Punjab Assembly Election Results 2022: All You Need To Know About Election Results

Punjab Election Results: Punjab, which has over 2.14 crore eligible voters, recorded 71.95 per cent polling, down from 77 per cent recorded in 2017.

The result of the February 20 election to 117-seat Punjab assembly is being declared today. The state, which has over 2.14 crore eligible voters, recorded 71.95 per cent polling, down from 77 per cent recorded in 2017. There were 1,304 candidates in the contest.

As the Congress led by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is eyeing a second consecutive term in power, the big challenger is Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).  A poll of exit polls in Punjab shows the AAP would be the single largest party in the state. But exit polls do not always get it right.

Meanwhile, the BJP fought the election in alliance with the Punjab Lok Congress, founded by former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh after his dramatic exit from Congress over power tussle with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.

Charanjit Singh Channi, who was the Congress' chief minister pick after Amarinder Singh's exit, was projected as a candidate for the top post. He is also the party's Dalit Sikh face. The Congress had won the 2017 election with 77 seats.