Amid the high-stake multi-cornered electoral battle for the 117-member Punjab Legislative Assembly, the early trends of the result on Thursday showed that the State was heading for a clear mandate in favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
In Punjab, 59 is the majority seat mark and any party or alliance requires these many seats to stake a claim to form the government.
According to the Election Commission’s result trends at 10:15 a.m., the AAP was leading in at least 88 Assembly constituencies. The ruling Congress was ahead in 15 seats while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was leading in eight seats. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is leading in one seat and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in four seats.
