Punjab Election Results 2017: Congress makes the change after 10 years

The outcome of the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections was full of surprises. The three-cornered fight among the Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance proved one-sided, with the Congress winning 77 seats of the 117 in the Assembly. AAP and its ally, the Lok Insaaf Party, got 20 seats whereas the ruling SAD-BJP managed to get 18. 

For the Congress, it is one of the best performances. The party had expected to win 45-50 seats before the announcement of the polls. Its leaders had admitted to a tough fight from debutant AAP, which