With the results of the exit polls conducted by various agencies pouring in on Monday, 7 March, the Aam Aadmi Party is projected to win 76-90 seats in the Punjab, while the Congress is forecasted to win 19-31, as per the India Today-India My Axis poll results.
The AAP has led most exit polls by a wide margin, and is likely to land a sweeping victory in the state, which has 117 seats.
The Punjab, which went to polls on 20 February, saw six parties and a number of independent candidates in the fray with the Congress, AAP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Punjab Lok Congress, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the key players.
The results of the Punjab Assembly elections 2022 will be released after the counting of votes on 10 March
Punjab voted in a single phase election on 20 February in which 68 percent voter turnout was recorded
Incumbent Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi contested from two constituencies – Bhadaur in Malwa region and his traditional seat of Chamkaur Sahib.
AAP's chief ministerial candidate and sitting Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann, fought from the Dhuri Assembly constituency
'Wait for 10 March': Channi on AAP's Projected Win
"The boxes (sealed EVMs) will say what is going to happen. Wait for the 10th of March," Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi was quoted as saying by ANI, when asked about AAP's projected win in exit polls.
'We Are Getting More Than 80 Seats, Oppn Can Calculate': Bhagwant Mann
"What calculation? We are getting more than 80 seats. They (the rest of the parties that contested Punjab elections) can sit down and calculate among themselves," Bhagwant Mann, AAP's CM candidate for Punjab, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
AAP May Win Overwhelming Mandate of 100 Seats: News24-Today's Chanakya
The AAP is expected to win Punjab with a landslide majority of 100 seats, as per the News24-Today's Chanakya exit polls.