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2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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 DalBharatiya Janata Party alliance led by Parkash Singh Badal won the elections.

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% (2.88pp)
  First party Second party
 
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 1 2
Popular vote 5,826,710 5,572,643
Percentage 41.91% (Alliance figures) 40.09%
Swing 3.46pp 0.81pp


Chief Minister before election

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Background edit

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 edit

Religion Data

As per the 2011 census,[2]

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 [3]
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 edit

Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab 2012 [4]

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 edit

[5]

egions/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 edit

  National Democratic Alliance edit

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 edit

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

Sanjha Morcha edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Party-wise Results edit

 
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 4,828,612 34.73  2.36 94 56  8
Indian National Congress (INC) 5,572,643 40.09  0.81 117 46  2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 998,098 7.18  1.1 23 12  7
Independents (IND) 938,770 6.75  0.07 418 3  2
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

A. C. NO. Assembly Constituency Name Category Winner Candidates Name Gender Party Vote Runner-up Candidates Name Gender Party Vote
By-polls in 2012 Dasuya GEN Sukhjit Kaur M BJP 77494 Arun Dogra M INC 30063
By-Polls in 2013 Moga GEN Joginder Pal Jain M SAD 69269 Sathi Vijay Kumar M INC 50420

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ [1]
  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.
  6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. 6 March 2012.

