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AAP emerges as alternative in national politics with its Punjab victory

The party won 92 seats in Punjab, decimating its closest rival Congress to form its government in the state with a three-fourth majority in the 117-member legislative assembly

Election results 2022: Modi hails BJP cadre for winning 4 out of 5 states

Election Results 2022 highlights: Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur have voted for BJP. Meanwhile, AAP won a landslide mandate in Punjab.

Punjab polls: Popular singer Sidhu Moosewala loses from Mansa

Moosewala was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party candidate Dr Vijay Singla by a margin of 63,323 votes

Punjab polls: AAP greenhorn, eye surgeon make Channi bite the dust

Bhadaur AAP candidate Labh Singh Ugoke defeated Channi by a comprehensive margin of 37,558 votes

Punjab polls: Among 13 winning women candidates, 11 belong to AAP

Thirteen of the 93 women who contested the Punjab polls tasted victory and 11 of them belong to the Aam Aadmi Party, which registered a landslide win bagging 92 of the 117 assembly seats.

AAP storms to power in Punjab, wins 92 seats; many stalwarts bite the dust

While AAP bagged three-fourth of the seats, the Congress won 18, SAD 3, BJP 2 and BSP 1

AAP juggernaut flattens SAD patriarch Prakash Singh Badal, family

SAD was testing the waters after severing its ties with the BJP with which it had joined hands in 1997 during the state polls and remained its oldest ally for 23 years

AAP needs State Party status in 2 more states to become national party

The AAP has been working hard in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh preparing its ground for the polls.

Punjab election result LIVE: AAP wins 92 seats; Bhagwant Singh set to be CM

Punjab election result 2022 LIVE updates: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday emerged victorious in the Punjab Assembly Elections 2022. Bhagwant Mann will be the chief minister.

More votes for NOTA than Aam Aadmi Party in UP assembly polls

The party had a vote share of 0.34 per cent, even less than NOTA (none of the above) option, which polled 0.69 per cent of the total votes counted till 5.45 pm, the EC data showed

Punjab polls: Amarinder fails big time, so does party that 'humiliated' him

Amarinder Singh failed spectacularly in these assembly elections his new party failed to open its account, his ally BJP fell flat and he failed to even win his own constituency. But there might be some consolation for the former chief minister. The Congress, with which he had a bitter parting just months back, hasn't done too well either in the state, swept by an Aam Aadmi Party wave. The 2022 Punjab Assembly polls came as a fresh challenge for two-time chief minister, who was unseated from his post last year following a bitter power tussle with state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. The 79-year-old leader said he was humiliated and warned of repercussions then. Soon, he launched the Punjab Lok Congress, contesting the polls in alliance with the BJP, a party whose expansion in the state he had once stalled despite a Narendra Modi wave elsewhere in the Lok Sabha polls. Once considered close to the Gandhi family, Amarinder Singh did not mince words while leaving the party, and ca

Charanjit Channi: Star for 111 days, Dalit leader back to humdrum politics

The Congress fielded Channi from two seats -- Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar and Bhadaur in Barnala, a move which showed how much the Congress was banking on him

Police intercept AAP MLA, supporters outside Kumar Vishwas' residence

After the police stopped him, Balyan, the MLA from Delhi's Uttam Nagar, said he wanted to meet Vishwas to feed him sweets as the AAP is all set to form the government in Punjab

Punjab polls: Channi loses Bhadaur, Chamkaur Sahib seats to AAP rivals

The Congress' gamble of fielding Channi, a member of Scheduled Caste, from two seats failed to yield any positive results

Rupee gains 20 paise to close at 76.42 against US dollar

At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 76.27 against the greenback and witnessed an intra-day high of 76.07 and a low of 76.46

Punjab Assembly polls: AAP's CM face Bhagwant Mann wins from Dhuri

Mann, who is also Aam Aadmi Party's state unit head, defeated Congress candidate and sitting MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy by a margin of 58,206 votes

AAP to be 'natural, national' replacement of Congress, says Raghav Chadha

As exit polls predict victory of AAP in Punjab, party's leader Raghav Chadha on Thursday said AAP has emerged major national force and will be a natural and national replacement of Congress

Election results 2022: Date, time, how & where to watch counting of votes

Assembly election results 2022: On March 10, business-standard.com will bring to you important and live updates on the counting of votes

Congress accuses BJP, AAP of trying to postpone MCD polls fearing defeat

AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia alleged that the state election commission has "withheld" the dates "under pressure from the BJP at the Centre"

Delhi govt to set up dedicated cell for facilitating adoption of EVs

The EV cell mandated by the policy will function under the aegis of the DTIDC, an agency of the transport department