Punjab Election Result 2022 LIVE updates: 13 out of 17 Congress ministers trailing

Punjab Election Result 2022 LIVE updates: The result for the 117 assembly seats of Punjab will be declared today. Stay tuned for the counting of votes.

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Punjab Assembly Polls 2022: The counting of votes for the recently held 117-seat Punjab election 2022 began at 8 am today (March 10, 2022). Punjab went for polling on February 20, 2022. The latest counting numbers show 13 out of 17 Punjab Ministers belonging to Congress party are trailing. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took a big lead in Punjab and is ahead in 84 seats out of 117, according to early trends, with several heavyweights, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, trailing behind its nominees in many seats.

Name	Post	Constituency	Trailing or Leading
Charanjit Singh Channi	Chief Minister of Punjab	Chamkaur Sahib	Trailing
Charanjit Singh Channi	Chief Minister of Punjab	Bhadaur	Trailing
Manpreet Singh Badal	Cabinet Minister of Finance, Taxation, Governance Reforms, Planning, Programme Implementation	Bathinda Urban	Trailing
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab	Dera Baba Nanak	Leading
Om Parkash Soni	Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab	Amritsar Central	Trailing
Rana Gurjeet Singh	Cabinet Minister of Technical Education & Industrial Training, Employment Generation & Training, Horticulture, Soil & Water Conservation	Kapurthala	Leading
Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa	Cabinet Minister of Rural Development and Panchayats, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Dairy Development	Fatehgarh Churian	Leading
Aruna Chaudhary	Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Rehabilitation and Disaster Management	Dinanagar	Trailing
Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	Cabinet Minister of Water Resources, Housing and Urban Development	Rajasansi	Leading
Razia Sultana	Cabinet Minister of Water Supply & Sanitation, Social Security, Women and Child Development, Printing & Stationery.	Malerkotla	Trailing
Vijay Inder Singla	Cabinet Minister of Public Works and Information & Technology	Sangrur	Trailing
Randeep Singh Nabha	Cabinet Minister of Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs	Ludhiana West	Trailing
Randeep Singh Nabha	Agriculture Minister in the Punjab Government	Amloh	Trailing
Raj Kumar Verka	Minister of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities; New and Renewable Energy Sources; Medical Education and Research	Amritsar West	Trailing
Sangat Singh Gilzian	Minister of Forests, Wildlife, Labour	Urmar	Trailing
Pargat Singh	Minister of School Education, Higher Education, Sports & Youth Services, NRI Affairs.	Jalandhar Cantt	Trailing
Gurkirat Singh Kotli	Minister of Industries & Commerce, Information Technology, Science & Technology	Khanna	Trailing

The current CM of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi was trailing in both Chamakur Sahib and Bhadaur seats. The initial trends hint that the state is heading towards change in government. Currently, the ruling Congress seems to be far behind the AAP with a lead in 13 seats.