15th Punjab Assembly#Committees

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| house_type = Unicameral

| term_length = 2017-2022

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| houses = Punjab Legislative Assembly

| foundation = 12 March 2017

| disbanded = 11 March 2022

| preceded_by = 14th Punjab Assembly

| succeeded_by = 16th Punjab Assembly

| leader1_type = Speaker

| leader1 = Rana Kanwar Pal Singh

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| leader2_type = Deputy Speaker

| leader2 = Ajaib Singh Bhatti

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| leader3_type = Leader of the House

| leader3 = Amarinder Singh (2017-2021)

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| leader4_type = Chief Minister

| leader4 = Amarinder Singh (2017-2021)
Charanjit Singh Channi (2021-2022)

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| election4 = Leader of the opposition

| leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition

| leader5 = H. S. Phoolka (2017)
Sukhpal Singh Khaira (2017-2018)
Harpal Singh Cheema (2018-2022)

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| voting_system1 = First-past-the-post

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| last_election1 = 4 February 2017

| next_election1 = 20 February 2022

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| members = 117

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| political_groups1 = Government (77)

{{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|border=silver}} INC (77)

Opposition (40)

{{Color box|{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|border=silver}} AAP (20)
{{Color box|{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}|border=silver}} SAD (15)
{{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}|border=silver}} BJP (3)
{{Color box|{{party color|Lok Insaaf Party}}|border=silver}} LIP (2)

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2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election for the constitution of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly was held in the Indian state of Punjab{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/section/punjab-elections-2017|title=Punjab Elections 2017|last=Quint|first=The|date=12 February 2017|website=The Quint}} on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017.{{Cite web |url=http://election.onmanorama.com/en/punjab-assembly-elections-2017.html |title=Punjab Assembly Election Results 2017 | Election Winners | Election Results Live Update Punjab | Indian National Congress | Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | Bahujan Samaj Party | Samajwadi Party | Onmanorama |access-date=2019-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312055430/http://election.onmanorama.com/en/punjab-assembly-elections-2017.html |archive-date=2017-03-12 |url-status=dead }}

The term of the fifteenth Punjab assembly ended with its dissolution on 11 March 2022. The dissolution was necessitated after the results of the election was declared on 10 March.{{cite news |title=Punjab Governor dissolves 15th Punjab Assembly |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/states/punjab-governor-dissolves-15th-punjab-assembly-1503051390.html |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=The Statesman |date=11 March 2022}}{{cite news |title=Punjab Cabinet recommends Governor for dissolution of 15th Punjab Assembly |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/chandigarh/punjab-cabinet-recommends-governor-dissolution-15th-punjab-assembly-1503051314.html |access-date=27 March 2022 |work=The Statesman |date=11 March 2022}}

Office bearers

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Office !Holder !Portrait !Since
colspan=4\|Constitutional Posts
Governor \|Banwarilal Purohit \|75px \|31 August 2021
Speaker \|Rana Kanwal Pal Singh \| \|27 March 2017
Deputy speaker \|Ajaib Singh Bhatti \| \|16 June 2017
rowspan="2" \|Leader of the House (Chief Minister) \|Amarinder Singh \| \|2017-2021
Charanjit Singh Channi \| \|20 September 2021
colspan=4\|Political posts
rowspan="2" \|Leader of INC legislature party \|Amarinder Singh \| \|2017-2021
Charanjit Singh Channi \| \|20 September 2021
rowspan="3" \|Leader of Opposition (Leader of AAP legislature party) \|H. S. Phoolka \| \|
Sukhpal Singh Khaira \| \|
Harpal Singh Cheema \| \|28 July 2018

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Office

!Holder

!Portrait

!Since

colspan=4|Constitutional Posts

Governor

|Banwarilal Purohit

|75px

|31 August 2021

Speaker

|Rana Kanwal Pal Singh

|27 March 2017

Deputy speaker

|Ajaib Singh Bhatti

|16 June 2017

rowspan="2" |Leader of the House

(Chief Minister)

|Amarinder Singh

|2017-2021

Charanjit Singh Channi

|20 September 2021

colspan=4|Political posts

rowspan="2" |Leader of INC legislature party

|Amarinder Singh

|2017-2021

Charanjit Singh Channi

|20 September 2021

rowspan="3" |Leader of Opposition

(Leader of AAP legislature party)

|H. S. Phoolka

Sukhpal Singh Khaira

Harpal Singh Cheema

|28 July 2018

Committees

=2021-2022=

The list of chairmen from May 2021 to March 2022.{{cite news |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 |url=https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22-136750 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=punjabnewsexpress.com |date=28 April 2021}}{{cite news |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 – TheFactNews |date=29 April 2021|url=https://thefactnews.in/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22/ |access-date=15 June 2022}}

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Committee ! Chairperson ! colspan=2\| Party
Committee on Public Accounts \|Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer \| {{Full party name with color\|Aam Aadmi Party}}
Committee on Estimates \|Hardyal Singh Kamboj \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Public Undertakings \|Navtej Singh Cheema \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes \|Nathu Ram \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Privileges \|Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Government Assurances \|Inderbir Singh Bolaria \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Local Bodies \|Sunil Dutti \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Panchayati Raj Institutions \|Harpartap Singh \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Subordinate Legislation \|Tarsem Singh D.C \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Papers Laid/to be Laid on the Table and Library \|Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal \| {{Full party name with color\|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
Committee on Petitions \|Gurkirat Singh Kotli \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
House Committee \|Ajaib Singh Bhatti (Ex-offico Chairperson) \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Questions & References \|Parminder Singh Pinki \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
\|Committee on Co-operation and its allied activities \|Fatehjang Singh Bajwa \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}
Committee on Agriculture and its allied activities \|Ramanjit Singh Sikki \| {{Full party name with color\|Indian National Congress}}

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Committee

! Chairperson

! colspan=2| Party

Committee on Public Accounts

|Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer

| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}

Committee on Estimates

|Hardyal Singh Kamboj