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Elections for the 18th Lok Sabha seats in Punjab
2024 Indian general election in Punjab Opinion polls Turnout 62.80% ( 3.14%)
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha .[2] [3]
Background and overview
The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party , which won 2 seats each.[4] In 2022, Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP from Sangrur to become Chief Minister of Punjab . A by-election for the constituency was held in June 2022, where Simranjit Singh Mann defeated Gurmail Singh of the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party .[5] In January 2023, the Jalandhar constituency became vacant after the death of the incumbent MP, Santokh Singh Chaudhary of INC. In May 2023, Sushil Kumar Rinku of AAP defeated Karamjit Kaur of INC.[6]
Defections
In March 2024, Raj Kumar Chabbewal and Gurpreet Singh GP of INC joined AAP, both were announced candidates from Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib constituencies respectively.[7] [8] Patiala MP Preneet Kaur joined BJP.[9] Sushil Rinku, who was announced as the AAP candidate for Jalandhar constituency, joined BJP, he was member of INC prior to AAP.[10] Ravneet Singh Bittu , MP from Ludhiana, joined BJP.[11] In April 2024, former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD joined AAP, and was announced candidate for Jalandhar.[12]
Election schedule
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.[13] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase.[14]
Poll event
Phase
VII
Notification Date
7 May
Last Date for filing nomination
14 May
Scrutiny of nomination
15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination
17 May
Date of poll
1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result
4 June 2024
No. of constituencies
13
Parties and alliances
In Punjab, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) member parties Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress have decided not to have an alliance and to contest independently as they are the main opponents of each other within the state.[15] [16]
Others
Candidates
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
Exit polls
Voter turnout
Results
Results by alliance or party
Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
INDIA
INC
3,543,824
26.30
13.82
13
7
1
AAP
3,506,939
26.02
18.64
13
3
2
SAD
1,808,837
13.42
14.34
13
1
1
NDA
BJP
2,500,877
18.56
8.93
13
0
2
SAD (A)
517,024
3.84
3.44
12
0
BSP
335,921
2.49
1.03
13
0
Others
0
IND
2
2
NOTA
66,263
0.49
0.63
Total
100%
-
13
-
Results by constituency
Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
No.
Name
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
1
Gurdaspur
66.67%
INC
INDIA
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
3,64,043
33.78
BJP
NDA
Dinesh Singh
2,81,182
26.09
82,861
2
Amritsar
56.06%
INC
INDIA
Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2,55,181
28.18
AAP
INDIA
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal
2,14,880
23.73
40,301
3
Khadoor Sahib
62.55%
IND
None
Amritpal Singh
4,04430
38.62
INC
INDIA
Kulbir Singh Zira
2,07,310
19.80
1,97,120
4
Jalandhar (SC)
59.70%
INC
INDIA
Charanjit Singh Channi
3,90,053
39.43
BJP
NDA
Sushil Kumar Rinku
2,14,060
21.64
1,75,993
5
Hoshiarpur (SC)
58.86%
AAP
INDIA
Raj Kumar Chabbewal
3,03,859
32.04
INC
INDIA
Yamini Gomar
2,59,748
27.39
44,111
6
Anandpur Sahib
61.98%
AAP
INDIA
Malwinder Singh Kang
3,13,217
29.08
INC
INDIA
Vijay Inder Singla
3,02,371
28.07
10,846
7
Ludhiana
60.12%
INC
INDIA
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
3,22,224
30.42
BJP
NDA
Ravneet Singh Bittu
3,01,282
28.45
20,942
8
Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)
62.53%
INC
INDIA
Amar Singh
3,32,591
34.14
AAP
INDIA
Gurpreet Singh GP
2,98,389
30.63
34,202
9
Faridkot (SC)
