2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
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All 117 seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.14% (Decrease2.svg6.59%)
 First partySecond party
 
Captain Amarinder Singh 1.jpg
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Leader Captain Amarinder Singh Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC SAD
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since26 February 20021 March 1997
Leader's seat Patiala Lambi
Last election1475
Seats won6241
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 48Decrease2.svg 34
Popular vote5,572,6434,828,612
Percentage40.11%34.76%
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.8%Decrease2.svg 11.3%
Chief Minister before election

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Amarinder Singh
INC

Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2002, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly. [1] Indian National Congress gained majority of the seats. Amarinder Singh was elected as the Chief Minister.

Contents

Parties and Alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Indian National Congress symbol.svg Captain Amarinder Singh 1.jpg Captain Amarinder Singh 10562
2. Communist Party of India CPI-flag.PNG Indian Election Symbol Ears of Corn and Sickle.png 112

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedSeats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Parkash Singh Badal1.png Parkash Singh Badal 9441
2. Bharatiya Janata Party Lotus flower symbol.svg 233

Results

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 [1]
India Punjab Legislative Assembly 2002.svg
PartyCandidatesSeatsVotes% of Votes
Indian National Congress 1056236,82,87735.8%
Shiromani Akali Dal 924131,96,92431.08%
Bahujan Samaj Party 10005,85,5795.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party 2335,83,2145.67%
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 8404,78,1154.6%
Communist Party of India 1122,20,7852.15%
Total [lower-alpha 1] 92311710,284,686
  1. ↑ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat

Result by Region

RegionSeatsINCSADBJPCPIOthers
Malwa652927126
Majha27177003
Doaba25167200
Sum1176241329

