16th Punjab Assembly
Current Legislative Assembly since 2022
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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.[2][3][4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7]
since 31 August 2021
Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Punjab | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 11 March 2022 |
| Preceded by | 15th Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Gulab Chand Kataria since 31 August 2021 | |
Deputy Speaker | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 117 |
Political groups | Government (95)
Official Opposition (14)
Other opposition (9) |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 20 February 2022 |
Next election | February 2027 or earlier |
| Meeting place | |
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| Website | |
| Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of India | |
History
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 Protem Speaker. On 17 March Nijjar administered the oath of office to all the 117 legislators of the Sixteenth Punjab Legislative assembly.[8] 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.[9]
On 24 April 2026, 7 members of parliament of Rajya Sabha from State of Punjab defected from Aam Aadmi Party and joined Bhartiya Janta Party through a merger. Due to this jolt the ruling party in Punjab is now facing a fatal challenge [10]
Leaders
| Title | Name | Portrait | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constitutional Posts | |||
| Governor | Gulab Chand Kataria |  |
30 July 2024
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| Speaker | Kultar Singh Sandhwan[11] |  |
21 March 2022 |
| Deputy speaker | Jai Krishan Singh[12] | 30 June 2022 | |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
Bhagwant Mann |  |
16 March 2022 |
| Leader of Opposition | Pratap Singh Bajwa |  |
9 April 2022 |
| Political posts | |||
| Leader of AAP legislature party | Bhagwant Mann | |
16 March 2022 |
| Leader of INC legislature party | Pratap Singh Bajwa | |
9 April 2022 |
| Leader of SAD legislature party | Manpreet Singh Ayali |  |
April 2022 |
| Leader of BJP legislature party | Ashwani Kumar Sharma | April 2022 | |
| Leader of BSP legislature party | Nachhatar Pal | April 2022 | |
Committees
List of committees and chairpersons for the term 2022–2023.[13]
Composition
By alliance and party
| Alliance | Party | Seats | Legislative
Party Leader |
Bench | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won [15] | Change[a] | ||||||||
| AAP | 95 |  75 |
Bhagwant Singh Mann[16] | 94 | Government | ||||
| INC | 15 |  62 |
Partap Singh Bajwa | 16 | Main Opposition | ||||
| SAD | 2 | 13 |
Manpreet Singh Ayali[17] | 7 | Other Opposition | ||||
| NDA | BJP | 2 | 1 |
Ashwani Kumar Sharma | |||||
| BSP | 1 | 1 |
Nachhatar Pal | ||||||
| IND | 1 | 1 |
Rana Inder Partap Singh | ||||||
| Total | 117 | 117 | |||||||
By constituency
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.[19]
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.[20][21]
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.[22]
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.[23]
Bypolls 2022-2026
| Date | Constituency | Previous MLA | Reason | Elected MLA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2024 | 34 | Jalandhar West | Sheetal Angural | Aam Aadmi Party | Resigned on 28 March 2024[24] | Mohinder Bhagat | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| 20 November 2024 | 44 | Chabbewal | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | Indian National Congress | Resigned on 15 March 2024[25] | Ishank Kumar | |||
| 10 | Dera Baba Nanak | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024 | Gurdeep Singh Randhawa | |||||
| 84 | Gidderbaha | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon | ||||||
| 103 | Barnala | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | Aam Aadmi Party | Kuldeep Singh Dhillon | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 19 June 2025 | 64 | Ludhiana West | Gurpreet Gogi | Died on 11 January 2025[26] | Sanjeev Arora | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 11 November 2025 | 21 | Tarn Taran | Kashmir Singh Sohal | Died on 27 June 2025 [27] | Harmeet Singh Sandhu | Aam Aadmi Party | |||