63.34%
IND
None
Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa
2,98,062
29.38
AAP
INDIA
Karamjit Anmol
2,28,009
22.48
70,053
10
Firozpur
67.02%
INC
INDIA
Sher Singh Ghubaya
2,66,626
23.70
AAP
INDIA
Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar
2,63,384
23.41
3,242
11
Bathinda
69.36%
SAD
None
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
3,76,558
32.71
AAP
INDIA
Gurmeet Singh Khudian
3,26,902
28.40
49,656
12
Sangrur
64.63%
AAP
INDIA
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
3,64,085
36.06
INC
INDIA
Sukhpal Singh Khaira
1,91,525
18.97
1,72,560
13
Patiala
63.63%
INC
INDIA
Dharamvir Gandhi
3,05,616
26.54
AAP
INDIA
Balbir Singh
2,90,785
25.25
14,831
Detailed Result
Constituency
S. No.
Name
Party
Votes
Result
Gurdaspur
1
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
Indian National Congress
3,64,043
Won
2
Dinesh Singh Babu
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,81,182
Lost
3
Amansher Singh Kalsi
Aam Admi Party
2,77,252
4
Daljit Singh Cheema
Shiromani Akali Dal
85,500
5
Gurinder Singh Bajwa
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
25,765
6
Sant Sewak
Independent
5,952
7
Raj Kumar
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,930
8
Santosh Kaur
Independent
4,738
9
Samuel Soni
Independent
4,440
10
Surjit Singh
Independent
3,373
11
Sanjeev Singh
Independent
2,178
12
Surinder Singh
Independent
1,782
13
Gurpreet Kaur Bajwa
Independent
1,709
14
Sanjeev Minhas
Independent
1,635
15
Robi Masih
Independent
1,511
16
Santosh Kumari
Megh Desham Party
1,194
17
Ramesh Kumar Tolla
Bharatiya Jawan Kisan Party
1,098
18
Amit Aggarwal
Independent
924
19
Tarsem Masih Sahota
Independent
885
20
Tilak Raj
Independent
805
21
Ranjodh Singh
Jan Sewa Driver Party
789
22
I. S. Gulati
Independent
699
23
Ramesh Lal
Republican Party of India
657
24
Jagdish Masih
Independent
546
25
Jatinder Kumar Sharma
Bhartiya Rashtriya Dal
461
26
Darbara Singh
Nationalist Justice Party
424
27
-
NOTA
3,354
Total
10,77,826
Amritsar
1
Gurjeet Singh Aujla
Indian National Congress
2,55,181
Won
2
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal
Aam Aadmi Party
2,14,880
Lost
3
Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri
Bharatiya Janata Party
2,07,205
4
Anil Joshi
Shiromani Akali Dal
1,62,896
5
Emaan Singh Mann
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
26,796
6
Satbir Singh Jammu
Independent
3.399
7
Vishal Sidhu
Bahujan Samaj Party
2,733
8
Daswinder Kaur
Communist Party of India
2,481
9
Sharanjit Kaur
Independent
2,460
10
Amanpreet Singh Mahadipur
Independent
2,362
11
Gurinder Singh Sabhi Gill
Independent
2,129
12
Sahib Singh
Independent
1,988
13
Shamsher Singh Shera
Independent
1,507
14
Sham Lal Gandhi
Independent
1,487
15
Lovepreet Sharma
Aas Punjab Party
1,375
16
Master Harjinder Pal
Independent
1,358
17
Jaspal Masih
Independent
1,227
18
Ramesh Singh
Independent
1,133
19
Bal Krishan Sharma
Independent
1,107
20
Simranpreet Singh
Independent
1,106
21
Narinder Kaur
Aam Janta Party (India)
1,097
22
Dildar Masih
Shiromani Lok Dal Party
1,044
23
Rajinder Kumar Sharma
Independent
900
24
Balwinder Singh
Independent
857
25
Gurpreet Singh Rattan
Republican Party of India (Athawale)
738
26
Ramesh Kumar
Sacho Sach Party
652
27
Gagandeep
Independent
610
28
Prithvi Pal
Independent
434
29
Neelam
Independent
409
30
Dilbagh Singh
Independent
391
31
-
NOTA
3,417
Total
9,05,656
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
Assembly segment wise lead of partied in 2024 general election in Punjab
See also
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