Politics of Punjab, India

Before 1947 partition of Punjab, politics were dominated by Unionist Party as it was main party in united Punjab especially seen in 1937 elections.[1][2]

1947–1966

During 1947-1966 Punjab was undivided and consisted of present-day Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh. This meant that both population and religion factor of whole state was mixed and politics were dominated by Indian National Congress.

After 1966

Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly two parties. One is Shiromani Akali Dal(Badal) and the other is Indian National Congress. Other prominent party is Bahujan Samaj Party especially in Doaba region. In 1992 BSP won 9 seats Vidhan Sabha elections.[3] Also BSP won 3 lok sabha seats from Punjab in 1996 general elections[4] [5] and only Garhshanker seat in 1997 Vidhan Sabha elections.[6] Communist parties too have some influence in the Malwa area.[7]

In the 2014 general elections, the first-time contesting Aam Aadmi Party got 4 out of 13 seats in Punjab by winning 34 of the total 117 assembly segments, coming second in 7, third in 73 and fourth in the rest 3 segments.[8] The support for the Aam Aadmi Party is increasing in Punjab.[9][10]

The current Government was elected in the 2012 Assembly elections as the coalition of SAD and the BJP won 68 out of 117 Assemble seats and Prakash Singh Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal is the current Chief Minister.

Political parties

List of political parties in the state

See also

References

  1. ↑ Talbot, Ian. Khizr Tiwana, the Punjab Unionist Party and the Partition of India.
  2. ↑ Low, D. A. Political Inheritance of Pakistan. p. 86.
  3. ↑ "Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1992". Elections.in. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Roy, Meenu. India Votes, Elections 1996: A Critical Analysis. p. 198.
  5. ↑ "Result Of Punjab In 1996".
  6. ↑ "In 1997, the BSP won Vidhan Sabha seat of Garhshankar". hindustantimes.com/. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Kumar, P. "Coalition Politics in Punjab in E. Sridharan" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Details of Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies - General Elections, 2014 - 16th Lok Sabha (page 946 of 1698)" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  9. ↑ N, TN (20 May 2014). "'Other party netas lining up for AAP'". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. ↑ Mohan, Vibhor (21 May 2014). "AAP may face problem of plenty in choosing candidates for bypolls". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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