External links edit

5. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3455-punjab-2012/

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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 2012 Punjab legislative assembly election 2007 30 January 2012 2012 01 30 2017 outgoing memberselected members All 117 seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly59 seats needed for a majorityTurnout78 30 2 88pp First party Second party Leader Parkash Singh Badal Captain Amarinder SinghParty SAD INCAlliance NDA UPALeader since 1 March 1997 26 February 2002Leader s seat Lambi PatialaLast election 67 44Seats won 68 46Seat change 1 2Popular vote 5 826 710 5 572 643Percentage 41 91 Alliance figures 40 09 Swing 3 46pp 0 81ppChief Minister before electionParkash Singh BadalSAD Elected Chief Minister Parkash Singh BadalSAD Contents 1 Background 1 1 Religion and Caste Data 2 Timeline of events 3 Voter Turnout 4 Parties and Alliances 4 1 National Democratic Alliance 4 2 United Progressive Alliance 4 3 Sanjha Morcha 4 4 Others 5 Opinion Polls 5 1 Exit Polls 6 Results 6 1 Party wise Results 7 Result by region 8 Result by district 9 Result by constituency 10 By polls 2012 2017 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksBackground editPunjab 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 power2012 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 edit Religion DataAs per the 2011 census 2 2011 Population data of Punjab Religion Based S No Religion Population1 Sikhs 57 682 Hindus 37 53 Muslims 1 934 Christians 1 35 Buddhists 1 26 Jains 0 167 Others Non religions 0 31Population by faith in Punjab India 2011 Sikh 58 Hindu 38 5 Muslim 1 9 Christian 1 3 Others and non religious 0 60 Caste DataDalits Scheduled Castes constitute 31 94 of the population the highest percentage amongst all the states Other Backward Classes OBCs like Sainis Sunar Kambojs Tarkhans Ramgarhias Gurjars Kumhars Prajapatis Telis Banjaras Lohars constitute 31 3 of the population Jat Sikhs comprise 21 of the population while other forward castes general category Brahmins Khatris Bhapas Bania Thakurs Rajputs constitute around rest 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 3 Constitutional categories Population CastesOther 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 OthersScheduled 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 JainsCaste Category General 33 SC 31 9 OBC 31 3 Others 3 8 Timeline of events editSchedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab 2012 4 S No Event Date Day1 Date for Nominations 05 01 2012 Thursday2 Last Date for filing Nominations 12 01 2012 Thursday3 Date for scrutiny of nominations 13 01 2012 Friday4 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 16 01 2012 Monday5 Date of poll 30 01 2012 Monday6 Date of counting 04 03 2012 Sunday7 Date before which the election shall be completed 09 03 2012 FridayVoter Turnout edit 5 egions Districts Total Seats Turnout Congress SAD BJP BSP Independents OthersWon Vote Won Vote Won Vote Won Vote MAJHAMajha 25 75 0 9 41 2 16 47 2 0 1 2 0 1 1Gurdaspur 10 76 3 5 42 7 5 45 8 0 0 9 0 1 4Amritsar 11 71 8 3 38 5 8 48 9 0 0 9 0 1 0Tarn Taran 4 79 6 1 43 9 3 46 6 0 2 6 0 0 9DOABADoaba 23 76 4 6 37 1 16 41 3 0 4 0 0 12 1Kapurthala 4 79 0 2 43 4 2 44 1 0 2 7 0 7 4Jalandhar 9 75 6 0 37 9 9 43 2 0 3 0 0 12 7Hoshiarpur 7 75 2 2 35 9 4 40 9 0 3 1 0 9 5Nawan Shahr 3 79 3 2 29 6 1 32 9 0 11 0 0 21 9MALWAMalwa 69 80 6 31 40 6 36 40 3 0 6 9 0 3 0Rupnagar 3 77 5 1 37 9 2 41 4 0 10 3 0 5 0SAS Nagar 3 75 8 2 30 7 1 38 3 0 4 6 0 7 7Fatehgarh Sahib 3 81 9 2 33 7 1 35 5 0 20 9 0 4 1Ludhiana 14 76 0 6 40 7 6 39 9 0 4 6 0 3 3Moga 4 80 5 1 43 2 3 45 2 0 3 8 0 1 5Ferozepur 8 83 4 3 37 4 5 39 4 0 2 8 0 1 9Muktsar 4 85 2 2 40 2 2 41 0 0 12 7 0 2 6Faridkot 3 84 1 1 38 8 2 43 2 0 7 1 0 2 3Bathinda 6 82 6 2 40 9 4 42 0 0 9 7 0 1 6Mansa 3 84 4 1 38 4 2 39 6 0 8 7 0 2 6Sangrur 7 84 5 2 40 4 5 41 5 0 10 9 0 2 9Barnala 3 81 8 3 