Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab | |
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| Abbreviation | AAP |
| Leader | Bhagwant Mann (CM of Punjab) |
| Headquarters | Chandigarh |
| Student wing | Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) |
| Youth wing | AAP Youth Wing (AYW)[1] |
| Women's wing | AAP Mahila Shakti (AMS)[2] |
| Labour wing | Shramik Vikas Sangathan (SVS) |
| Ideology | Punjabiyat Secularism Socialism Developmentalism |
| Colours | Blue |
| ECI Status | National Party[3] |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 3 / 13 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 7 / 7 |
| Seats in Punjab Legislative Assembly | 91 / 117 |
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The Aam Aadmi Party Punjab or AAP Punjab is the Punjab state wing of Aam Aadmi Party and a recognised State party in Punjab. Currently, it is the governing party in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and has significant representation of the state in Rajya Sabha.
The AAP fielded 434 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election. In its debut in Punjab, four AAP candidates from Punjab won the election out of 13. Consequently, the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab.[4][5]
In the 2017 Punjab assembly election, the party formed an alliance with the Lok Insaaf Party giving it five seats.[6] No CM candidate was declared before the elections.[7] This AAP Alliance won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party.[8] AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections.
The AAP contested on all 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election and won 92 seats, giving it a large majority. AAP MP Bhagwant Mann became the Chief Minister of Punjab.
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- ^ "Richa Pandey Mishra, President, AAP Mahila Shakti". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "AAP sprints to national party status. What will change now?".
- ^ AAP eats into SAD and INC vote share in Punjab
- ^ "Aam Aadmi Party recognised as state party in Punjab". Deccan Chronicle. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Bains brothers forge alliance with AAP". oneindia.com. 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Punjab poll results: No CM face, 'radical link' did AAP in". Hindustan Times. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "High on hype, how AAP got it wrong", The Tribune, 12 March 2017