Election for the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab. Polling was done on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes declaration of results was done on 10 March 2022. The Fifteenth Punjab assembly was dissolved on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.
In the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly, 94 members of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party form the treasury benches. The main opposition party in the assembly is Indian National Congress with 14 seats. The other parties which are in opposition are the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party and independents. AAP MLA, Kultar Singh Sandhwan was announced as the speaker of the assembly.
Incumbent Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the oath of office on 16 March at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of Bhagat Singh. Inderbir Singh Nijjar took the oath as pro tem Speaker. On 17 March Nijjar administered the oath of office to all the 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative assembly. Other 10 cabinet ministers of the Mann ministry, took oath on 19 March.
On 22 June 2022, Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan announced that the legislators will get answers on all issues that they raise during the Assembly debates. The answers would be provided during the Zero Hour. This was done for the first time in the history of Punjab Assembly.
Leaders +TitleNamePortraitSinceConstitutional PostsGovernor Gulab Chand Kataria30 July 2024SpeakerKultar Singh Sandhwan21 March 2022Deputy speakerJai Krishan Singh30 June 2022Leader of the House(Chief Minister)Bhagwant Mann16 March 2022Leader of OppositionPratap Singh Bajwa9 April 2022Political postsLeader of AAP legislature partyBhagwant Mann16 March 2022Leader of INC legislature partyPratap Singh Bajwa9 April 2022Leader of SAD legislature partyGanieve Kaur MajithiaJune 2026Leader of AD (WPD) legislature partyManpreet Singh AyaliApril 2022Leader of BJP legislature partyAshwani Kumar SharmaApril 2022Leader of BSP legislature partyNachhatar PalApril 2022
Committees List of committees and chairpersons for the term 2022–2023.
Committee Chairperson Party or OrganizationCommittee on Local BodiesJagroop Singh GillCommittee on Public AccountsSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria Committee on EstimatesAman Arora Committee on Public UndertakingsBudh Ram Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes and Backward ClassesManjit Singh Bilaspur Committee on PrivilegesKulwant Singh Pandori Committee on Government AssurancesKunwar Vijay Pratap Singh Committee on Local BodiesJagroop Singh Gill Committee on Panchayati Raj InstitutionsGurmeet Singh Khudian Committee on Subordinate LegislationBarinder Kumar Goyal Vakeel Committee on Papers Laid/to be Laid on the Table and LibraryJagdeep Kamboj Goldy Committee on PetitionsMohammad Jamil Ur Rahman House CommitteeJai Krishan SinghDeputy speaker (Ex-Officio Chairperson) Committee on Questions & ReferencesBaljinder Kaur Press Gallery CommitteeNaresh SharmaCommittee on Co-operation and its allied activitiesSarvjit Kaur Manuke Committee on Agriculture and its allied activitiesGurpreet Singh Banawali
Composition
By alliance and party
PartySeatsLegislative Party LeaderBenchWon ChangeAAP92 72Bhagwant Singh Mann94GovernmentINC18 59Partap Singh Bajwa16Main OppositionSAD3 12Manpreet Singh Ayali7Other OppositionBJP2 1Ashwani Kumar SharmaBSP1 1Nachhatar PalIND1 1Rana Inder Partap SinghTotal117117
By constituency DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarksPathankot1Sujanpur Naresh Puri2Bhoa (SC) Lal Chand Kataruchakk 3Pathankot Ashwani Kumar Sharma Gurdaspur4Gurdaspur Barindermeet Singh Pahra5Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna ChaudharyDy. Leader of Opposition6Qadian Partap Singh BajwaLeader of the Opposition7Batala Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi)8Sri Hargobindpur (SC) Amarpal Singh9Fatehgarh Churian Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa10Dera Baba Nanak Sukhjinder Singh RandhawaElected to 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024Gurdeep Singh Randhawa Amritsar11AjnalaKuldip Singh Dhaliwal12RajasansiSukhbinder Singh Sarkaria13 Majitha Ganieve Kaur Majithia 14Jandiala (SC) Harbhajan Singh E.T.O.15 Amritsar North Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh16Amritsar West (SC) Jasbir Singh Sandhu17Amritsar CentralAjay Gupta18Amritsar EastJeevan Jyot Kaur19Amritsar SouthInderbir Singh Nijjar20Attari (SC)Jaswinder Singh Tarn Taran21Tarn TaranHarmeet Singh Sandhu22Khemkaran Sarvan Singh Dhun23 Patti Laljit Singh Bhullar24 Khadoor SahibManjinder Singh Lalpura Amritsar25Baba Bakala (SC) Dalbir Singh Tong Kapurthala26Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira27Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet Singh28Sultanpur Lodhi Rana Inder Pratap Singh 29Phagwara (SC)Balwinder Singh DhaliwalJalandhar30Phillaur (SC)Vikramjit Singh ChaudharySuspended by INC in April 2024.31Nakodar Inderjit Kaur Mann32ShahkotHardev Singh Laddi33 Kartarpur (SC) Balkar Singh34Jalandhar West (SC) Sheetal AnguralMohinder