Amarinder, Daleke win

CHANDIGARH:The Congress and the Akali Dal Kabul today began their campaign for power in Punjab with each party winning one seat in the 117member state Assembly

Updated At : 06:30 AM Jan 08, 2017 IST

Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Feb. 5

The Congress and the Akali Dal (Kabul) today began their campaign for power in Punjab with each party winning one seat in the 117-member state Assembly. Capt Amarinder Singh, chairman of the Dal (K) Parliamentary Board and an aspirant for the Chief Ministership was declared elected unopposed from the Samana Assembly constituency of Patiala district following withdrawal by all other candidates.

In Tarn Taran Assembly constituency of Amritsar district, Mr Dilbagh Singh Daleke (Congress I), a former Punjab Minister, was also declared elected unopposed following the withdrawal by all other candidates from the contest.

Final party position in Punjab Assembly

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 6

Communist Party of India (CPI) 4

Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 1

Indian National Congress (INC) 87

Janata Dal (JD) 1

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 9

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3

Indian Peoples Front (IPF) 1

United Communist Party of India (UCPI) 1

Independent (IND) 4

winners

Vimla Dang (CPI) Amritsar West

Satpaul Gosain (BJP) Ludhiana East

Amarinder Singh (SAD) Uncontested Samana

Harcharn Singh (INC) Ajnala

Maninderjit Singh (INC) Amritsar South

losers

Sat Pal Mahajan (BJP) Amritsar North

Basant Singh (INC) Anandpur Sahib Ropar

Capt Kanwaljit Singh (SAD) Banur

Bir Devinder Singh (INC) Sirhind

Buta Singh (CPI) Mansa