45 9 0 40 1 0 4 1 0 4 0Patiala 8 78 5 5 49 9 3 37 6 0 3 1 0 2 8Total 117 78 6 46 40 1 68 41 9 0 5 2 0 4 3 Others in thisParties and Alliances edit National Democratic Alliance edit No Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won1 Shiromani Akali Dal Badal nbsp nbsp nbsp Sukhbir Singh Badal 94 562 Bharatiya Janata Party nbsp nbsp 23 12 United Progressive Alliance edit No Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won1 Indian National Congress nbsp nbsp nbsp Captain Amarinder Singh 117 46Sanjha Morcha edit No Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1 People s Party of Punjab nbsp nbsp Manpreet Singh Badal 872 Communist Party of India Marxist 93 Communist Party of India nbsp nbsp 144 Shiromani Akali Dal Longowal Bahujan Samaj Party No Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested1 Bahujan Samaj Party nbsp nbsp Jasbir Singh Garhi 117Others edit Source 3 No Party Seats contested1 Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar 572 BSP A 173 BGTD 104 Nationalist Congress Party 135 Communist Party of India M L Liberation 76 BSA 67 BCP 38 BRSP 69 Lok Janshakti Party 2610 Rashtriya Janata Dal 111 Independent politician 41812 Shiv Sena 1213 SSPD 5Opinion Polls editMost 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 OthersIndia Today Aaj Tak 40 69 8Election results 56 46 15Exit Polls edit 2012 exit polls for Punjab Assembly Elections results 5 Polling firm Link SAD BJP INC OthersIndia TV C Voter 47 65 5News 24 52 60 5CNN IBN 51 63 48 60 3 9Election results 56 46 15Results editParty wise Results edit nbsp Parties and coalitions Popular vote SeatsVotes pp Contested Won Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 4 828 612 34 73 nbsp 2 36 94 56 nbsp 8Indian National Congress INC 5 572 643 40 09 nbsp 0 81 117 46 nbsp 2Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 998 098 7 18 nbsp 1 1 23 12 nbsp 7Independents IND 938 770 6 75 nbsp 0 07 418 3 nbsp 2Total 13 901 424 100 00 117Valid votes 13 901 424 99 94Invalid votes 8 149 0 06Votes cast turnout 13 909 573 78 30Abstentions 3 855 182 21 70Registered voters 17 764 755Result by region editRegion Seats INC SAD BJP OthersMalwa 69 31 34 2 2Majha 25 9 11 5 0Doaba 23 6 11 5 1Sum 117 46 56 12 3Among parties Regions Total seats Turnout Congress SAD BJPWon Votes Won Votes Majha 25 75 0 9 41 2 16 47 2Doaba 23 76 4 6 37 1 16 41 3Malwa 69 80 6 31 40 6 36 40 3Total 117 78 6 46 40 1 68 41 9Result by district editDistrict Seats INC SAD BJP OthersAmritsar 11 3 6 2 0Gurdaspur 10 5 5 0 0Pathankot 3 0 0 3 0Tarn Taran 4 1 3 0 0Jalandhar 9 0 6 3 0Hoshiarpur 7 2 3 1 1Kapurthala 4 2 1 1 0Nawanshahr 3 2 1 0 0Ludhiana 14 6 6 0 2Patiala 8 5 3 0 0Sangrur 7 2 5 0 0Bathinda 6 2 4 0 0Firozpur 8 3 4 1 0Moga 4 1 3 0 0Sri Muktsar Sahib 4 2 2 0 0Barnala 3 3 0 0 0Faridkot 3 1 2 0 0Fatehgarh Sahib 3 2 1 0 0Mansa 3 1 2 0 0Rup Nagar 3 1 1 1 0S A S Nagar 3 2 1 0 0Sum 117 46 56 12 3Result by constituency editList of constituency wise winner candidates and parties 6 Sr No Constituency Winning Candidate Party Runner Candidate Party1 Sujanpur Dinesh Singh BJP Naresh Puri Independent2 Bhoa SC Seema Kumari BJP Balbir Ram INC3 Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma BJP Raman Bhalla INC4 Gurdaspur Gurbachan Singh Babbehali SAD Raman Bahl INC5 Dina Nagar SC Aruna Chaudhary INC Bishan Dass BJP6 Qadian Charanjit Kaur Bajwa INC Sewa Singh Sekhwan SAD7 Batala Ashwani Sekhri INC Lakhbir Singh Lodhi Nangal SAD8 Sri Hargobindpur SC Des Raj Dhugga SAD Balwinder Singh Laddi INC9 Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD10 Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh INC Sucha Singh SAD11 Ajnala Bonny Amarpal Singh Ajnala SAD Harpartap Singh Ajnala INC12 Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC Vir Singh Lopoke SAD13 Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia E SAD Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lali Independent14 Jandiala SC Baljit Singh Jalal Usma