The fate of political parties in the assembly elections of five states will open on Thursday. Whose government will be formed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, it will be decided by evening. Tight security arrangements have been made in these states for the counting of votes.
In view of the Corona epidemic, the Election Commission has asked to ensure that the rules are fully followed in the counting centers. Despite vaccination, if anyone is found to have symptoms of corona like fever or cold, they will not be allowed inside the counting centre.
Counting of votes will begin at 8:00 am in all the five states. A total of 1,200 counting centers have been set up for the counting of votes. Also, more than 650 counting observers have been deployed and more than 50,000 officers have been deployed for counting.
Talking about Punjab, there are a total of 117 seats and a total of 1,304 candidates, whose fate is going to be decided today. In such a situation, we tell you how many candidates of which party are in the fray in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
The Congress has fielded its candidates on 117 seats in Punjab. While AAP candidates are in the fray in 114 seats. At the same time, there are candidates of Akali Dal-BSP alliance in 117 seats and candidates of BJP-PLC-United Akali Dal in 105 seats. Now let us tell you about some prominent faces in Punjab…
Congress: Charanjit Singh Channi, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Punjab Lok Congress: Captain Amarinder Singh
SAD: Parkash Singh Badal, Sukhbir Singh Badal, Bikramjit Singh Majithia
Aam Aadmi Party: Bhagwant Mann (Candidate announced for the post of Chief Minister)
2017 assembly election results
Congress – 77 seats
SAD-BJP alliance – 18 seats
Aam Aadmi Party – 20 seats
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