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2012 Punjab legislative assembly election
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All 117 seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.30% (Increase2.88pp)
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Captain Amarinder Singh 1.jpg
Leader Parkash Singh Badal Captain Amarinder Singh
Party SAD INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 1 March 1997 26 February 2002
Leader's seat Lambi Patiala
Last election 67 44
Seats won 68 46
Seat change Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 5,826,710 5,572,643
Percentage 41.91% (Alliance figures) 40.09%
Swing Decrease3.46pp Decrease0.81pp
Seatwise result map of the election
Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

The Punjab legislative assembly election, 2012 was held on 30 January 2012, to elect 117 members to the 14th Punjab Legislative Assembly. The results of the election were announced on 6 March 2012.[1] The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal – Bharatiya Janata Party alliance led by Parkash Singh Badal won the elections.

Background

Punjab have tradition of transfer of power every 5 years between Shiromani Akali Dal and Indian National Congress but this election of 2012 is different from others where ruling party again came to power

2012 Assembly Elections in Punjab received attention for being the first elections after reorganisation of Punjab in 1966 to witness the return of an incumbent party.

This elections also saw the emergence of new political leadership, like rise of Sukhbir Singh Badal and the rise and fall of Manpreet Singh Badal, the founder of the Peoples Party of Punjab.

Religion and Caste Data

Religion Data

As per the 2011 census,[1]

2011 Population data of Punjab (Religion Based)
S. No. Religion % Population
1. Sikhs 57.68
2. Hindus 37.5
3. Muslims 1.93
4. Christians 1.3
5. Buddhists 1.2
6. Jains 0.16
7. Others/Non-religions 0.31

Population by faith in Punjab, India (2011)

  Sikh (58%)
  Hindu (38.5%)
  Muslim (1.9%)
  Christian (1.3%)
  Others and non - religious (0.60%)

Caste Data

  1. Dalits (Scheduled Castes) constitute 31.94% of the population, the highest percentage amongst all the states.
  2. Other Backward Classes (OBCs) like -Sainis, Sunar, Kambojs, Tarkhans/Ramgarhias, Gurjars, Kumhars/Prajapatis, Telis, Banjaras, Lohars constitute 31.3% of the population.
  3. Jat-Sikhs comprise 21% of the population while other forward castes (general category) - Brahmins, Khatris/Bhapas, Bania, Thakurs/Rajputs constitute around rest.
  4. As of 2016, Government of India has not publicly released Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 caste population data for every single non-SC/ST castes (General castes, OBC/EBCs) in India.
Caste Population data of Punjab [2]
Constitutional categories Population (%) Castes
Other Backward Classes (OBC) 31.3% includes Sikh Rajputs, Saini (Sainis added to OBC list in 2016), Sunar, Kamboj, Labana, Tarkhan/Ramgarhia, Kumhar/Prajapati, Arain, Gurjar, Teli, Banjara, Lohar, Bhat, Others
Scheduled Castes (Dalits) 31.9% includes Mazhabi Sikh - 10%, Ramdasia Sikh/Ravidassia (Chamar)/Ad-Dharmi - 13.1%, Balmiki/Bhanghi - 3.5%, Bazigar - 1.05%, Others - 4%[2]
Unreserved (mostly Upper castes) 33% includes Jat Sikh - 21%, (Brahmin, Rajput, Bania, Khatri-Arora-Sood) - 12%
Others (religious minorities) 3.8% includes Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains

Caste Category

  General (33%)
  SC (31.9%)
  OBC (31.3%)
  Others (3.8%)

Timeline of events

Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab 2012 [3]

S.No. Event Date Day
1. Date for Nominations 05.01.2012 Thursday
2. Last Date for filing Nominations 12.01.2012 Thursday
3. Date for scrutiny of nominations 13.01.2012 Friday
4. Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 16.01.2012 Monday
5. Date of poll 30.01.2012 Monday
6. Date of counting 04.03.2012 Sunday
7. Date before which the election shall be completed 09.03.2012 Friday

Voter Turnout

[4]