SAD Sardul Singh Bandala INC15 Amritsar North Anil Joshi BJP Karamjit Singh Rintu INC16 Amritsar West SC Raj Kumar E INC Rakesh Gill BJP17 Amritsar Central Om Parkash Soni E INC Tarun Chugh BJP18 Amritsar East Navjot Sidhu E W BJP Simarpreet Kaur Independent19 Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Bolaria E SAD Jasbir Singh Gill Dimpa INC20 Attari SC Gulzar Singh Ranike E SAD Tarsem Singh D C INC21 Tarn Taran Harmeet Singh Sandhu SAD Dr Dharambir Agnihotri INC22 Khem Karan Virsa Singh SAD Gurchet Singh INC23 Patti Adeshpartap Singh Kairon SAD Harminder Singh Gill INC24 Khadoor Sahib Ramanjit Singh Sikki INC Ranjit Singh Brahampura SAD25 Baba Bakala SC Manjit Singh Manna Mianwind E SAD Ranjit Singh Chhajjalwadi INC26 Bholath Bibi Jagir Kaur SAD Sukhpal Singh INC27 Kapurthala Rana Gurjit Singh INC Sarabjeet Singh Makkar SAD28 Sultanpur Lodhi Navtej Singh INC Upinderjit Kaur SAD29 Phagwara SC Som Parkash BJP Balbir Kumar Sodhi INC30 Phillaur SC Avinash Chander SAD Santokh Singh Chaudhary INC31 Nakodar Gurpartap Singh Wadala SAD Amarjit Singh Samra INC32 Shahkot Ajit Singh Kohar SAD Col C D Singh Kamboj INC33 Kartarpur SC Sarwan Singh SAD Chauhdary Jagjit Singh INC34 Jalandhar West SC Chuni Lal Bhagat BJP Suman Kaypee INC35 Jalandhar Central Manoranjan Kalia BJP Rajinder Beri INC36 Jalandhar North K D Bhandari BJP Avtar Henry INC37 Jalandhar Cantt Pargat Singh SAD Jagbir Singh Brar INC38 Adampur SC Sh Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD Sh Satnam Singh Kainth INC39 Mukerian Rajnish Kumar Independent Arunesh Kumar BJP40 Dasuya Amarjit Singh BJP Ramesh Chander Dogra INC41 Urmar Sangat Singh INC Arbinder Singh SAD42 Sham Chaurasi SC Mohinder Kaur Josh SAD Chaudhary Ram Lubhaya INC43 Hoshiarpur Sunder Sham Arora INC Tikshan Sud BJP44 Chabbewal SC Sohan Singh Thandal SAD Dr Raj Kumar INC45 Garhshankar Surinder Singh Bhulewal Rathan SAD Lov Kumar Goldy INC46 Banga SC Tarlochan Singh INC Mohan Singh SAD47 Nawan Shahr Guriqbal Kaur INC Satinder Kaur Kariha SAD48 Balachaur Nand Lal SAD Shiv Ram Singh BSP49 Anandpur Sahib Madan Mohan Mittal BJP Kanwar Pal Singh INC50 Rupnagar Dr Daljeet Singh Cheema SAD Romesh Dutt Sharma INC51 Chamkaur Sahib SC Charanjit Singh Channi INC Jagmeet Kaur SAD52 Kharar Jagmohan Singh INC Ujjagar Singh SAD53 S A S Nagar Balbir Singh Sidhu INC Balwant Singh Ramoowalia SAD54 Bassi Pathana SC Justice Nirmal Singh SAD Harbans Kaur Dullo INC55 Fatehgarh Sahib Kuljit Singh Nagra INC Prem Singh Chandumajra SAD56 Amloh Randeep Singh INC Jagdeep Singh Cheema SAD57 Khanna Gurkirat Singh INC Ranjit Singh Talwandi SAD58 Samrala Amrik Singh INC Kirpal Singh SAD59 Sahnewal Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD Vikram Singh Bajwa INC60 Ludhiana East Ranjit Singh Dhillon SAD Gurmail Singh Pehalwan INC61 Ludhiana South Balwinder Singh Bains Independent Hakam Singh Giaspura SAD62 Atam Nagar Simarjit Singh Bains Independent Hira Singh Gabria SAD63 Ludhiana Central Surinder Kumar Dawar INC Satpal Gosain BJP64 Ludhiana West Bharat Bhushan Ashu INC Prof Rajinder Bhandari BJP65 Ludhiana North Rakesh Panday INC Parveen Bansal BJP66 Gill SC Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD Malkiat Singh Dakha INC67 Payal SC Charanjit Singh Atwal SAD Lakhvir Singh INC68 Dakha Manpreet Singh Ayali SAD Jasbir Singh Khangura Jassi Khangura INC69 Raikot SC Gurcharan Singh INC Bikramjit Singh SAD70 Jagraon SC S R Kaler SAD Ishar Singh INC71 Nihal Singh Wala SC Rajwinder Kaur SAD Ajit Singh Shant INC72 Bhagha Purana Maheshinder Singh SAD Darshan Singh Brar Khote INC73 Moga Joginder Pal Jain INC Paramdeep Singh Gill SAD74 Dharamkot Tota Singh SAD Sukhjit Singh INC75 Zira Hari Singh SAD Naresh Kumar INC76 Firozpur City Parminder Singh Pinki INC Sukhpal Singh BJP77 Firozpur Rural SC Joginder Singh Alias Jindu SAD Satkar Kaur INC78 Guru Har Sahai Gurmeet Singh Sodhi INC Vardev Singh SAD79 Jalalabad Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD