Punjab Election Result 2022 highlights: What worked in favour of AAP?

Out of 117 seats, the Aam Aadmi Party wins 92 seats, Congress gets 18 and Bharatiya Janata Party grabs only two seats

Shiromani Akali Dal got only 3 seats, and one seat each was won by an independent candidate & BSP

Jeevan Jyot Kaur who defeated Sidhu said that Punjab has overcome identity politics. Thanking the voters for giving AAP and the "tried and tested Delhi model" of Arvind Kejriwal a chance, she said, "It's the victory of the people of Punjab. My ticket was announced around Dec 30 ...Got positive indication during door-to-door campaigns that Punjab has overcome identity politics."

The party encashed on people’s disillusionment with traditional outfits, sought a chance to bring about a change as AAP accused its rivals of looting the state.

The party’s slogan "ik mauka Bhagwant Mann te Kejriwal nu" (one chance to Bhagwant Mann and Kejriwal) seems to have clicked among voters.

The party sought to replicate the Delhi model of governance in Punjab by improving the condition of schools and health facilities.

AAP also promised freebies like ₹1,000 per month for women, free power up to 300 units and round the clock electricity to woo voters.

The announcement of Bhagwant Mann as the CM face before the polls also worked to its advantage. (PTI)

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Gurmeet Singh Khudian, who defeated Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal from the Lambi seat, said that from the first day onwards, people walked along with him and supported him.

AAP's Khudian won with a formidable margin of 11,396 votes. Khudian won the Lambi constituency by bagging total votes of 66,313 while Badal finished at second position with 54,917 votes.

"It is people's victory. Youth has brought a new Inquilab. From the first day onwards, people walked along with me and supported me," said Khudian. (ANI)

AAP candidate from Bhadaur Assembly seat Labh Singh Ugoke on Thursday defeated his Congress rival and Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi by a comprehensive margin of 37,558 votes.

Ugoke, 35, comes from a humble background. His father is a driver, his mother works as a sweeper and he ran a mobile repair shop before he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a volunteer in 2013.

The Bhadaur (SC) assembly segment in Barnala district shot into limelight when the Congress announced that Channi will be contesting from the seat besides Chamkaur Sahib. (PTI)

Prominent winners included AAP's chief ministerial face Bhagwant Mann from Dhuri, Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema from Dirba, Punjab BJP chief Ashwani Kumar Sharma from Pathankot, Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa from Qadian and minister Rana Gurjeet Singh from Kapurthala.

According to Election Commission data at 6 pm, AAP has won 89 seats and is leading on three more in the 117-member assembly. The ruling Congress has won 15 seats and is leading on three more. The SAD-BSP combine has been able to win only four seats and BJP two in the contest in the state which was being seen as multi-cornered. Independents also won one seat.

The abbreviation AAP was already given to Awami Aamjan Party. Hence Kejriwal's party was allotted the abbreviation, AAAP

The BJP's performance in the assembly elections except in Punjab has been on expected lines with the saffron party emerging stronger while the internal bickering cost the Congress very dear in Punjab, said Chirag Paswan, Parliamentarian and president of Lok Janshakti Party (R) here on Thursday. The election results in five state assemblies indicate that the BJP is performing "practically well" except in Punjab, he said. "The BJP is bouncing back strongly and I respect the verdict of the people. Whichever party comes to power, it should work for the welfare of the people," Chirag Paswan said

As Aam Aadmi Party poises for a historic verdict in the state, Bhagwant Mann, MP from Sangrur and party's CM face, said on Thursday that he will take the oath as Punjab's Chief Minister in Bhagat Singh's village Khatkarkalan, and not at the Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh. "I will take oath as the CM in Bhagat Singh's village Khatkarkalan, not at the Raj Bhawan," Mann, said in Sangrur.

Randeep Surjewala said, “ The results of 5 states have come against the expectations of the Congress party but we accept that we failed to get the blessings of the people. Sonia Gandhi has decided to convene Congress Working Committee meeting soon to introspect the results.”

“In Punjab, Congres presented a new leadership through Charanjit Singh Channi who is son of the soil, but the entire anti-incumbency of 4.5 years under Captain Amarinder Singh could not be overcome and hence people voted for AAP for change,” Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said.

SAD president Sukhbir Badal was defeated by AAP's Jagdeep 'Goldy' Kamboj from Jalalabad seat by 30,374 votes.

Born in Satoj village of Sangrur in 1973, Mann started his career as a comedian. He began his political career in 2011 with the Punjab Peoples Party, which is led by Manpreet Singh Badal. In 2012, he fought the elections from the Lehragaga constituency but lost.

Later, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 and contested the election from the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. His importance in Punjab politics increased when he defeated the veteran leader of Punjab Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, who was then with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Mann has been elected to the Punjab Lok Sabha seat of Sangrur for two terms in a row since 2014.

He gained popularity from his satires in TV show 'Jugnu Mast Mast'. He also featured in several other comedy shows.

Congress candidate from Punjab's Moga constituency, Malvika Sood has been defeated by AAP’s Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora by over 20,000 votes.