Regions/Districts Total Seats Turnout (%) Congress SAD+BJP BSP Independents Others
Won Vote (%) Won Vote (%) Won Vote (%) Won Vote (%)
MAJHA
Majha 25 75.0 9 41.2 16 47.2 0 1.2 0 1.1
Gurdaspur 10 76.3 5 42.7 5 45.8 0 0.9 0 1.4
Amritsar 11 71.8 3 38.5 8 48.9 0 0.9 0 1.0
Tarn Taran 4 79.6 1 43.9 3 46.6 0 2.6 0 0.9
DOABA
Doaba 23 76.4 6 37.1 16 41.3 0 4.0 0 12.1
Kapurthala 4 79.0 2 43.4 2 44.1 0 2.7 0 7.4
Jalandhar 9 75.6 0 37.9 9 43.2 0 3.0 0 12.7
Hoshiarpur 7 75.2 2 35.9 4 40.9 0 3.1 0 9.5
Nawan Shahr 3 79.3 2 29.6 1 32.9 0 11.0 0 21.9
MALWA
Malwa 69 80.6 31 40.6 36 40.3 0 6.9 0 3.0
Rupnagar 3 77.5 1 37.9 2 41.4 0 10.3 0 5.0
SAS Nagar 3 75.8 2 30.7 1 38.3 0 4.6 0 7.7
Fatehgarh Sahib 3 81.9 2 33.7 1 35.5 0 20.9 0 4.1
Ludhiana 14 76.0 6 40.7 6 39.9 0 4.6 0 3.3
Moga 4 80.5 1 43.2 3 45.2 0 3.8 0 1.5
Ferozepur 8 83.4 3 37.4 5 39.4 0 2.8 0 1.9
Muktsar 4 85.2 2 40.2 2 41.0 0 12.7 0 2.6
Faridkot 3 84.1 1 38.8 2 43.2 0 7.1 0 2.3
Bathinda 6 82.6 2 40.9 4 42.0 0 9.7 0 1.6
Mansa 3 84.4 1 38.4 2 39.6 0 8.7 0 2.6
Sangrur 7 84.5 2 40.4 5 41.5 0 10.9 0 2.9
Barnala 3 81.8 3 45.9 0 40.1 0 4.1 0 4.0
Patiala 8 78.5 5 49.9 3 37.6 0 3.1 0 2.8
Total 117 78.6 46 40.1 68 41.9 0 5.2 0 4.3
“Others” in this

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhbir Singh Badal 94 56
2. Bharatiya Janata Party 23 12

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress Hand Captain Amarinder Singh 117 46

Sanjha Morcha

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested
1. People's Party of Punjab Manpreet Singh Badal 87
2. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9
3. Communist Party of India 14
4. Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal)

  Bahujan Samaj Party

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Jasbir Singh Garhi 117

Others

Source: [3]

No. Party Seats contested

1.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 57
2. BSP(A) 17
3. BGTD 10
4 Nationalist Congress Party 13
5. Communist Party of India (M–L) Liberation 7
6. BSA 6
7 BCP 3
8 BRSP 6
9 Lok Janshakti Party 26
10 Rashtriya Janata Dal 1
11 Independent politician 418
12 Shiv Sena 12
13 SSPD 5

Opinion Polls

Most of the opinion polls predicted that Congress will win the election. They were proved wrong as Congress finished as the runner up.[4]

Polling firm/Link SAD-BJP INC Others
India Today Aaj Tak 40 69 8
Election results 56 46 15

Exit Polls

2012 exit polls for Punjab Assembly Elections results.[5]

Polling firm/Link SAD-BJP INC Others
India TV C-Voter 47 65 5
News 24 52 60 5
CNN-IBN 51-63 48-60 3-9
Election results 56 46 15

Results

Party-wise Results

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 4,828,612 34.73 Decrease2.36 94 56 Increase8
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,572,643 40.09 Decrease0.81 117 46 Increase2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 998,098 7.18 Decrease1.1 23 12 Decrease7
Independents (IND) 938,770 6.75 Decrease0.07 418 3 Decrease2
Total 13,901,424 100.00 117
Valid votes 13,901,424 99.94
Invalid votes 8,149 0.06
Votes cast / turnout 13,909,573 78.30
Abstentions 3,855,182 21.70
Registered voters 17,764,755

