2024 Indian general election in Punjab

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2024 Indian general election in Punjab
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All 13 Punjab seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout62.80% (Decrease 3.14 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Bhagwant Mann
Party INC AAP
Alliance INDIA -
Leader since 2022 2019
Leader's seat Ludhiana
(Won)		 Did not contest
Last election 40.12%, 8 seats[1] 7.86%, 1 seat[1]
Seats won 7 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 3,543,824 3,506,939
Percentage 26.30% 26.02%
Swing Decrease 13.82 pp Increase 18.64 pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Party SAD BJP
Alliance - NDA
Leader since 2019 2023
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 27.45%, 2 seats[1] 9.63%, 2 seats[1]
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 1,808,837 2,500,877
Percentage 13.42% 18.56%
Swing Decrease 14.34 pp Increase 8.93 pp
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.[2][3]

Defections

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]

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

[15][16]

Indian National Congress

  Indian National Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Amrinder Singh Raja Warring 13

Aam Aadmi Party

  Aam Aadmi Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Aam Aadmi Party Bhagwant Mann 13

Shiromani Akali Dal

  Shiromani Akali Dal

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal 13

National Democratic Alliance

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Sunil Kumar Jakhar 13

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann 12
Bahujan Samaj Party Jasvir Singh Garhi 13
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Purshottam Lal Bilga 1
Communist Party of India 3

List of Candidates

Constituency INC AAP SAD BJP
No. Name PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate PartyCandidate
1 Gurdaspur INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa AAP Amansher Singh SAD Daljit Singh Cheema BJP Dinesh Singh
2 Amritsar INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal SAD Anil Joshi BJP Taranjit Singh Sandhu
3 Khadoor Sahib INC Kulbir Singh Zira AAP Laljit Singh Bhullar SAD Virsa Singh Valtoha BJP Manjeet Singh Manna Mianwind
4 Jalandhar (SC) INC Charanjit Singh Channi AAP Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD Mohinder Singh Kaypee BJP Sushil Kumar Rinku
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) INC Yamini Gomar AAP Raj Kumar Chabbewal SAD Sohan Singh Thandal BJP Anita Parkash
6 Anandpur Sahib INC Vijay Inder Singla AAP Malwinder Singh Kang SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra BJP Subhash Sharma
7 Ludhiana INC Amrinder Singh Raja Warring AAP Ashok Parashar Pappi SAD Ranjit Singh Dhillon BJP Ravneet Singh Bittu
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) INC Amar Singh AAP Gurpreet Singh GP SAD Bikramjit Singh Khalsa BJP Gejja Ram Valmiki
9 Faridkot (SC) INC Amarjit Kaur Sahoke AAP Karamjit Anmol SAD Rajwinder Singh BJP Hans Raj Hans
10 Firozpur INC Sher Singh Ghubaya AAP Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar SAD Nardev Singh Mann BJP Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi
11 Bathinda INC Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu AAP Gurmeet Singh Khudian SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal BJP Parampal Kaur Sidhu
12 Sangrur INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer SAD Iqbal Singh Jhundan BJP Arvind Khanna
13 Patiala INC Dharamvir Gandhi AAP Balbir Singh SAD Narinder Kumar Sharma BJP Preneet Kaur

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[17] ±5% 11 1 1 0 INDIA
India Today-CVoter February 2024[18] ±3-5% 10 2 1 0 INDIA
ABP-CVoter December 2023[19] ±3-5% 9-11 0-2 0-2 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG December 2023[20] ±3% 6-10 3-5 1-2 0-1 INDIA
India TV-CNX October 2023[21] ±3% 11 1 1 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG September 2023[22] ±3% 8-11 1-3 1-2 0 INDIA
August 2023[23] ±3% 8-12 1-2 1-2 0-1 INDIA
Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[17] ±5% 57% 16% 17% 10% 40
India Today-CVoter February 2024[18] ±3-5% 65% 17% 18% 47

Exit polls

Polling agency Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
DB Live 13 0 0 0 INDIA
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat 8 2 0 3 INDIA
2019 election 9 2 2 0 INDIA
Actual results 10 0 1 2 INDIA

Voter turnout

Constituency Poll date Turnout Swing
1 Gurdaspur 1 June 2024 66.67% 2.57%Decrease
2 Amritsar 56.06% 1.01%Decrease
3 Khadoor Sahib 62.55% 1.41%Decrease
4 Jalandhar (SC) 71.92% 3.34% Decrease
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) 58.86% 3.22%Decrease
6 Anandpur Sahib 61.98% 1.71%Decrease
7 Ludhiana 60.12% 2.08%Decrease
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) 62.53% 3.16%Decrease
9 Faridkot (SC) 63.34% 0.09%Increase
10 Firozpur 56.40% 5.45%Decrease
11 Bathinda 72.43% 4.80%Decrease
12 Sangrur 69.46% 7.77%Decrease
13 Patiala 74.02% 4.14%Decrease
62.80% 3.14%Decrease

Results

Map displaying constituencies won by parties
7 3 2 1
INC AAP IND SAD
Seat Share by Party
  1. INC - 7 (53.8%)
  2. AAP - 3 (23.1%)
  3. SAD - 1 (7.69%)
  4. IND - 2 (15.4%)
Vote Share
  1. INC 26.39 (24.4%)
  2. AAP 26.02 (24.1%)
  3. SAD 13.42 (12.4%)
  4. BJP 18.56 (17.2%)
  5. IND 7.86 (7.28%)
  6. SAD(A) 3.84 (3.56%)
  7. BSP 2.49 (2.31%)
  8. Others 8.88 (8.23%)
  9. NOTA 0.49 (0.45%)

