The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state.

It is housed within the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, a World Heritage Site designed by Le Corbusier.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.

[2]: 35, 137 [3] The 2011 census of India stated that there were no people of any Scheduled Tribes in Punjab, while the Scheduled Castes constituted a significant portion of the population of the state, at 31.9%.

[4] The Scheduled Castes have been granted a reservation of 34 seats in the assembly.