Pal Bhagat35Jalandhar Central Raman Arora36Jalandhar North Avtar Singh Junior37Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh38Adampur (SC)Sukhwinder Singh Kotli Hoshiarpur39Mukerian Jangi Lal Mahajan40Dasuya Karambir Singh Ghuman41Urmar Jasvir Singh Raja Gill42Sham Chaurasi (SC) Ravjot SinghMinister of Legislative Affairs43HoshiarpurBram Shanker44Chabbewal (SC) Raj Kumar ChabbewalElected to 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024 Ishank Kumar45Garhshankar Jai Krishan SinghDy. Speaker Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar46Banga (SC) Sukhwinder Kumar Defected from SAD to AAP47Nawan ShahrNachhatar Pal 48BalachaurSantosh Katariaa Rupnagar49 Anandpur SahibHarjot Singh Bains 50RupnagarDinesh Chadha51 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Dr Charanjit Singh Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar52Kharar Anmol Gagan Maan 53S.A.S. Nagar Kulwant Singh Fatehgarh Sahib54Bassi Pathana (SC) Rupinder Singh 55Fatehgarh Sahib Lakhbir Singh Rai56AmlohGurinder Singh Garry Ludhiana57Khanna Tarunpreet Singh Sond 58Samrala Jagtar Singh59SahnewalHardeep Singh Mundian60Ludhiana EastDaljit Singh Grewal61Ludhiana SouthRajinder Pal Kaur Chhina62Atam NagarKulwant Singh Sidhu63Ludhiana Central Ashok Prashar Pappi64Ludhiana West Sanjeev Arora65Ludhiana NorthMadan Lal Bagga66Gill (SC)Jiwan Singh Sangowal67Payal (SC)Manwinder Singh Gyaspura68DakhaManpreet Singh AyaliJoined AD(WPD) from SAD.69Raikot (SC)Hakam Singh Thekedar 70Jagraon (SC)Saravjit Kaur ManukeMoga71Nihal Singh Wala (SC)Manjit Singh Bilaspur 72Bhagha PuranaAmritpal Singh Sukhanand73MogaAmandeep Kaur Arora74DharamkotDevinder Singh Laddi DhosFerozpur75ZiraNaresh Kataria 76Firozpur CityRanveer Singh Bhullar77Firozpur Rural (SC)Rajnish Dahiya78Guru Har SahaiFauja Singh Sarari Fazilka79JalalabadJagdeep Kamboj Goldy 80FazilkaNarinderpal Singh Sawna81AboharSandeep Jakhar Suspended by INC in August 2023.82Balluana (SC)Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ Musafir Sri Muktsar Sahib83Lambi Gurmeet Singh Khudian 84Gidderbaha Amrinder Singh Raja WarringElected to 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024Hardeep Singh Dhillon85Malout (SC)Baljit Kaur86MuktsarJagdeep Singh Brar Faridkot87FaridkotGurdit Singh Sekhon 88KotkapuraKultar Singh SandhwanSpeaker89Jaitu (SC)Amolak Singh Bathinda90Rampura Phul Balkar Singh Sidhu 91Bhucho Mandi (SC)Master Jagsir Singh92Bathinda UrbanJagroop Singh Gill93Bathinda Rural (SC)Amit Rattan Kotfatta94Talwandi SaboBaljinder Kaur95MaurSukhvir Maiser Khana Mansa96MansaVijay Singla 97SardulgarhGurpreet Singh Banawali98Budhlada (SC)Budhram Singh Sangrur99Lehragaga Barinder Kumar Goyal 100Dirba (SC)Harpal Singh CheemaDy. Leader of the House101SunamAman Arora102MalerkotlaMohammad Jamil Ur Rehman103Amargarh Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra104Dhuri Bhagwant MannChief Minister105Sangrur Narinder Kaur Bharaj Barnala106Bhadaur (SC)Labh Singh Ugoke 107BarnalaGurmeet Singh Meet HayerElected to 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024Kuldeep Singh Dhillon108Mehal Kalan (SC)Kulwant Singh Pandori Patiala109Nabha (SC) Gurdev Singh Dev Maan 110Patiala RuralBalbir Singh111Rajpura Neena Mittal Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar112Dera Bassi Kuljit Singh Randhawa Patiala113Ghanaur Gurlal Ghanaur 114Sanour Harmit Singh Pathanmajra115.Patiala Ajit Pal Singh Kohli116SamanaChetan Singh Jaura Majra117Shutrana (SC) Kulwant Singh Bazigar
Resolutions passed On 22 March 2022, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to install the statues of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the assembly complex.
On 1 April 2022, the assembly unanimously passed a resolution to immediately transfer union territory of Chandigarh — the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, to Punjab.
On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India to immediately rollback the Agnipath scheme. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority. Punjab was the only state to pass such a resolution.
On 30 June 2022, the assembly passed a resolution recommending the state government that it urges the Government of India to not alter the nature and character of Panjab University. The resolution was opposed by BJP members of the assembly who were in minority.
Bypolls 2022-2026
DateConstituencyPrevious MLA ReasonElected MLA10 July 202434Jalandhar WestSheetal AnguralResigned on 28 March 2024Mohinder Bhagat20 November 202444Chabbewal Raj Kumar Chabbewal Resigned on 15 March 2024Ishank Kumar10Dera Baba NanakSukhjinder Singh RandhawaElected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024Gurdeep Singh Randhawa84GidderbahaAmrinder Singh Raja WarringHardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon103BarnalaGurmeet Singh Meet HayerKuldeep Singh Dhillon19 June 202564Ludhiana WestGurpreet GogiDied on 11 January 2025Sanjeev Arora11 November 202521Tarn TaranKashmir Singh SohalDied on 27 June 2025 Punjab: Tarn Taran AAP MLA Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal passes away at 62 — Hindustan TimesHarmeet Singh Sandhu
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