2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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The 2009 Indian general election in Punjab, occurred for 13 seats in the state. Punjab went for the Lok sabha elections in two phases-7 May and 13 May. There were 13 parliament seats from Punjab and the elections were held for 4 seats on 7 May and remaining 9 on 13 May.[1]

Quick facts 13 seats, Turnout ...
2009 Indian general election in Punjab
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13 seats
Turnout69.78%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Pratap Singh Bajwa Harsimrat Kaur Badal Navjot Singh Sidhu
Party INC SAD BJP
Alliance UPA NDA NDA
Leader's seat Gurdaspur Bathinda Amritsar
Last election 2 seats, 34.17% 8 seats, 34.28% 3 seats, 10.48%
Seats won 8 4 1
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 4 Decrease 2
Percentage 45.23% 33.85% 10.06%
Swing Increase 11.06% Decrease 0.43% Decrease 0.42%
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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Parties and alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

More information No., Party ...
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand Captain Amarinder Singh 13
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  National Democratic Alliance

More information No., Party ...
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Sukhbir Singh Badal 10
2. Bharatiya Janata Party Navjot Singh Sidhu 3
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List of Candidates

More information Constituency, UPA ...
Constituency UPA NDA
# Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Gurdaspur INC Partap Singh Bajwa BJP Vinod Khanna
2 Amritsar INC Om Parkash Soni BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu
3 Khadoor Sahib INC Rana Gurjeet Singh SAD Rattan Singh Ajnala
4 Jalandhar INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee SAD Hans Raj Hans
5 Hoshiarpur INC Santosh Chowdhary BJP Som Parkash
6 Anandpur Sahib INC Ravneet Singh SAD Daljit Singh Cheema
7 Ludhiana INC Manish Tewari SAD Gurcharan Singh Galib
8 Fatehgarh Sahib INC Sukhdev Singh SAD Charanjit Singh Atwal
9 Faridkot INC Sukhwinder Singh Danny SAD Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
10 Ferozepur INC Jagmeet Singh Brar SAD Sher Singh Ghubaya
11 Bathinda INC Raninder Singh SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal
12 Sangrur INC Vijay Inder Singla SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
13 Patiala INC Preneet Kaur SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra
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Results by Party/Alliance

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
UPA INC 5,350,377 45.23 Increase 11.06 13 8 Increase 6
NDA SAD 4,004,789 33.85 Decrease 0.43 10 4 Decrease 4
BJP 1,190,144 10.06 Decrease 0.42 3 1 Decrease 2
Total 5,194,933 43.91 Decrease 0.85 13 5 Decrease 6
Others 1,009,548 8.53 Steady 79 0 Steady
IND 274,446 2.32 Decrease 0.43 113 0 Steady
Total 11,829,304 100% - 218 13 -
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Results

Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively.[2]

Elected MPs

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Party Votes % Votes %
1 Gurdaspur Partap Singh Bajwa INC 447,994 48.00 Vinod Khanna BJP 439,652 47.10 8,342 0.90
2 Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu BJP 392,046 48.13 Om Parkash Soni INC 385,188 47.29 6,858 0.84
3 Khadoor Sahib Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala SAD 467,980 49.44 Rana Gurjeet Singh INC 435,720 46.03 32,260 3.41
4 Jalandhar Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 408,103 45.36 Hans Raj Hans SAD 371,658 41.31 36,445 4.05
5 Hoshiarpur Santosh Chowdhary INC 358,812 42.55 Som Parkash BJP 358,446 42.51 366 0.04
6 Anandpur Sahib Ravneet Singh INC 404,836 44.75 Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema SAD 337,632 37.32 67,204 7.43
7 Ludhiana Manish Tewari INC 449,264 53.08 Gurcharan Singh Galib SAD 335,558 39.65 113,706 13.43
8 Fatehgarh Sahib Sukhdev Singh INC 393,557 46.96 Charanjit Singh Atwal SAD 359,258 42.86 34,299 4.10
9 Faridkot Paramjit Kaur Gulshan SAD 457,734 49.19 Sukhwinder Singh Danny INC 395,692 42.52 62,042 6.67
10 Ferozpur Sher Singh Ghubaya SAD 450,900 47.12 Jagmeet Singh Brar INC 429,829 44.92 21,071 2.20
11 Bathinda (SC) Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD 529,472 50.51 Raninder Singh INC 408,524 38.97 120,948 11.54
12 Sangrur Vijay Inder Singla INC 358,670 38.52 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD 317,798 34.13 40,872 4.39
13 Patiala Preneet Kaur INC 474,188 50.66 Prem Singh Chandumajra SAD 376,799 40.26 97,389 10.40
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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 Punjab
(Rajya Sabha)		 Cabinet Minister Information and Broadcasting 28 May
2009		 27 Oct
2012		 INC
2 M. S. Gill Punjab
(Rajya Sabha)		 Cabinet Minister Youth Affairs and Sports 28 May
2009		 19 Jan
2011
MoS(I/C) Statistics and Programme Implementation 19 Jan
2011		 12 July
2011
3 Ashwani Kumar Punjab
(Rajya Sabha)		 MoS
  • Planning
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Science and Technology
  • Earth Sciences
 19 Jan
2011		 28 Oct
2012
Cabinet Minister Law and Justice 28 Oct
2012		 11 May
2013
4 Preneet Kaur Patiala MoS External Affairs 28 May
2009		 26 May
2014
5 Manish Tewari Ludhiana MoS(I/C) Information and Broadcasting 28 Oct
2012		 26 May
2014
6 Santosh Chowdhary Hoshiarpur MoS Health and Family Welfare 17 June
2013		 26 May
2014
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Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

More information Party, Assembly segments ...
Party Assembly segments
Indian National Congress 65
Shiromani Akali Dal 41
Bharatiya Janata Party 11
Total 117
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