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Punjab Assembly Election, 2012

117 seats · vs 2007 (116-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 78.3%

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Party standings

Punjab Assembly Election, 2012 · 4 parties won seats

Derived
Shiromani Akali Dal — 56 seatsIndian National Congress — 46 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 12 seatsIndependent — 3 seats59117of 117 seats
  • SAD56
  • INC46
  • BJP12
  • IND3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
SADShiromani Akali Dal5648%48,28,61234.7%94
INCIndian National Congress4639%55,72,64340.1%117
BJPBharatiya Janata Party1210%9,98,0987.2%23
INDIndependent33%9,38,7706.8%418
PPOPPPOP00%7,00,1455.0%87
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00%5,97,0204.3%117

+ 32 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Punjab Assembly Election, 2012 · winner by seat

117 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 59

2012 · selected
Majority 59
SAD56INC46BJP12IND3
2007 · previous
Majority 59

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2007 → 2012

2007 2012· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
37.1
34.7
40.9
40.1
8.3
7.2
6.8
6.8
0.0
5.0
4.1
4.3
SADINCBJPINDPPOPBSP

Seat change

2012 seats minus 2007 seats

seats lostseats gained
SAD
48 → 56
+8
INC
44 → 46
+2
BJP
19 → 12
−7
IND
5 → 3
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2007 → 2012

share lostshare gained
PPOP
0.0% → 5.0%
+5.0%
LBP
0.3% → 0.0%
−0.3%
INC
40.9% → 40.1%
−0.8%
BJP
8.3% → 7.2%
−1.1%
SAD
37.1% → 34.7%
−2.4%

Biggest SAD–INC swings

Seats where the SAD-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2007 → 2012. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (SAD share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward SAD; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward SAD
Ludhiana West
Punjab
−80.6%
Ludhiana East
Punjab
+50.9%
Garhshankar
Punjab
+47.7%
Majitha
Punjab
+32.9%
Chamkaur Sahib
Punjab
−31.5%
Batala
Punjab
+31.0%
Mukerian
Punjab
+29.3%
Sujanpur
Punjab
+25.6%
Nihal Singh Wala
Punjab
−24.7%
Kotkapura
Punjab
+24.2%
Amritsar Central
Punjab
−22.2%
Samrala
Punjab
−22.0%

Closest races · 2012

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 2012

117 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2007