Punjab Elections 2022 Highlights: Total voter turnout nearly 70 percent
Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections 2022 Highlights: After days of aggressive campaigning, Punjab voted for Assembly elections 2022 as polling began at 8 am on Sunday. A total of 1,304 candidates — 231 from national parties, 250 from state parties, 362 from unrecognised parties and 461 Independent candidates were in the fray. Apart from three special state observers, the Election Commission of India had appointed 65 general observers, 50 expenditure observers and 29 police observers, who are keeping a close vigil on the proceedings. As many as 2,083 sector officers were deployed to assist polling parties.
Meanwhile, 315 contesting candidates were with Criminal Antecedents in Punjab assembly elections 2022.
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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights :
18:35 pm | Polling for Punjab Elections 2022 concluded. Visuals from booth number 79-83 in Abohar, Punjab.
18:30 pm | Visually impaired voters show their inked fingers after casting their ballot at a polling station during the Punjab state assembly elections.
18:20 pm | Polling officials seal Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPATs after the conclusion of Punjab Assembly elections; visuals from a polling booth in Moga Assembly constituency.
18:00 pm | Gate for voting booths closed.
17:30 pm | A total of 63.44 percent voting took place in Punjab till now.
17:25 pm | Congress party is highly unstable in Punjab. AAP's connections with terrorist organisations have now come in front of people in Punjab. As a whole, the only government capable of providing positive development to the state is BJP: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
17:15 pm | In Mangewal village, the bridegroom exercised his voting right before his wedding
16:40 pm | Congress candidate Dipender Dhillon and Akali Dal candidate NK Sharma after voting at Zirakpur
16:35 pm | It has been reported that voting machine has been shut down in Toot village of Rajasansi. Voters have been waiting for the last hour. People are sitting outside waiting for the machine to recover.
16:20 pm | A total of 52.2 percent voting took place in Punjab till 4 pm.
16:18 pm | Transgenders from District Patiala & Sangrur exercised their Voting Right
16:14 pm | AAP is betraying Delhi and through the Delhi model, they are now trying to betray Punjab. What work have they done other than betraying the people and putting up advertisements worth Rs.524 crores in Delhi: MoS & BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi
16:13 pm | Bhagwant Mann is the biggest liar, does he know how much money Congress spent to make AAP. AAP is B-team of Sonia Gandhi and is working in collusion with the Congress: Meenakashi Lekhi, MoS & BJP leader on Punjab Elections 2022
16:12 pm | PUNJAB
Total Votes : 21499804
Votes Polled : 11216667
Vote Polled(%) : 52.2
16:10 pm | Jaswinder Singh, an international cyclist was also honored for voting
16:05 pm | Congress and Aam Aadmi Party workers at Ramnagar booth in Dinanagar constituency of Gurdaspur district. Fighting and abusive language erupted after accusations were leveled against each other.
15:50 pm | Total turnout 54.30 percent at 3 pm in district Patiala.
15:40 pm | By God's grace, everyone loves him. For us, he has already become the CM. People love him: Harpal Kaur, mother of Bhagwant Mann,AAP CM candidate for poll-bound Punjab If a mother has said this, what else does one want... Youth,students everyone wants a change:Bhagwant Mann, AAP
15:35 pm | 49.81% voting till 3 pm
15:00 pm | The Congress party will form government with 2/3rd majority in Punjab: CM Charanjit Singh Channi, at Kharar
14:36 pm | 99-year-old Jagtar Singh of village Peeran Wala honoured for casting vote at Ferozepur
14:35 pm | Cabinet Minister Brahm Mohindra casts his vote
14:25 pm | Total Vote Percentage in Fatehgarh Sahib District is 37.13 pc
Assembly constituency Amloh is 40.10 pc
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bassi Pathan is 39.80 pc
14:16 pm | What is Charanjit Channi? Is he a magician that in 3 months he can perform miracles in Punjab?. Giving all the credit to try to make him a hero before the elections....I think both (Channi and Navjot S Sidhu) are useless: Capt Amarinder Singh on Punjab Elections 2022
14:15 pm | CM Charanjit Singh Channi casts his vote at a polling booth in Kharar He is contesting the polls from Chamkaur Sahib and Bhadaur constituencies as a Congress candidate.
14:13 pm | A total of 28.54 percent voting took place in Pathankot till1:15 pm.
14:12 pm | Congress are concerned about what I am able to achieve in Punjab which is going against them. I can predict that Congress will not get more than 20-30 seats: Capt Amarinder Singh on Punjab Elections 2022
14:05 pm | Over 30% voter turnout has been recorded till 1pm, this is a good sign. We will see a very good win in Patiala and nearby seats. If BJP-PLC and Dhindhsa's party is getting a good response, then what else do we need: Capt Amarinder Singh
13:50 pm | AAP is getting good response in Rajpura: Nina Mittal Constituency Rajpura Aam Aadmi Party candidate after visiting the booths in the constituency told reporters that victory in our constituency Rajpura is certain and AAP government will be formed in Punjab.
