<span style="color: #222222;">In the poll-bound Punjab, the process of Assembly Elections is going to begin with the issuance of notification on 21st of this month. The state will go to polls in Single-Phase on 14th of February. The counting of votes will be taken up along with other four states on 10th of March. Punjab has total 2,13,88,764 electors including 2,12,75,066 general and 1,13,698 service voters.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The number of PwD voters is 1,44,667. It also includes 1,11,87,857 male, 1,00,86,514 female and 695 third gender voters. The total strength of the house is 117 out of which 34 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes. Presently, there are four vacancies in the house. In the Single-Phase elections held in 2017, Indian National Congress secured a comfortable majority winning 77 seats and Aam Aadmi Party bagged 20 and Shiromani Akali Dal 12 seats while Bharatiya Janata Party got three and Lok Insaaf Party two seats.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In the 2012 Assembly Elections, Shiromani Akali Dal emerged as the single largest party with 56 seats while Indian National Congress bagged 46 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 12 seats. Besides, independent candidates claimed the remaining three seats.</span>