Hans Raj Josan Independent80 Fazilka Surjit Kumar Jyani BJP Jaswinder Singh Independent81 Abohar Sunil Kumar Jakhar INC Shiv Lal Doda Independent82 Balluana SC Gurtej Singh SAD Giriraj Rajora INC83 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD Maheshinder Singh INC84 Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC Sant Singh Brar SAD85 Malout SC Harpreet Singh SAD Nathu Ram INC86 Muktsar Karan Kaur INC Kanwarjit Singh Rozy Barkandi SAD87 Faridkot Deep Malhotra SAD Avtar Singh Brar INC88 Kotkapura Mantar Singh Brar SAD Ripjeet Singh Brar INC89 Jaitu SC Joginder Singh INC Gurdev Singh SAD90 Rampura Phul Sikander Singh Maluka SAD Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC91 Bhucho Mandi SC Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC Pritam Singh SAD92 Bathinda Urban Sarup Chand Singla SAD Harminder Singh Jassi INC93 Bathinda Rural SC Darshan Singh Kotfatta SAD Makhan Singh INC94 Talwandi Sabo Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu INC Amarjit Singh Sidhu SAD95 Maur Janmeja Singh SAD Mangat Rai Bansal INC96 Mansa Prem Mittal SAD Gurpreet Kaur INC97 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh INC Dilraj Singh SAD98 Budhlada SC Chatin Singh SAD Satpal Singh INC99 Lehra Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC Sukhwant Singh SAD100 Dirba SC Sant Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD Ajaib Singh INC101 Sunam Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD Aman Arora INC102 Bhadaur SC Mohammed Sadique INC Darbara Singh Guru SAD103 Barnala Kewal Singh Dhillon INC Malkit Singh Kittu SAD104 Mehal Kalan SC Harchand Kaur INC Gobind Singh SAD105 Malerkotla F Nesara Khatoon Farzana Alam SAD Razia Sultana INC106 Amargarh Iqbal Singh Jhundan SAD Surjit Singh Dhiman INC107 Dhuri Arvind Khanna INC Gobind Singh SAD108 Sangrur Parkash Chand Garg SAD Surinder Pal Singh Sibia INC109 Nabha SC Sadhu Singh INC Balwant Singh SAD110 Patiala Rural Brahm Mohindra INC Kuldeep Kaur Tohra SAD111 Rajpura Hardyal Singh Kamboj INC Raj Khurana BJP112 Dera Bassi N K Sharma SAD Deepinder Singh Dhillon Independent113 Ghanaur Harpreet Kaur Mukhmailpura SAD Madan Lal Jalalpur INC114 Sanour Lal Singh INC Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu SAD115 Patiala Amarinder Singh INC Surjit Singh Kohli SAD116 Samana Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD Raninder Singh INC117 Shutrana SC Vaninder Kaur Loomba SAD Nirmal Singh INCBy polls 2012 2017 editA C NO Assembly Constituency Name Category Winner Candidates Name Gender Party Vote Runner up Candidates Name Gender Party VoteBy polls in 2012 Dasuya GEN Sukhjit Kaur M BJP 77494 Arun Dogra M INC 30063By Polls in 2013 Moga GEN Joginder Pal Jain M SAD 69269 Sathi Vijay Kumar M INC 50420See also editPolitics of Punjab India 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election 2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly electionReferences edit Punjab Assembly election 2012 schedule details Oneindia 15 January 2012 Retrieved 29 August 2020 PUNJAB DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE SCHEDULED CASTES PDF Censusindia gov in Retrieved 6 July 2016 1 Assembly elections 2012 Are exit polls spot on The Economic Times 6 March 2012 प ज ब म भर स म द नह रह EXIT POLL 2012 और 2017 व ध नसभ च न व म द व क व पर त रह पर ण म क ई सर व आसप स भ नह ट क bhaskar com 8 March 2022 Retrieved 10 March 2022 STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB PDF ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 6 March 2012 External links editPunjab Assembly Elections Results 2012 on Indian Elections com https www epw in journal 2012 14 special statistics 2012 state elections special issues specials fourteenth assembly 5 https eci gov in files file 3455 punjab 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election amp oldid 1180695117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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