Assembly election results 2022: AAP sweeps polls in Punjab

AAP workers in Amritsar. Pic/PTI

The promise of better public services, good quality schools and hospitals, which got the AAP two consecutive terms in Delhi, remained the consistent campaign theme for the party led by Arvind Kejriwal in polls in Punjab where the party swept the assembly polls on Thursday.

Assembly election results 2022: AAP sweeps polls in Punjab

Caught in a multi-cornered contest, AAP came under attack from biggies like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Sukhbir Badal during the campaign. Deflecting claims of his alleged association with separatists, Kejriwal had quipped, "I will be perhaps the world's sweetest terrorist, building hospitals and schools ...". The approach struck a chord with the citizens who grounded many veterans, including CM Charanjit Singh Channi, to hand it an massive victory.

Total no. of seats
117

2017 Results
Total seats 117
Cong 77
AAP 20
SAD 15
Others 5

AAP 92
Congress 18
SAD 3
BJP 2
Others 2

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