Result by region

Region Seats INC SAD BJP Others
Malwa 69 31 34 2 2
Majha 25 9 11 5 0
Doaba 23 6 11 5 1
Sum 117 46 56 12 3

Among parties:

Regions Total seats Turnout (%) Congress SAD+BJP
Won Votes (%) Won Votes (%)
Majha 25 75.0 9 41.2 16 47.2
Doaba 23 76.4 6 37.1 16 41.3
Malwa 69 80.6 31 40.6 36 40.3
Total 117 78.6 46 40.1 68 41.9

Result by district

District Seats INC SAD BJP Others
Amritsar 11 3 6 2 0
Gurdaspur 10 5 5 0 0
Pathankot 3 0 0 3 0
Tarn Taran 4 1 3 0 0
Jalandhar 9 0 6 3 0
Hoshiarpur 7 2 3 1 1
Kapurthala 4 2 1 1 0
Nawanshahr 3 2 1 0 0
Ludhiana 14 6 6 0 2
Patiala 8 5 3 0 0
Sangrur 7 2 5 0 0
Bathinda 6 2 4 0 0
Firozpur 8 3 4 1 0
Moga 4 1 3 0 0
Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 2 2 0 0
Barnala 3 3 0 0 0
Faridkot 3 1 2 0 0
Fatehgarh Sahib 3 2 1 0 0
Mansa 3 1 2 0 0
Rup Nagar 3 1 1 1 0
S.A.S. Nagar 3 2 1 0 0
Sum 117 46 56 12 3

