2004 Indian general election in Punjab

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The 2004 Indian general election in Punjab was held on 13 seats of Lok Sabha in April to May 2004 and elections were held in the 4th Phase on 10th May 2004 for all the 13 constituencies. The members were elected for the 14th Lok Sabha.[1]

Quick facts 13 seats, Turnout ...
Indian general election in Punjab, 2004
← 1999
10 May 2004
2009 →
13 seats
Turnout61.6%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Avinash Rai Khanna Harvendra Singh Hanspal
Party SAD BJP INC
Alliance NDA NDA INC+ (post poll UPA)
Leader's seat Faridkot
(won)		 Hoshiarpur
(won)		 did not contest
Seats before 2 1 8
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 2 Decrease 6
Percentage 34.28% 10.48% 34.17%
Prime Minister before election

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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Parties and alliances

More information Party/Alliance Name, Flag ...
Party/Alliance Name Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
NDA[2] Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal 10
Bharatiya Janata Party Avinash Rai Khanna 3
UPA[3] Indian National Congress Hand Harvendra Singh Hanspal 11
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Hand 1
Communist Party of India Hand 1
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List of Candidates

More information Constituency, NDA ...
Constituency NDA UPA
No. Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Gurdaspur BJP Vinod Khanna INC Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
2 Amritsar BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu INC R. L. Bhatia
3 Tarn Taran SAD Rattan Singh Ajnala INC Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria
4 Jullundur SAD Naresh Gujral INC Rana Gurjeet Singh
5 Phillaur (SC) SAD Charanjit Singh Atwal INC Santosh Chowdhary
6 Hoshiarpur BJP Avinash Rai Khanna CPI(M) Darshan Singh Mattu
7 Ropar (SC) SAD Sukhdev Singh Libra INC Shamsher Singh Dullo
8 Patiala SAD Kanwaljit Singh INC Preneet Kaur
9 Ludhiana SAD Sharanjit Singh Dhillon INC Manish Tewari
10 Sangrur SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa INC Arvind Khanna
11 Bhatinda (SC) SAD Paramjit Kaur Gulshan CPI Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura
12 Faridkot SAD Sukhbir Singh Badal INC Karan Kaur Brar
13 Ferozepur SAD Zora Singh Maan INC Jagmeet Singh Brar
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Results by Party/Alliance

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NDA SAD 35,06,681 34.28 Increase 5.69 10 8 Increase 6
BJP 10,71,650 10.48 Increase 1.32 3 3 Increase 2
Total 45,78,331 44.76 Steady 13 11 Steady
UPA INC 34,95,187 34.17 Decrease 4.27 11 2 Decrease 6
CPI 2,60,752 2.55 Decrease 1.19 1 0 Decrease 1
CPI(M) 1,85,444 1.81 Decrease 0.37 1 0 Steady
Total 39,41,383 38.53 Steady 13 2 Steady
BSP 7,84,454 7.67 Increase 3.83 13 0 Steady
SAD(A) 3,87,682 3.79 Increase 0.38 6 0 Decrease 1
LBP 1,87,787 1.84 Steady 1 0 Steady
Others 67,827 0.67 Steady 26 0 Steady
IND 2,81,608 2.75 Increase 0.30 70 0 Steady
Total 1,02,29,072 100% - 142 13 -
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Results

In the election, the Shiromani Akali Dal became the biggest party by winning 8 seats, with Bharatiya Janata Party at 3 seats and Indian National Congress winning 2 seats.[4]

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna BJP 387,612 49.32 Sukhbuns Kaur Bhinder INC 362,629 46.15 24,983 3.18
2 Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu BJP 394,223 55.38 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia INC 284,691 39.99 109,532 15.39
3 Tarn Taran Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD 364,646 50.83 Sukhbinder Singh (Sukh Sarkaria) INC 308,252 42.97 56,394 7.86
4 Jullundur Rana Gurjeet Singh INC 344,619 46.46 Naresh Gujral SAD 311,156 41.95 33,463 4.51
5 Phillaur (Sc) Charanjit Singh Atwal SAD 324,512 44.91 Santosh Chowdhary INC 225,628 31.23 98,884 13.69
6 Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna BJP 289,815 44.20 Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu CPM 185,444 28.28 104,371 15.92
7 Ropar (Sc) Sukhdev Singh Libra SAD 347,631 43.99 Shamsher Singh Dullo INC 313,994 39.73 33,637 4.26
8 Patiala Preneet Kaur INC 409,917 46.89 Kanwaljit Singh SAD 386,250 44.19 23,667 2.71
9 Ludhiana Sharanjit Singh Dhillon SAD 329,234 37.85 Munish Tewari INC 299,694 34.45 29,540 3.40
10 Sangrur Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD 286,828 34.28 Arvind Khanna INC 259,551 31.02 27,277 3.26
11 Bhatinda (Sc) Paramjit Kaur Gulshan SAD 323,394 42.37 Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura CPI 260,752 34.17 62,642 8.21
12 Faridkot Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD 475,928 53.29 Karan Kaur Brar INC 340,649 38.14 135,279 15.15
13 Ferozepur Zora Singh Maan SAD 357,102 41.21 Jagmeet Singh Brar INC 345,563 39.87 11,539 1.33
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Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab

More information #, Name ...
# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Ambika Soni Rajya Sabha
(Punjab)		 Cabinet Minister Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism		 29 January
2006		 22 May
2009		 INC
2 M. S. Gill MoS (I/C) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports 6 April
2008
3 Ashwani Kumar MoS Ministry of Commerce and Industry 29 January
2006
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Assembly segments wise lead of parties

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
Party Assembly segments
2002 2004 2007
Shiromani Akali Dal 41 62 48
Indian National Congress 62 29 44
Bharatiya Janata Party 3 22 19
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 0 2 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 1 0
Communist Party of India 2 1 0
Total 117
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