The countings of all the 5 poll bound states will be done on March 11.
Legislative Assembly elections will be held on February 4.
The current ruling coalition is Shiromani Akali Dal - Bharatiya Janata Party alliance led by Parkash Singh Badal.
Here is the schedule of assembly elections to Punjab as announced by the ECI a while ago.
The election will be held in a single phase in the state with 117 constituencies.
- The date of polling in Punjab is February 4, 2017.
- The date of notification is January 11.
- The last date for making nominations is January 18.
- The completion of scrutiny of nominations will be on January 19.
- The last date for withdrawal of candidature is January 21.
Notably, Navjot Singh Sidhu is to contest on Congress ticket from Amritsar East assembly constituency.