Tag: Punjab Polls 2012

Punjab Election Result: Sukhbir Badal wins with biggest margin

sukhbir badal 237x300 Punjab Election Result: Sukhbir Badal wins with biggest marginOnce again after broke record of 43 years history, Shiromani Akali Dal comes into existence by putting victory in assembly election with a huge margin.

On Tuesday, results for the 117-member assembly were declared and beating all of them, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal had addressed the highest victory margin by grabbing 68 seats out of 117.

Badal won seats by defeating his competitor the Congress dissident Hans Raj Josan by a margin of 50,246 votes. And on other side, Vikram Singh Majitheya, Sukhbir’s brother-in-law, wife Harsimrat Badal’s brother, was also won by a huge difference of voting with 47,581 against his rival candidate.

However Akalies faced lower voting on the Phillaur seat, Jagraon and Ferozepur-rural, but its enough for them to win. Read more

Punjab Election Results: SAD-BJP alliance leading in Punjab

Punjab Election result 300x249 Punjab Election Results: SAD BJP alliance leading in PunjabAs per the latest news of the day, the ruling SAD-BJP collaboration in the Punjab state has been leading the poll with around 57 seats under its belt, while opposite party Congress is heading on 33 seats in Punjab.

These are the prediction as reported by the early trends available in the counting of votes for 117 Assembly constituencies till 9:30 AM.

Further, it is said in reports that the biggest opposition party in the Punjab state, Congress is leading in regions like Ghanaur, Amritsar Central, Khadoor Sahab, Garh Shankar, Talwandi Sabo, Rajpura, Fatehgarh Churian, Samana and Patiala. Read more

Akali Govt is a complete failure in Punjab: Sonia Gandhi

sonia gandhi 230x300 Akali Govt is a complete failure in Punjab: Sonia GandhiIn Kapurthala Sonia Gandhi representing Congress Party attacked on Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal for bidding only those who vote him.

Under his first rally she went to the Kapurthala district where first guru of Sikhism, Sh. Guru Nanak Dev ji spent 14 years for enlightenment during his stay at Sultanpur Lodhi, and Sonia picked out this topic to addressing the public crowd for attracting them to vote.

To ensure party’s place in the district polls, she claimed that the SAD- BJP team were responsible for stopping the state’s development by spending only Rs 526 crores out of Rs 5,000 crore earmarked for NREGA.

Criticizing Badal govt. she commented, “In an agrarian state like Punjab people had to throw their potato crop. This reflects poorly on the state government. Atta-Daal would have stopped had the UPA government not provided funds.” Read more

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