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All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 77.20% (1.10%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise result map of the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure of the Punjab Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab[4] on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017.[5] The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance[6][7] comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. The voter turnout for the Punjab Assembly election was 77.2% The Indian National Congress led by former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh defeated the ruling alliance and the newcomer Aam Aadmi Party.[8]