Result by constituency

List of constituency-wise winner candidates and parties[6]
Sr.No Constituency Winning Candidate Party Runner Candidate Party
1 Sujanpur Dinesh Singh BJP Naresh Puri Independent
2 Bhoa (SC) Seema Kumari BJP Balbir Ram INC
3 Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP Raman Bhalla INC
4 Gurdaspur Gurbachan Singh Babbehali SAD Raman Bahl INC
5 Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna Chaudhary INC Bishan Dass BJP
6 Qadian Charanjit Kaur Bajwa INC Sewa Singh Sekhwan SAD
7 Batala Ashwani Sekhri INC Lakhbir Singh Lodhi Nangal SAD
8 Sri Hargobindpur (SC) Des Raj Dhugga SAD Balwinder Singh Laddi INC
9 Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD
10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh INC Sucha Singh SAD
11 Ajnala Bonny Amarpal Singh Ajnala SAD Harpartap Singh Ajnala INC
12 Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC Vir Singh Lopoke SAD
13 Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia (E) SAD Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lali) Independent
14 Jandiala (SC) Baljit Singh Jalal Usma SAD Sardul Singh Bandala INC
15 Amritsar North Anil Joshi BJP Karamjit Singh Rintu INC
16 Amritsar West (SC) Raj Kumar (E) INC Rakesh Gill BJP
17 Amritsar Central Om Parkash Soni (E) INC Tarun Chugh BJP
18 Amritsar East Navjot Sidhu (E/W) BJP Simarpreet Kaur Independent
19 Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Bolaria (E) SAD Jasbir Singh Gill (Dimpa) INC
20 Attari (SC) Gulzar Singh Ranike (E) SAD Tarsem Singh D.C INC
21 Tarn Taran Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD Dr.Dharambir Agnihotri INC
22 Khem Karan Virsa Singh SAD Gurchet Singh INC
23 Patti Adeshpartap Singh Kairon SAD Harminder Singh Gill INC
24 Khadoor Sahib Ramanjit Singh Sikki INC Ranjit Singh Brahampura SAD
25 Baba Bakala (SC) Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind (E) SAD Ranjit Singh (Chhajjalwadi) INC
26 Bholath Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD Sukhpal Singh INC
27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjit Singh INC Sarabjeet Singh Makkar SAD
28 Sultanpur Lodhi Navtej Singh INC Upinderjit Kaur SAD
29 Phagwara (SC) Som Parkash BJP Balbir Kumar Sodhi INC
30 Phillaur (SC) Avinash Chander SAD Santokh Singh Chaudhary INC
31 Nakodar Gurpartap Singh Wadala SAD Amarjit Singh Samra INC
32 Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar SAD Col. C D Singh Kamboj INC
33 Kartarpur (SC) Sarwan Singh SAD Chauhdary Jagjit Singh INC
34 Jalandhar West (SC) Chuni Lal Bhagat BJP Suman Kaypee INC
35 Jalandhar Central Manoranjan Kalia BJP Rajinder Beri INC
36 Jalandhar North K. D. Bhandari BJP Avtar Henry INC
37 Jalandhar Cantt Pargat Singh SAD Jagbir Singh Brar INC
38 Adampur (SC) Sh. Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD Sh. Satnam Singh Kainth INC
39 Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Independent Arunesh Kumar BJP
40 Dasuya Amarjit Singh BJP Ramesh Chander Dogra INC
41 Urmar Sangat Singh INC Arbinder Singh SAD
42 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Mohinder Kaur Josh SAD Chaudhary Ram Lubhaya INC
43 Hoshiarpur Sunder Sham Arora INC Tikshan Sud BJP
44 Chabbewal (SC) Sohan Singh Thandal SAD Dr. Raj Kumar INC
45 Garhshankar Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan SAD Lov Kumar Goldy INC
46 Banga (SC) Tarlochan Singh INC Mohan Singh SAD
47 Nawan Shahr Guriqbal Kaur INC Satinder Kaur Kariha SAD
48 Balachaur Nand Lal SAD Shiv Ram Singh BSP
49 Anandpur Sahib Madan Mohan Mittal BJP Kanwar Pal Singh INC
50 Rupnagar Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema SAD Romesh Dutt Sharma INC
51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Charanjit Singh Channi INC Jagmeet Kaur SAD
52 Kharar Jagmohan Singh INC Ujjagar Singh SAD
53 S.A.S. Nagar Balbir Singh Sidhu INC Balwant Singh Ramoowalia SAD
54 Bassi Pathana (SC) Justice Nirmal Singh SAD Harbans Kaur Dullo INC
55 Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra INC Prem Singh Chandumajra SAD
56 Amloh Randeep Singh INC Jagdeep Singh Cheema SAD
57 Khanna Gurkirat Singh INC Ranjit Singh Talwandi SAD
58 Samrala Amrik Singh INC Kirpal Singh SAD
59 Sahnewal Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD Vikram Singh Bajwa INC
60 Ludhiana East Ranjit Singh Dhillon SAD Gurmail Singh Pehalwan INC
61 Ludhiana South Balwinder Singh Bains Independent Hakam Singh Giaspura SAD
62 Atam Nagar Simarjit Singh Bains Independent Hira Singh Gabria SAD
63 Ludhiana Central Surinder Kumar Dawar INC Satpal Gosain BJP
64 Ludhiana West Bharat Bhushan Ashu INC Prof. Rajinder Bhandari BJP
65 Ludhiana North Rakesh Panday INC Parveen Bansal BJP
