2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

The Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2007, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] Shiromani Akali Dal, and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party gained majority of the seats. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister

2012 Punjab legislative assembly election
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)
All 117 seats to the Vidhan Sabha
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout78.30% (2.88%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Parkash Singh Badal Captain Amarinder Singh
Party SAD INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 1 March 1997 26 February 2002
Leader's seat Lambi Patiala
Last election 48 44
Seats won 56 46
Seat change 8 2
Popular vote 4,828,612 5,572,643
Percentage 45.37% 40.90%
Chief Minister before election

Amarinder Singh
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Results

 Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007[1]
Political Party
 No. of Candidates
 Seats won
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
Shiromani Akali Dal93484,689,01837.09%
Indian National Congress116445,170,54840.90%
Bharatiya Janata Party23191,046,4518.28%
Independents4315861,5956.82%
Total[2]1043116 12,641,706

References
  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
  2. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.
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