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Rajmeet Singh Chandigarh, March 10 For the Congress it has been a downhill journey from an advantageous position. A botched campaign plagued with infighting and its obsession with the AAP proved to be its undoing in the Punjab Assembly elections....

Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, March 10 The consolidation of the Hindu urban strongholds of Doaba, from where the BJP had claimed that it would win, helped the AAP emerge victorious from the region. The AAP has won four seats in Jalandhar,...

Chandigarh, March 10 “It’s a victory of the people. They have rejected established political leadership and voted for a better future,” Aam Aadmi Party’s CM candidate Bhagwant Mann told The Tribune. He said he was overwhelmed with the tsunami...

Deepkamal Kaur Jalandhar, March 10 If the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sprung a surprise by winning 10 out of 23 seats from Doaba, the Congress retained some of its ground by bagging nine seats from the region. This means that...

GS Paul & Ravi DhaliwalAmritsar/Gurdaspur, Mar 10 Voting for a change, the silent ‘Majhails’, the local terminology used for the Majha people, gave a decisive mandate in the favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Majha, comprising Amritsar, Tarn Taran,...

Patiala, March 10 After almost a decade, the Patiala power centre will shift from Moti Bagh Palace to the house of former Akali-turned-AAP leader Ajit Pal Kohli in Nihal Bagh. Known as the Congress stronghold, none of the ruling party...

Aman Sood Patiala, March 10 The Panthic Malwa belt comprising 69 seats, known to elect the government in Punjab with whosoever gets the maximum here — lived up to its expectations. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) made deep inroads into...

Sanjeev Singh Bariana and Ruchika M KhannaTribune News ServiceChandigarh, March 10 Punjab created history today by wiping out the traditional political establishment and, for the first time, handing over the reins of the state to the Aam Aadmi Party. Till...

Chandigarh, March 10 Aam Aadmi Party’s sitting MLA from Sunam, Aman Arora recorded the highest victory margin in the Punjab Assembly polls by defeating Congress nominee Jaswinder Dhiman. Arora won by a margin of 75,277 votes. Meanwhile, the lowest victory...

Chandigarh, March 10 Thirteen of the 93 women who contested the Punjab polls tasted victory and 11 of them belong to the Aam Aadmi Party, which registered a landslide win bagging 92 of the 117 assembly seats. Most of the...

Chandigarh, March 10 A man who once ran a mobile repair shop and an eye surgeon proved to be the nemesis for Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, who was defeated by them in the Punjab Assembly polls. Channi had contested...

Parvesh SharmaSangrur, March 10 After the victory of his party, Punjab AAP CM face Bhagwant Mann  in his first address to locals from the rooftop of his house in Sangrur  predicted a visible improvement in the working of the Punjab government...

Chandigarh, March 10 As results started coming in Punjab and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu lost his seat, Archana Puran Singh started trending on Twitter. Netizens started saying that they were now thinking about Archana Puran Singh because Sidhu...

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, March 10 Aam Aadmi Party CM candidate Bhagwant Mann on Thursday termed the party’s victory as a victory of the people of Punjab. Also read: AAP landslide buries Congress, Bhagwant Mann set to become Punjab CM Charanjit...

GS PaulAmritsar, March 10 Majha has spoken. Initial trends show it has given a decisive mandate to the Aam Aami Party. Majha—a region that Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot districts constitute— sends 25 MLAs to the Vidhan Sabha. AAP...

Aparna Banerji Jalandhar, March 10 AAP candidate from Kapurthala Manju Rana hurled abuses at sitting MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh following her defeat as the two crossed path outside the counting centre at Virsa Vihar here. Also read: Navjot Sidhu among...

Chandigarh, March 10 Though the BJP was expecting the role of a kingmaker in the Punjab assembly elections but going by the current trends of counting the party is heading towards a crushing defeat. At present, the party is...

Aman Sood Patiala, March 10 After almost a decade of running the state congress and a decade of running the state politics from Moti Bagh to Nihal Bagh, Patiala Power centre shifts to the house of former Akali-turned AAP leader...

Chandigarh, March 10 Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who lost from Amritsar-East constituency on Thursday, has congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for its massive victory in the state. In a tweet, the cricketer-turned-politician said, “The voice of the people...

Ruchika M. Khanna Chandigarh, March 10 As Aam Aadmi Party heads for a landslide victory, with almost all political stalwarts across the political spectrum trailing behind hitherto relatively lesser known AAP candidates, the big win in Punjab has catapulted the...

Vishav Bharti and Sanjeev Singh Bariana  Chandigarh, March 10   In a major upset in Punjab elections, most of the stalwarts had to bite the dust. Those who lost the polls are SAD patron Parkash Singh Badal, Capt Amarinder Singh, Sukhbir...

Chandigarh, March 10 The Aam Aadmi Party stormed into power in Punjab, winning 92 seats, according to the Election Commission’s website. In the 117-member Assembly, a party needs to get 59 seats to form the government. The Congress had won...

Anirudh Gupta Ferozepur, March 9 As anxiety looms ahead of the counting for the 2022 Assembly poll, sweet shop owners have not received orders for “laddoos” by candidates or their supporters so far. Harish Goyal, who runs “Bhagat ji ki...

Archit Watts Gidderbaha, March 9 Congress and SAD activists of Chak Gilzewala village in the Gidderbaha Assembly segment here have set an example of brotherhood, especially at a time when the election results are just a few hours away. To...

Jalandhar, March 9 AAP senior leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema termed SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal’s demand for the ban on poll surveys as a sign of frustration. He said opinion and exit polls had predicted the...