Punjab Elections 2022 Highlights: Over 57% voting till 5 pm; AAP, Congress confident of victory

Over 30% voter turnout has been recorded till 1pm, this is a good sign. We will see a very good win in Patiala and nearby seats. If BJP-PLC and Dindhsa's party is getting a good response, then what else do we need: Capt Amarinder Singh

District-wise voter turnout:

Amritsar – 30.23%

Barnala – 37.26%

Bathinda – 38.75%

Faridkot – 35.83%

Fatehgarh Sahib – 37.13%

Fazilka – 40.59%

Ferozpur – 37.97%

Gurdaspur – 35.76%

Hoshiarpur – 34.98%

Jalandhar – 29.70%

Kapurthala – 34.32%

Ludhiana – 29.58%

Mansa – 38.95%

Moga – 29.55%

Malerkotla – 39.78%

Pathankot – 28.54%

Patiala – 38.61%

Rupnagar – 37.41%

Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar – 27.22%

Sangrur – 37.91%

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar – 34.86%

Sri Muktsar Sahib – 39.61%

Tarn Taran – 31.36%

I am certain of winning Patiala. I think we will win the elections…They (Congress) live in a different world & will be wiped out in Punjab: Capt Amarinder Singh, Punjab Lok Congress founder, at Patiala.

All I would like to say is that Shiromani Akali Dal-BSP is going to make a clean sweep. We will get 80 plus seats: Sukhbir Singh Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal chief and party’s candidate from Jalalabad.

Today people want a stable, strong govt. As a border state, it has many challenges. I’m sure there’s going to be clean sweep in favour of a tried & tested local, regional party that understand the aspirations of the local people: Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Shiromani Akali Dal leader

People will win, their issues will win & public will reject Sidhu's arrogance and hate politics. There has not been any development of industries and issues of business, unemployed & poor labours have not been addressed: SAD leader Bikram S Majithia, contesting from Amritsar East

District-wise voter turnout:

Amritsar – 15.48%

Barnala – 20.15%

Bathinda – 21.08%

Faridkot – 18.79%

Fatehgarh Sahib – 20.12%

Fazilka – 22.55%

Ferozpur – 19.29%

Gurdaspur – 18.74%

Hoshiarpur – 18.88%

Jalandhar – 14.30%

Kapurthala – 16.03%

Ludhiana – 15.58%

Mansa – 19.75%

Moga – 16.29%

Malerkotla – 22.07%

Pathankot – 12.44%

Patiala – 20.34%

Rupnagar – 19.44%

Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar – 13.15%

Sangrur – 19.88%

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar – 16.65%

Sri Muktsar Sahib – 23.34%

Tarn Taran – 15.79%

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On one side is the mafia system of Badal family & Capt Amarinder Singh. On the other side are those who love Punjab. We lost one generation to terrorism, the second to drugs, so, today we’ve to vote carefully. People will vote in large numbers to bring change: Navjot S Sidhu

Punjab witnesses 4.80% voter turnout till 9 am.

District-wise voter turnout:

Amritsar – 4.14%

Barnala – 6.70%

Bathinda – 5.75%

Faridkot – 4.88%

Fatehgarh Sahib – 6.94%

Fazilka – 6.61%

Ferozpur – 6.36%

Gurdaspur – 4.97%

Hoshiarpur – 4.32%

Jalandhar – 3.00%

Kapurthala – 5.05%

Ludhiana – 3.81%

Mansa – 4.83%

Moga – 5.26%

Malerkotla – 8.01%

Pathankot – 2.25%

Patiala – 6.63%

Rupnagar – 6.36%

Sahibjada Ajit Singh Nagar – 2.18%

Sangrur – 4.86%

Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar – 4.83%

Sri Muktsar Sahib – 6.21%

Tarn Taran – 3.66%

Bhagat Singh and many other people sacrificed their lives for the country. I appeal to the public to vote for the candidate they want: AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann

Voting in 117 assembly constituencies across 23 districts began at 8 am and will conclude at 6 pm.

Polling in Punjab, which was earlier scheduled to be held on February 14, was postponed to February 20, in wake of Ravidas Jayanti. Several parties had approached the Election Commission with their demand to defer the polls in wake of the festival.