Small state... Less number of voters but when it comes to ballet fight Punjab has its unique style. The elections not only give a clear picture on the present day political system but also direct and set new standards to the rest of the country. Aam Aadmi Party which contested for the first ime in the Loksabha elections in 2014, gave a shock to the other political parties by winning 4 Loksabha seats in Punjab.
Political situation in Punjab seems to be very interesting as the Present Chief Minister is going against the Ex Chief Minister while the deputy Chief Minister is about to test his time with two sitting MP's. It is even more interesting that the Punjab's first Women Chief Minister Rajindar Kaur Bhattal of Congress is fighting the present Punjab's Finance Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa from Lehragaga constituency.
Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal's strong hold Lambi will now witness another fight with congress Chief Captain Amarinder Singh Contesting from there. He is also contesting from his own constituency Patiala. Jarnail Singh from AAP is also giving a tough fight in Lambi. Jarnai Singh has resigned the MLA post where he represents Rajouri Garden Constituency in Delhi and enrolled as Punjab voter. Another constituency where an interesting war will take on is Jalalabad constituency. Deputy CM Sukhbeer Singh Badal (SAD) will be facing Ravaneet Singh Bittu of congress and Bhagawath singhman from AAP.
When it comes to the allocation of seats, Women were neglected. Though all the parties have promised that women would be taken into importance while issuing tickets, the reality was on the otherside. Congress had field in 10 women,While Akalidal had given tickets to 5 women. Overall 30 percent of seats must be given to the women. But it was only 9 percent of women got the tickets. Congress implemented One family-One ticket policy due to which Amarinder's wife had to be ruled out and Pratap singh Bajwa's wife Charanjeeth Kaur could not make the cut. In Punjab's history only 5 percent of women were elected to the law making house. At present the number of women in the assembly is 14 while the number in 2007 was exactly half i.e 7.
