There are in total 5 constituencies in Punjab where INC had been 1st runner-up in the last 3 elections. In terms of margin, there were 4 constituencies where the losing margin increased in 2022. Rupnagar witnessed a marginal decrease in losing margin. The vote share of INC decreased in all of these constituencies though not significantly. INC will need to reexamine its plan of action and explore other alternatives to convert close losses into winning seats to be in the reckoning for the next…

There were in total 25 seats where INC remained the winner in the last two elections prior to the 2022 assembly elections. It came in 2nd position in 13 constituencies, 3rd in 9 and 4th in 3 constituencies. AAP managed to secure 23 seats while 1 seat each was won by BSP and IND. Despite witnessing an increase in its winning margin in 18 seats in the 2017 elections, INC lost…

In the 2017 elections, there were 27 seats where INC’s winning margin was way ahead of the average winning margin in all seats thus earning the stronghold constituencies tag. However, the 2022 elections witnessed a swing in all these seats to other parties. AAP managed to secure all of these constituencies but 1 constituency, which was won by the BJP. INC’s performance in 2022 was a poor show,…

In the 2022 Punjab elections, there were in total 18 constituencies where INC had low winning/losing margin. Among these seats, the party won 10 seats whereas it went on to lose 8 seats. In both winning and losing constituencies, the margin remained less than 5%. In the losing constituencies, it was defeated by AAP in 6 while it lost 2…

In 2012, INC held 1st position in 46 constituencies, 2nd position in 61 constituencies and came at 3rd position in 10 constituencies. In 2017, it came to power by claiming 77 constituencies, while holding 2nd and 3rd position in 29 and 11 constituencies respectively. In 2022, it was at 1st position in 18 seats, at 2nd position in 47 seats, at 3rd in 47 seats and came 4th in 5 constituencies.…

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, in terms of vote share, INC came as the dominating party in 65 assembly constituencies whereas BJP and SAD managed to dominate 10 and 42 constituencies respectively. The 2014 elections saw INC dominating 37 seats, SAD in 29 seats, BJP in 16 seats and the new entrant in the fray AAP in 33 seats.…

In 2009, INC gain 45.23% of the vote share which saw quite a dip in 2014 to 33.19% and increased to 40.58% in 2019. SAD got 33.85% of the vote share in 2009 which decreased to 26.37% in 2014 and increased marginally to 27.76% in 2019.  BJP’s vote share in 2009 was 10.06%, which decreased to 8.77% in 2014 and saw a nominal increase in 2019 to 9.74%. AAP…

In the 2009 elections, INC won 10 seats, SAD managed to win 2 seats and the remaining 1 seat went to BJP. In 2014, AAP and SAD managed to win 4 seats each whereas INC and BJP settled for 3 and 2 seats respectively. The 2019 elections saw INC emerge as the dominant party by securing 8 seats. Both BJP and SAD won 2 seats each whereas 1 seat went to AAP.…

In the 2012 elections, INC got 40.09% of vote share, 38.50% in 2017 which decreased to 22.98% of vote share in 2022. SAD got 34.73% of vote share in 2012 which decreased to 25.24% of vote share and 2022 elections it decreased to 18.38%. AAP contested assembly elections for the first time in 2017 and received 23.72% of vote share…