manuke AAP Government 35.46%
Moga 71 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Manjit Singh Bilaspur AAP Government 35.62%
72 Bhagha Purana Amritpal Singh Sukhanand AAP Government 35.18%
73 Moga Amandeep Kaur Arora AAP Government 26.84%
74 Dharamkot Devinder Singh Laddi Dhos AAP Government 29.79%
Ferozpur 75 Zira Naresh Kataria AAP Government 25.06%
76 Firozpur City Ranveer Singh Bhullar AAP Government 21.36%
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) Rajnish Dahiya AAP Government 29.14%
78 Guru Har Sahai Fauja Singh Sarari AAP Government 17.17%
Fazilka 79 Jalalabad Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy AAP Government 22.75%
80 Fazilka Narinderpal Singh Sawna AAP Government 18.29%
81 Abohar Sandeep Jakhar INC
IND Suspended by INC in August 2023.[1] 21.44%
82 Balluana (SC) Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir AAP Government 26.42%
Sri Muktsar Sahib 83 Lambi Gurmeet Singh Khudian AAP Government 40.50%
84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC Opposition
Hardeep Singh Dhillon AAP Government 34.42%
85 Malout (SC) Baljit Kaur AAP Government 40.62%
86 Muktsar Jagdeep Singh Brar AAP Government 35.38%
Faridkot 87 Faridkot Gurdit Singh Sekhon AAP Government 35.25%
88 Kotkapura Kultar Singh Sandhwan AAP Government 35.64%
89 Jaitu (SC) Amolak Singh AAP Government 37.67%
Bathinda 90 Rampura Phul Balkar Singh Sidhu AAP Government 30.33%
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) Master Jagsir Singh AAP Government 35.24%
92 Bathinda Urban Jagroop Singh Gill AAP Government 21.31%
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) Amit Rattan Kotfatta AAP Government 31.57%
94 Talwandi Sabo Baljinder Kaur AAP Government 30.83%
95 Maur Sukhvir Maiser Khana AAP Government 31.22%
Mansa 96 Mansa Vijay Singla AAP Government 28.41%
97 Sardulgarh Gurpreet Singh Banawali AAP Government 30.22%
98 Budhlada (SC) Budhram Singh AAP Government 32.51%
Sangrur 99 Lehragaga Barinder Kumar Goyal AAP Government 27.48%
100 Dirba (SC) Harpal Singh Cheema AAP Government 30.28%
101 Sunam Aman Arora AAP Government 28.09%
102 Malerkotla Mohammad Jamil Ur Rehman AAP Government 15.21%
103 Amargarh Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra AAP Government 26.93%
104 Dhuri Bhagwant Mann AAP Government 28.39%
105 Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj AAP Government 28.26%
Barnala 106 Bhadaur (SC) Labh Singh Ugoke AAP Government 31.69%
107 Barnala Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer AAP Government
Kuldeep Singh Dhillon INC Opposition 27.76%
108 Mehal Kalan (SC) Kulwant Singh Pandori AAP Government 31.15%
Patiala 109 Nabha (SC) Gurdev Singh Dev Maan AAP Government 28.54%
110 Patiala Rural Balbir Singh AAP Government 17.89%
111 Rajpura Neena Mittal AAP Government 20.05%
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 112 Dera Bassi Kuljit Singh Randhawa AAP Government 22.54%
Patiala 113 Ghanaur Gurlal Ghanaur AAP Government 25.04%
114 Sanour Harmit Singh Pathanmajra AAP Government 22.28%
115. Patiala Ajit Pal Singh Kohli AAP Government 10.53%
116 Samana Chetan Singh Jaura Majra AAP Government 27.16%
117 Shutrana (SC) Kulwant Singh Bazigar AAP Government 32.51%


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 Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the assembly complex.[18]

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.[19][20]

On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India 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.[21]

On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India to not alter the nature and character of Panjab University. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority.[22]

Bypolls 2022-2026

Date Constituency Previous MLA Reason Elected MLA
10 July 2024 34 Jalandhar West Sheetal Angural Aam Aadmi Party Resigned on 28 March 2024[23] Mohinder Bhagat Aam Aadmi Party
20 November 2024 44 Chabbewal Raj Kumar Chabbewal Indian National Congress Resigned on 15 March 2024[24] Ishank Kumar
10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024 Gurdeep Singh Randhawa
84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon
103 Barnala Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer Aam Aadmi Party Kuldeep Singh Dhillon Indian National Congress
19 June 2025 64 Ludhiana West Gurpreet Gogi Died on 11 January 2025[25] Sanjeev Arora Aam Aadmi Party
11 November 2025 21 Tarn Taran Kashmir Singh Sohal Died on 27 June 2025 [26] Harmeet Singh Sandhu Aam Aadmi Party

Notes

  1. ^ As comapre with previous result of 2017

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