66 Gill (SC) Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD Malkiat Singh Dakha INC
67 Payal (SC) Charanjit Singh Atwal SAD Lakhvir Singh INC
68 Dakha Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD Jasbir Singh Khangura(Jassi Khangura) INC
69 Raikot (SC) Gurcharan Singh INC Bikramjit Singh SAD
70 Jagraon (SC) S R Kaler SAD Ishar Singh INC
71 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Rajwinder Kaur SAD Ajit Singh Shant INC
72 Bhagha Purana Maheshinder Singh SAD Darshan Singh Brar Khote INC
73 Moga Joginder Pal Jain INC Paramdeep Singh Gill SAD
74 Dharamkot Tota Singh SAD Sukhjit Singh INC
75 Zira Hari Singh SAD Naresh Kumar INC
76 Firozpur City Parminder Singh Pinki INC Sukhpal Singh BJP
77 Firozpur Rural (SC) Joginder Singh Alias Jindu SAD Satkar Kaur INC
78 Guru Har Sahai Gurmeet Singh Sodhi INC Vardev Singh SAD
79 Jalalabad Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD Hans Raj Josan Independent
80 Fazilka Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP Jaswinder Singh Independent
81 Abohar Sunil Kumar Jakhar INC Shiv Lal Doda Independent
82 Balluana (SC) Gurtej Singh SAD Giriraj Rajora INC
83 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD Maheshinder Singh INC
84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC Sant Singh Brar SAD
85 Malout (SC) Harpreet Singh SAD Nathu Ram INC
86 Muktsar Karan Kaur INC Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi SAD
87 Faridkot Deep Malhotra SAD Avtar Singh Brar INC
88 Kotkapura Mantar Singh Brar SAD Ripjeet Singh Brar INC
89 Jaitu (SC) Joginder Singh INC Gurdev Singh SAD
90 Rampura Phul Sikander Singh Maluka SAD Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC
91 Bhucho Mandi (SC) Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC Pritam Singh SAD
92 Bathinda Urban Sarup Chand Singla SAD Harminder Singh Jassi INC
93 Bathinda Rural (SC) Darshan Singh Kotfatta SAD Makhan Singh INC
94 Talwandi Sabo Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu INC Amarjit Singh Sidhu SAD
95 Maur Janmeja Singh SAD Mangat Rai Bansal INC
96 Mansa Prem Mittal SAD Gurpreet Kaur INC
97 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh INC Dilraj Singh SAD
98 Budhlada (SC) Chatin Singh SAD Satpal Singh INC
99 Lehra Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC Sukhwant Singh SAD
100 Dirba (SC) Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD Ajaib Singh INC
101 Sunam Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD Aman Arora INC
102 Bhadaur (SC) Mohammed Sadique INC Darbara Singh Guru SAD
103 Barnala Kewal Singh Dhillon INC Malkit Singh Kittu SAD
104 Mehal Kalan (SC) Harchand Kaur INC Gobind Singh SAD
105 Malerkotla F. Nesara Khatoon (Farzana Alam) SAD Razia Sultana INC
106 Amargarh Iqbal Singh Jhundan SAD Surjit Singh Dhiman INC
107 Dhuri Arvind Khanna INC Gobind Singh SAD
108 Sangrur Parkash Chand Garg SAD Surinder Pal Singh Sibia INC
109 Nabha (SC) Sadhu Singh INC Balwant Singh SAD
110 Patiala Rural Brahm Mohindra INC Kuldeep Kaur Tohra SAD
111 Rajpura Hardyal Singh Kamboj INC Raj Khurana BJP
112 Dera Bassi N.K. Sharma SAD Deepinder Singh Dhillon Independent
113 Ghanaur Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpura SAD Madan Lal Jalalpur INC
114 Sanour Lal Singh INC Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu SAD
115 Patiala Amarinder Singh INC Surjit Singh Kohli SAD
116 Samana Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD Raninder Singh INC
117 Shutrana (SC) Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD Nirmal Singh INC

By-polls 2012-2017

No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election Reason
1.
11 July 2012 Dasuya Amarjit Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Sukhjit Kaur Bharatiya Janata Party Death
2. 23 February 2013 Moga Joginder Pal Jain Indian National Congress Joginder Pal Jain Shiromani Akali Dal Resigned

See also

References

  1. ^ "Punjab Assembly election 2012 - schedule details". Oneindia. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ "PUNJAB DATA HIGHLIGHTS: THE SCHEDULED CASTES" (PDF). Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Punjab 2012 - Punjab - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Assembly elections 2012: Are exit polls spot on?". The Economic Times. 6 March 2012.
  5. ^ "पंजाब में भरोसेमंद नहीं रहे EXIT POLL:2012 और 2017 विधानसभा चुनावों में दावों के विपरीत रहे परिणाम; कोई सर्वे आसपास भी नहीं टिका". bhaskar.com. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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5. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3455-punjab-2012/

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