India, Oct. 17 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) could win between 69 and 82 seats in Punjab's 117-member Assembly if elections were held now, according to an opinion poll released by SCORE Intelligence ahead of the 2027 state elections. The survey projects a majority for the party led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, with the lower end of its seat estimate also above the majority mark of 59.

The survey, conducted between September 13 and October 14, 2026, gathered responses from 28,347 people. It projects 17-34 seats for the Congress, 4-12 for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and 2-6 each for the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Waris Punjab De. The survey lists one seat for others and identifies six seats as close contests or ties.

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