Congress got a shock in Punjab with the ruling SAD-BJP combine well on the way to retaining power.Ruling Akali Dal-BJP combine is ahead in 65 seats and Congress leading in 49 seats while others in 3 seats.
Good governance of SAD-BJP combine has defeated the communal card played by the Congress in these elections.
In Punjab where trends were available for all 117 seats
PUNJAB WON LEAD TOTAL
BJP 11 1 12
Congress 33 16 49
SAD 33 20 53
OTHERS 3 3
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh won the Patiala assembly seat even though his party was not doing well in counting trends .
Amarinder Singh defeated his Akali Dal rival Surjit Singh Kohli by 42,318 votes.
Amarinder Singh defeated his Akali Dal rival Surjit Singh Kohli by 42,318 votes.
The results declared asGULZAR SINGH RANIKE won from Attari and from Balachaur, nanad Lal won.
Deep Malhotra of Shiromani Akali Dal won from faridkot and Hardyal Singh Kamboj (INC)from Rajpura and jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu (INC) from Talwandi Sabo .
The BJP-SAD combine is performing well , they are certainly setting a new precedent in Punjab.Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal passes his toughest political test as he his own younger brother, Gurdas Badal, 81, of PPP and cousin Maheshinder Singh Badal of Congress was also contesting.
The main contest is between the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance and the Congress.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s long political career has taken a boost by the trends .
A third front, Sanjha Morcha, which was formed recently and is led by former finance minister Manpreet Badal's People's Party of Punjab (PPP), added a new dimension to the state's politics.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh contested the Patiala-Urban seat while Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, also the deputy chief minister, contested from Jalalabad in Faridkot district.
Other prominent leaders in the fray include PPP president Manpreet Badal (Gidderbaha and Maur), former chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Congress, Lehragaga seat) and Raninder Singh (Amarinder's son. Congress, Samana).
Punjab is didvided into three main region, Doaba, Majha and malwa region. The survey also recorded a reversal in voting pattern this time. Urban Punjab is likely to shift from the BJP to the Congress. Rural Malwa, which had voted for the Congress in 2007, is expected to back SAD this time. Rural Majha, a Congress stronghold which had shifted to SAD last time, is likely to return to the Congress. In Rural Doaba, which traditionally backs the SAD, the status quo remains.
Taking a different approach from its tradition , Congress announced Capt Amarinder singh as its Chief ministerial candidate in Punjab before the elections . This announcement was made to check the factional vioces as state CLP leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal was also aspiring for the top post.
The support of Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim-led Dera Sacha Sauda also plays a crucial role in formation of the new government .
Now Parkash Singh Badal, who has been chief minister of the state for four times, will get the popular mandate for the fifth time.
Dera has a strong influence in Malwa region that is spread across nine districts with 65 Assembly seats which holds the key to power while the other regions of the state have fewer seats ie Doaba has 25 and Majha has 27 seats in the 117 seat Assembly.
According to sources ,Dera supported SAD in these elections because without Dera support
Dera Sacha Sauda, which had openly backed the state Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh in the 2007 Assembly polls. In the last polls, the Congress, despite sweeping the Malwa region with Dera's support, had lost the elections as Punjab voted for change .
Well, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party will cut the traditional Congress vote base .The other smaller parties PPP and left parties under the Sanjha Morcha alliance is also expected to affect both the Akali and the Congress vote banks.
During campaigning, Akali's made development and progress its main poll plank and shunned its old agendas like religious or water agreements .
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