Chandigarh: Polling for Punjab State Assembly elections were held on February 04, 2017. The counting of votes is being carried out on March 11, 2017. Here are latests updates on Punjab Election Results 2017:-
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8:03 am (IST) Ballot votes will be counting before starting counting of EVM votes.
8:00 am (IST) Counting for votes begins!
7:50 am (IST) Counting of votes for state assembly elections are set to begin in few minutes. The Election Commission of India (ECI) says that it’s teams are all set to count the votes. The counting of votes started at 8 am and trends were awaited at the time of writing this news.
As the ECI has used Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the polling, the tends are expected to arrive soon after the counting of votes begins.
There were three main parties contesting in Punjab- ruling combine of Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)-Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), opposition Congress party and newbie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). However, political observers say that at the end it was a contest between Congress party and the Aam Aadmi Party.
Two exit poll surveys about Punjab were divided over their prediction for the leading party, as cVoter exit poll predicted AAP’s lead while India Today-Axis’ exit poll predicted Congress party’s lead. Interestingly both exit polls predicted defeat of SAD Badal-BJP combine in the state.