How AAP regains ground in urban Punjab in 2026 civic polls after 2024 LS setback | Political Pulse News
In 2022, one year after it swept Punjab’s urban local body polls, the Congress, the state’s then incumbent party, suffered a stinging defeat at the hands of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Assembly elections. The results of Punjab’s urban local body elections, announced on May 29, put the AAP in the majority in five of eight municipal corporations, 39 of 75 municipal councils, and nine of 20 nagar panchayats. However, the AAP may be wary of strong performances notched by the Opposition Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in some urban pockets. Municipal corporations Among the eight municipal corporations that held elections, the AAP fell short in three – Abohar, Kapurthala and Pathankot. While the Congress secured a majority in the Kapurthala Municipal Corporation, the BJP won a majority in Abohar and emerged as the single-largest party in Pathankot. In the municipal corporations of Barnala, Batala, Bathinda, Moga and Mohali, the AAP won outright majorities in each of their 50-member Houses. In the 2022 Assembly polls for Punjab’s 117 constituencies, the AAP …









