The Punjab Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Punjab state in North India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. It is housed within the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, a World Heritage Site designed by Le Corbusier. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved early. Punjab is the nineteenth-largest state in India, covering ; and the fifteenth-most populous state with a population of 27.7 million.
Constituency boundaries are periodically redrawn by the delimitation commission which tries to keep them as geographically compact areas, and with due consideration to existing boundaries of administrative units. The latest census is used to draw the boundaries and every assembly constituency has to be completely within a parliamentary constituency. Since 1977, the Punjab Assembly has had 117 single-seat constituencies, each of which directly elects a representative based on a first past the post election.
Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. The 2011 census of India stated that there were no people of any Scheduled Tribes in Punjab, while the Scheduled Castes constitute a significant portion of the population of the state, at 31.9%. The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 34 seats in the assembly.
History +Changes in the constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly over time Year Act/OrderExplanation Totalseats SC-reserved seats Election(s) 1950, 1951 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1951 The Indian Constitution came into effect and new constituencies were created. 105 0 1952 1956 States Reorganisation Act, 1956 Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was merged with Punjab and the number of constituencies of the enlarged state was increased. 121 33 1957 1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. Two-member constituencies were abolished. 154 33 1962 1966 Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 The new state of Haryana was created from the south-east parts of Punjab. Some districts of Punjab were also merged with Himachal Pradesh. 104 23 1969, 1972 1976 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976There were changes in the number and reservation status of constituencies. 117 29 1977, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007 2008 Delimitation Commission Order, 2007 There were changes in the reservation status and area covered by constituencies. 117 34 2012, 2017, 2022
Constituencies
The constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly were last delimited in 2008.
+Constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly # Constituencyname Reserved for(SC/None) DistrictLok Sabhaconstituency Electorate(2022) 1 Sujanpur None Pathankot Gurdaspur 2 Bhoa SC 3 Pathankot None 4 Gurdaspur None Gurdaspur 5 Dina Nagar SC 6 Qadian None 7 Batala None 8 Sri Hargobindpur SC Hoshiarpur 9 Fatehgarh Churian None Gurdaspur 10 Dera Baba Nanak None 11 Ajnala None Amritsar Amritsar 12 Raja Sansi None 13 Majitha None 14 Jandiala SC Khadoor Sahib 15 Amritsar North None Amritsar 16 Amritsar West SC 17 Amritsar Central None 18 Amritsar East None 19 Amritsar South None 20 Attari SC 21 Tarn Taran None Tarn Taran Khadoor Sahib 22 Khem Karan None 23 Patti None 24 Khadoor Sahib None 25 Baba Bakala SC 26 Bholath None Kapurthala Hoshiarpur 27 Kapurthala None Khadoor Sahib 28 Sultanpur Lodhi None 29 Phagwara SC Hoshiarpur 30 Phillaur SC Jalandhar Jalandhar 31 Nakodar None 32 Shahkot None 33 Kartarpur SC 34 Jalandhar West SC 35 Jalandhar Central None 36 Jalandhar North None 37 Jalandhar Cantt None 38 Adampur SC 39 Mukerian None Hoshiarpur Hoshiarpur 40 Dasuya None 41 Urmar None 42 Sham Chaurasi SC 43 Hoshiarpur None 44 Chabbewal SC 45 Garhshankar None Anandpur Sahib 46 Banga SC S.B.S. Nagar 47 Nawan Shahr None 48 Balachaur None 49 Anandpur Sahib None Rupnagar 50 Rupnagar None 51 Chamkaur Sahib SC 52 Kharar None Mohali 53 S.A.S. Nagar None 54 Bassi Pathana SC Fatehgarh Sahib Fatehgarh Sahib 55 Fatehgarh Sahib None 56 Amloh None 57 Khanna None Ludhiana 58 Samrala None 59 Sahnewal None 60 Ludhiana East None Ludhiana 61 Ludhiana South None 62 Atam Nagar None 63 Ludhiana Central None 64 Ludhiana West None 65 Ludhiana North None 66 Gill SC 67 Payal SC Fatehgarh Sahib 68 Dakha None Ludhiana 69 Raikot SC Fatehgarh Sahib 70 Jagraon SC Ludhiana 71 Nihal Singhwala SC Moga Faridkot 72 Bhagha Purana None 73 Moga None 74 Dharamkot None 75 Zira None Firozpur Khadoor Sahib 76 Firozpur City None Firozpur 77 Firozpur Rural SC 78 Guru Har Sahai None 79 Jalalabad None Fazilka 80 Fazilka None 81 Abohar None 82 Balluana SC 83 Lambi None Sri Muktsar Sahib Bathinda 84 Gidderbaha None Faridkot 85 Malout SC Firozpur 86 Muktsar None 87 Faridkot None Faridkot Faridkot 88 Kotkapura None 89 Jaitu SC 90 Rampura Phul None Bathinda 91 Bhucho Mandi SC Bathinda 92 Bathinda Urban None 93 Bathinda Rural SC 94 Talwandi Sabo None 95 Maur None 96 Mansa None Mansa 97 Sardulgarh None 98 Budhlada SC 99 Lehra None Sangrur Sangrur 100 Dirba SC 101 Sunam None 102 Bhadaur SC Barnala 103 Barnala None 104 Mehal Kalan SC 105 Malerkotla None Malerkotla 106 Amargarh None Fatehgarh Sahib 107 Dhuri None Sangrur Sangrur 108 Sangrur None 109 Nabha SC Patiala Patiala 110 Patiala Rural None 111 Rajpura None 112 Dera Bassi None Mohali 113 Ghanaur None Patiala 114 Sanour None 115 Patiala None 116 Samana None 117 Shutrana SC
See also 16th Punjab Assembly List of constituencies of the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Pakistan) List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
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