16th Punjab Assembly
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Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 11 March 2022 |
| Preceded by | 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Gulab Chand Kataria since 31 August 2021 | |
Deputy Speaker | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 117 |
Political groups | Government (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 | |
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| 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]
Composition
By alliance and party
| Alliance | Party | Seats | Legislative
Party Leader |
Bench | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won [14] | Change[a] | ||||||||
| AAP | 95 |  75 |
Bhagwant Singh Mann[15] | 94 | Government | ||||
| INC | 15 |  62 |
Partap Singh Bajwa | 16 | Main Opposition | ||||
| SAD | 2 | 13 |
Manpreet Singh Ayali[16] | 7 | Other Opposition | ||||
| NDA | BJP | 2 | 1 |
Ashwani Kumar Sharma | |||||
| BSP | 1 | 1 |
Nachhatar Pal | ||||||
| IND | 1 | 1 |
Rana Inder Partap Singh | ||||||
| Total | 117 | 117 | |||||||
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 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
References
- 1 2 "Congress suspends Abohar MLA Sandeep Jakhar for 'anti-party' activities". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ↑ "Punjab election 2022, Punjab election results 2022, Punjab election winners list, Punjab election 2022 full list of winners, Punjab election winning candidates, Punjab election 2022 winners, Punjab election 2022 winning candidates constituency wise". Financialexpress. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "All Winners List of Punjab Assembly Election 2022 | Punjab Vidhan Sabha Elections". News18. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab election 2022 result constituency-wise: Check full list of winners". Hindustan Times. 10 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab Governor dissolves 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab Cabinet recommends Governor for dissolution of 15th Punjab Assembly". The Statesman. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab Cabinet swearing-in Live Updates: From uprooting corruption to tackling drug addiction in Punjab — newly-inducted Ministers set targets". The Indian Express. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ "In Punjab Cabinet, Bhagwant Mann Keeps Home, Harpal Cheema Gets Finance". NDTV.com. 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ Service, Tribune News (22 June 2022). "All Zero Hour questions to be answered: Punjab Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ "AAP nominates party MLA Kultar Singh Sandhwan as next Punjab assembly speaker". Hindustan Times. 18 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ↑ "Jai Krishan Singh Rouri is new Deputy Speaker of Punjab assembly". The Indian Express. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees". Hindustan Times. 22 May 2022. Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Committees". punjabassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab Results Live". results.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ↑ "Bhagwant Mann elected leader of legislative party leader". Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "SAD appoints its new leader of legislative party". Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ↑ "Congress suspends Phillaur MLA Vikramjit Chaudhary for anti-party activities". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ↑ "Punjab assembly to have statues of Bhagat Singh, Dr Ambedkar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh". Hindustan Times. 23 March 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ↑ Vasudeva, Vikas (1 April 2022). "Punjab assembly passes resolution; asks Centre to transfer Chandigarh to Punjab". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Punjab Vidhan Sabha passes resolution asking for Chandigarh to be given to Punjab". Tribuneindia News Service. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ↑ "Amid opposition by BJP MLAs, Punjab Vidhan Sabha passes resolution against Agnipath scheme". Tribuneindia News Service. 30 June 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ↑ "Punjab Assembly passes resolution against any bid to change 'nature, character' of PU". The Indian Express. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ↑ "Sheetal Angural resigns as Punjab MLA". Hindustan Times. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ↑ "Raj Kumar Chabbewal Resigns from Congress Primary Membership and MLA Position". Lokmat Times. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ↑ "AAP Punjab MLA Gurpreet Gogi Bassi found dead due to gunshot wound under 'mysterious circumstances'". Hindustan Times. 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ↑ Punjab: Tarn Taran AAP MLA Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal passes away at 62 — Hindustan Times