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party[24] Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INDIA INC 3,543,824 26.30 Decrease13.82 13 7 Decrease 1
AAP 3,506,939 26.02 Increase18.64 13 3 Increase 2
NDA BJP 2,500,877 18.56 Increase8.93 13 0 Decrease 2
SAD 1,808,837 13.42 Decrease14.34 13 1 Decrease 1
SAD (A) 517,024 3.84 Increase3.44 12 0 Steady
BSP 335,921 2.49 Decrease1.03 13 0 Steady
CPI 21,383 0.16% 1 0 -
CPI(M) 5,958 0.04% 1 0 -
RSP 1,898 0.01%
ASP(K) 9,680 0.07
Others 0 Steady
IND 1,058,241 7.86 2 Increase 2
NOTA 67,158 0.49 Decrease 0.63
Total 13,463,765 100% - 13 -

Results by region

Region Seats INC AAP SAD+ IND
Malwa 8 4 2 1 1
Majha 3 2 0 0 1
Doaba 2 1 1 0 0
Total 13 7 3 1 2

Results by Seat Reservation

Seat Type Seats
INC AAP SAD
Contested Won SR(%) Contested Won SR(%) Contested Won SR(%)
General 9 9 5 55.56 9 2 22.22 9 1 11.11
Scheduled Caste 4 4 2 50.00 4 1 25 4 0 0
Total 13 13 7 53.84 13 3 23.07 13 1 7.69

Results by constituency

Constituency Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Gurdaspur 66.67% Decrease Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 3,64,043 33.78 Dinesh Singh BJP 2,81,182 26.09 82,861
2 Amritsar 56.06% Decrease Gurjeet Singh Aujla INC 2,55,181 28.18 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal AAP 2,14,880 23.73 40,301
3 Khadoor Sahib 62.55% Decrease Amritpal Singh IND 4,04430 38.62 Kulbir Singh Zira INC 2,07,310 19.80 1,97,120
4 Jalandhar (SC) 59.70% Decrease Charanjit Singh Channi INC 3,90,053 39.43 Sushil Kumar Rinku BJP 2,14,060 21.64 1,75,993
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) 58.86% Decrease Raj Kumar Chabbewal AAP 3,03,859 32.04 Yamini Gomar INC 2,59,748 27.39 44,111
6 Anandpur Sahib 61.98% Decrease Malwinder Singh Kang AAP 3,13,217 29.08 Vijay Inder Singla INC 3,02,371 28.07 10,846
7 Ludhiana 60.12% Decrease Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 3,22,224 30.42 Ravneet Singh Bittu BJP 3,01,282 28.45 20,942
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) 62.53% Decrease Amar Singh INC 3,32,591 34.14 Gurpreet Singh GP AAP 2,98,389 30.63 34,202
9 Faridkot (SC) 63.34% Increase Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa IND 2,98,062 29.38 Karamjit Anmol AAP 2,28,009 22.48 70,053
10 Firozpur 67.02% Decrease Sher Singh Ghubaya INC 2,66,626 23.70 Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar AAP 2,63,384 23.41 3,242
11 Bathinda 69.36% Decrease Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD 3,76,558 32.71 Gurmeet Singh Khudian AAP 3,26,902 28.40 49,656
12 Sangrur 64.63% Decrease Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer AAP 3,64,085 36.06 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 1,91,525 18.97 1,72,560
13 Patiala 63.63% Decrease Dharamvir Gandhi INC 3,05,616 26.54 Balbir Singh AAP 2,90,785 25.25 14,831

Result by Party

Results by constituency

Constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Independent Winner
No. Name
1 Gurdaspur 3,64,043 2,77,252 85,500 2,81,182 INC
2 Amritsar 2,55,181 2,14,880 1,62,896 2,07,205 INC
3 Khadoor Sahib* 2,07,310 2,07,310 1,94,836 86,416 4,04,430 INPD
4 Jalandhar 3,90,053 2,08,889 67,911 2,14,060 INC
5 Hoshiarpur 2,59,748 3,03,859 91,789 1,99,994 AAP
6 Anandpur Sahib 3,02,371 3,13,217 1,17,936 1,86,578 AAP
7 Ludhiana 3,22,224 2,37,077 90,220 3,01,282 INC
8 Fatehgarh Sahib 3,32,591 2,98,389 1,26,730 1,27,521 INC
9 Faridkot* 1,60,357 2,28,009 1,38,251 1,23,533 2,98,062 INPD
10 Firozpur 2,66,626 2,63,384 2,53,645 2,55,097 INC
11 Bathinda 2,02,011 3,26,902 3,76,558 1,10,762 SAD
12 Sangrur 1,91,525 3,64,085 62,488 1,28,253 AAP
13 Patiala 3,05,616 2,90,785 1,53,978 2,88,998 INC
  • Won by Independents

Changes in Seats

Party Holds Lost Gained Total tally
Indian National Congress 5 3 2 7
Aam Aadmi Party 1 0 2 3
Shiromani Akali Dal 1 1 0 1
Independent 0 0 2 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 2 0 0
  • INC
    • Holds - Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Shaib and Patiala
    • Lost - Khadoor Shaib, Faridkot and Anandpur Shaib
    • Gained - Gurdaspur and Firozpur
  • AAP
    • Holds - Sangrur
    • Gained - Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib
  • SAD
    • Holds - Bathinda
    • Lost - Firozpur
  • Independent
    • Gained - Khadoor Shaib and Faridkot
  • BJP
    • Lost - Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

See also

References

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