13:40 pm | In Punjab so far 34.10 percent voting has taken place.
13:30 pm | Sonu Sood was trying to enter a polling booth. During this, his car was confiscated and he was sent home. Action will be taken against him if he steps out of his house: Moga District PRO Pradbhdeep Singh His sister Malvika Sood is contesting from Moga as a Congress candidate.
13:20 pm | Retired Master Diwan Chand, 80, who went to Khanna to cast his vote, died of a heart attack at the polling booth.
13:15 pm | A Shiromani Akali Dal worker who was coming to cast his vote at Hamira in Halqa Bhulath was reportedly attacked. Meanwhile, Bibi Jagir Kaur has leveled allegations against AAP.
13:08 pm | Today, the people of Punjab are voting for truth. We will get a majority in this election: Bhagwant Mann, AAP CM candidate in Punjab Elections 2022
13:05 pm |Be the change you wish to see in #Punjab excersise your right to vote, says Manisha Gulati
13:00 pm | The Badal family exercised their democratic right
12:57 am | There is a strong SAD-BSP wave in the state, you'll see exceptional results soon: Sukhbir Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal
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12:55 pm | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann has cast his vote in Mohali.
12:40 pm | Punjab Lok Congress founder and former CM Capt Amarinder Singh casts his vote at polling booth number 95-98
12:37 pm | PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu casts vote in Amritsar
12:35 pm | Manpreet Singh Badal, Punjab Finance Minister visits polling booths in his constituency Bathinda Urban
12:30 pm | Raghav Chadha has accused both Congress and SAD of impairing EVMs and not letting the people of Punjab cast their vote.
12:20 pm | I am certain of winning Patiala. I think we will win the elections...They (Congress) live in a different world & will be wiped out in Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh, Punjab Lok Congress founder, at Patiala
11:58 am | Union Minister Som Prakash casts his vote at a polling booth in Phagwara.
11:55 am | People will win, their issues will win & public will reject Sidhu's arrogance and hate politics. There has not been any development of industries and issues of business, unemployed & poor labours have not been addressed: SAD leader Bikram S Majithia, contesting from Amritsar East
11:50 am |Voting details in the following assembly constituencies till 11am
Lambi - 23.80%
Malout - 22.50%
Muktsar - 22.69%
Gidderbaha - 24.50%
11:35 am | 17.77% voting in the first three hours : Punjab Elections 2022
11:30 am | Today people want a stable, strong govt. As a border state, it has many challenges. I'm sure there's going to be clean sweep in favour of a tried & tested local, regional party that understand the aspirations of the local people: Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal leader
11:25 am | EC restrains Bollywood actor Sonu Sood from visiting polling stations in #Moga over complaints that he was influencing voters.
11:28 am | All I would like to say is that Shiromani Akali Dal-BSP is going to make a clean sweep. We will get 80 plus seats: Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal chief and party's candidate from Jalalabad
11:24 am | Sukhbir Singh Badal and Harsimrat Kaur Badal cast vote
11:18 am | Capt Amarinder Singh will cast his vote in polling booth at Government College for Women, Patiala, opposite YPS School at 11.30 am.
11:17 am | Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal along with Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Parkash Singh Badal drives to the polling station in Lambi 11:13 am | 5.81 per cent voter turnout in Ludhiana district with 1,56,458 of the total 26,93,131 voters exercising their franchise till 10.30 am 11:12 am | In Majitha, Booth No. 138, the EVM has malfunctioned 11:00 am | CM Charanjit Singh Channi could not cast his vote as EVM machine at his booth develops snag 10:55 am | Voting is underway at a pink polling booth managed entirely by women polling personnel at Moga 10:50 am | I was working in the constituency. I had winnability - not me, but their survey, says this. Still, I was ignored by High Command. I had to contest as people told me to. I hope I pass: Manohar Singh, Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi's brother,contesting as an independent candidate 10:30 am | On one side is the mafia system of Badal family & Capt Amarinder Singh. On the other side are those who love Punjab. We lost one generation to terrorism, the second to drugs, so, today we've to vote carefully. People will vote in large numbers to bring change: Navjot S Sidhu,Cong 10:22 am | AAP's chief minister face, drunken Bhagwant Mann Came to cast his vote at the wrong booth. Seems like Arvind Kejriwal Taking Sahib's tweets more seriously took the extra peg at night! Who does not know his booth, What will he do with Punjab? 10:20 am | AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann exercises his franchise in Mohali 10:17 am | In a booth in Jalandhar, gloves, masks being given to voters amid Covid outbreak.#WATCH Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal along with Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Parkash Singh Badal drives to the polling station in Lambi#PunjabElections2022 pic.twitter.com/da64fnkb65