Election Commission lifts election code of conduct in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 12: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday issued a letter ordering immediate removal of the election code of conduct in Punjab. The Code of Conduct for Elections was implemented on January 08, 2022, in view of Punjab Elections 2022.
Giving information about this, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Karuna Raju said that the Election Commission of India has issued a letter to the Chief Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer of the Punjab Government in this regard.
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In this letter, the Election Commission of India stated now that the results of Punjab Assembly elections 2022 have been declared, the election code of conduct is removed from the state with immediate effect.
AAP bagged a historic win in Punjab Assembly polls by winning a three-fourths majority with 92 seats - the highest number of seats won by any party in the state in over four decades.
It is AAP's maiden victory in the state and a vast improvement from its performance in the 2017 elections when it had finished second behind Congress.
Punjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest with key players being Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, and the coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party-former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh's Punjab Lok Congress and SAD (Sanyukt) led by SS Dhindsa.
AAP's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann, MP from Sangrur on Thursday said 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. His mother Harpal Kaur said that her son is on the right path.
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