Yet, from eight women candidates in 1967, when the first election after the reorganisation of Punjab was held, to 93 in the 2012 polls, the...

"I think by seeing such a sea of people they must have got the answer... how AAP will completely sweep Punjab in 2017,", added Singh.

The results of bypolls to the two seats was a shocker for the AAP as it was keenly looking for an opening in Punjab Assembly

"The results in both the Constituencies also showed that the Congress was clearly on the way out in the state," Badal said in a statement.

It was a gain for ruling SAD which fought a strong anti-incumbency factor to wrest control over Talwandi Sabo seat from the Congress.

Sidhu, who was a Congress MLA before deserting the party to join SAD, drubbed Congress nominee Harminder Singh Jassi by a margin of 46,642 ...

Congress leader and ex-union minister Preneet Kaur today won the Patiala Assembly seat defeating her nearest SAD rival Bhagwan Dass Juneja.

A decision to this effect was taken at the party's state executive committee meeting held here, AAP's Punjab unit spokesman H S Phoolka sai...

Polling has been brisk and incident free so far, an election office spokesman said. The polling will end at 6 PM.

The main contest is between the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the opposition Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also in the fray.

The Congress leader Bajwa also slammed AAP for "facilitating" SAD victory indirectly by dividing the anti-incumbency votes.

EC has put restrictions on presence of political functionaries in Patiala (urban) & Talwandi Sabo Assembly constituencies where by-polls ar...

Bajwa urged the men from the force to be honest to the state and the people rather than playing in the hands of "dishonest and corrupt rule...

Amritsar MP Amarinder Singh he will be campaigning for his wife Preneet Kaur, whom the party has pitted for Patiala Assembly bypoll.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today announced its candidates for bypolls to Talwandi Sabo and Patiala assembly seats in Punjab.

The two seats fell vacant after sitting Congress MLAs Capt Amarinder Singh and Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu resigned from these segments.

The ruling SAD-BJP alliance was ahead in Punjab leading in 57 seats while Congress was leading in 33 as per early trends available in the c...