Constituency wise Results

A.C. NO.Constituency NameCategoryPartyWinner CandidateVotePartyRunner-up Candidatevote
1FatehgarhGENINCSukhjinder Singh46739SADNirmal Singh Kahlon39287
2BatalaGENINCAshwani47933BJPJagdish Sawhney34405
3QadianGENINCTript Rajinder Singh46902SADNatha Singh39948
4Sri HargobindpurGENSADCapt. Balbir Singh Bath27836INDFateh Jang Singh Bajwa16337
5KahnuwanGENINCPartap Singh Bajwa44540SADSewa Singh Sekhwan37735
6DhariwalGENINDSucha Singh Chhotepur32442SADSucha Singh Langah32362
7GurdaspurGENINC Khushhal Bahl 35442SADMunawar Masih23751
8Dina Nagar(SC)INCAruna36765BJPSita Ram34083
9Narot Mehra(SC)INCRumal Chand32107BJPBishambar Dass21594
10PathankotGENINCAshok Sharma45073BJPMaster Mohan Lal27709
11SujanpurGENINCRaghunath Sahai Puri48740BJPSatya Pal Saini30496
12BeasGENINCJasbir Singh Gill (Dimpa)45832SADManjinder Singh Kang39382
13MajithaGENINCSwinder Singh41072SADRaj Mohinder Singh Majitha38874
14Verka(SC)INCRaj Kumar48041SADDalbir Singh38651
15Jandiala(SC)INCSardul Singh45599SADMalkiat Singh37866
16Amritsar NorthGENINCJugal Kishore Sharma31024BJPBaldev Raj Chawala16268
17Amritsar WestGENINDOm Parkash Soni45331CPIAmarjit Singh21791
18Amritsar CentralGENINCDarbari Lal24286BJPLaxmi Kanta Chawla18115
19Amritsar SouthGENINCHarjinder Singh Thekedar23322INDRaminder Singh Bolaria19232
20AjnalaGENSADDr. Rattan Singh47182INDHarpartap Singh46826
21Raja SansiGENSADVir Singh Lopoke42238INDSukhbinder Singh (Sukh Sarkaria)38785
22Attari(SC)SADGulzar Singh Ranike43740INCRattan Singh19521
23Tarn TaranGENINDHarmeet Singh Sandhu30560SADAlwinderpal Singh24341
24Khadoor Sahib(SC)SADManjit Singh37200INCSukhdev Singh14490
25Naushahra PanwanGENSADRanjit Singh36153INCJagir Singh30219
26PattiGENSADAdesh Partap Singh Kairon44703INCTarlok Singh23324
27ValtohaGENINCGurchet Singh39064SADGurdial Singh34119
28AdampurGENINCKanwaljit Singh Lally32619SADSarabjit Singh Makkar25243
29Jullundur CantonmentGENINCGurkanwal Kaur29160SADParamjit Singh18307
30Jullundur NorthGENINCAvtar Henry41856BJPSuresh Sehgal19489
31Jullundur CentralGENINCRaj Kumar Gupta30066BJPManoranjan Kalia22355
32Jullundur South(SC)INCMohinder Singh Kaypee34869BJPChuni Lal Bhagat24046
33Kartarpur(SC)INCChaudhry Jagjit Singh39010SADCharnjit Singh Atwal34887
34LohianGENSADAjit Singh Kohar48787INCBrij Bhupinder Singh Lally43612
35NakodarGENINCAmarjit Singh Samra39216SADGurmeet Singh Daduwal29749
36Nur MahalGENINCGurbinder Singh Atwal35610SADGurdip Singh26331
37Banga(SC)INCTarlochan Singh27574BSPMohan Lal23919
38NawanshahrGENINCParkash Singh32667BSPRam Kishan27321
39Phillaur(SC)INCSantokh Singh Choudhary33570SADSarwan Singh28915
40BholathGENSADJagir Kaur41937INCSukhpal Singh30559
41KapurthalaGENINCRana Gurjeet Singh33715SADRaghbir Singh23590
42SultanpurGENSADUpinderjit Kaur40485INCRajanbir Singh34971
43Phagwara(SC)INCJoginder Singh31601BJPSwarna Ram30415
44BalachaurGENSADNand Lal33629INCRam Kishan Kataria23286
45GarhshankarGENBJPAvinash Rai Khanna24638BSPShingara Ram Sahungra18463
46Mahilpur(SC)SADSohan Singh Thandal27724BSPAvtar Singh Karimpuri18444
47HoshiarpurGENBJPTikshan Sud24141INCNaresh Thakur23833
48Sham Chaurasi(SC)INCRam Lubhaya24446INDMohinder Kaur Josh22965
49TandaGENSADBalbir Singh37354INCSangat Singh34828
50Garhdiwala(SC)SADDes Raj30761INCPawan Kumar Adia22860
51DasuyaGENINCRamesh Chander38718BJPMahant Ram Parkash26635
52MukerianGENINCDr. Kewal Krishan43579BJPArunesh Shakar34516
53JagraonGENSADBhag Singh Mallah32152INDDarshan Singh Brar30595
54RaikotGENSADRanjit Singh Talwandi44388INCHarmohinder Singh Pardhan37989
55Dakha(SC)INCMalkiat Singh Dakha51570SADDarshan Singh Shivalik42844
56Qila RaipurGENSADJagdish Singh Gurcha36849INCGurdial Kaur Khangura30270
57Ludhiana NorthGENINCRakesh Pandey39167BJPPran Nath Bhatia16295
58Ludhiana WestGENINCHarnam Dass Johar36006SADAvtar Singh Makkar19406
59Ludhiana EastGENINCSurinder Kumar Dawar32016BJPSat Pal Gosain18767
60Ludhiana RuralGENINCMalkit Singh Birmi60638SADAmrik Singh Aliwal30535
61PayalGENINCTej Parkash Singh42282SADJagjiwan Pal Singh34681
62Kum Kalan(SC)SADInder Iqbal Singh Atwal45026INCIshar Singh42420
63SamralaGENINCAmrik Singh43845SADKirpal Singh36478
64Khanna(SC)INCHarbans Kaur41578SADSatwinder Kaur Dhaliwal31943
65NangalGENINCKanwar Pal Singh37629BJPMadan Mohan Mittal23667
66Anandpur Sahib RoparGENINCRamesh Dutt Sharma41950SADTara Singh29268
67Chamkaur Sahib(SC)SADSatwant Kaur33511INCBhag Singh24413
68MorindaGENINCJagmohan Singh47631SADUjjagar Singh24914
69KhararGENINCBir Devinder Singh24846INDBalbir Singh23326
70BanurGENSADKanwaljit Singh51002INCSheelam Sohi50288
71RajpuraGENINCRaj Khurana47472BJPBalram Ji Dass30726
72GhanaurGENINCJasjit Singh40945SADAjaib Singh S/O Harchand Singh29357
73DakalaGENINCLal Singh38424SADCharanjit Singh Walia22597
74Shutrana(SC)SADNirmal Singh34123INDHamir Singh18567
75SamanaGENSADSurjit Singh Rakhra46681INCBrahm Mohindra35909
76Patiala TownGENINCAmarinder Singh46750SADSarup Singh Sehgal13167
77NabhaGENINCRandeep Singh37453SADNarinder Singh23502
78Amloh(SC)INCSadhu Singh45383SADGurdev Singh26633
79SirhindGENINCDr. Harbans Lal35659SADDidar Singh Bhatti32528
80DhuriGENSADGaganjit Singh25538SAD (A)Iqbal Singh23979
81MalerkotlaGENINCRazia Sultana37557INDAjit Singh37378
82Sherpur(SC)INDGobind Singh30132SADPiara Singh26525
83BarnalaGENSADMalkit Singh Keetu37575INCSurinder Pal Singh21305
84Bhadaur(SC)SADBalbir Singh Ghunas43558INCSurinder Kaur20471
85DhanaulaGENSADGobind Singh Longowal31007INCJagjit Singh22514
86SangrurGENINCArvind Khanna42339INDRanjit Singh Balian23207
87DirbhaGENINDSurjit Singh Dhiman35099SADBaldev Singh Mann34103
88SunamGENSADParminder Singh44506INCSonia Deepa Arora25831
89LehraGENINCRajinder Kaur43579SADNaranjan Singh28071
90Balluana(SC)INCParkash Singh Bhatti41683SADGurtej Singh37363
91AboharGENINCSunil Kumar37552INDSudhir Nagpal30213
92FazilkaGENINCMohinder Kumar51033BJPSurjit Kumar37178
93JalalabadGENINCHans Raj Josan45727SADSher Singh41396
94Guru Har SahaiGENINCGurmit Singh42135SADParamjit Singh36704
95FirozepurGENBJPSukhpal Singh34995INCBalmukand Sharma27238
96Firozepur CantonmentGENINCRavinder Singh47077SADJanmeja Singh38046
97ZiraGENSADHari Singh43991INCKuldeep Singh36424
98Dharamkot(SC)SADSital Singh35729INDMukhtiar Singh20200
99MogaGENSADTota Singh42579INCSathi Vijay Kumar42274
100Bagha PuranaGENSADSadhu Singh Rajeana47425INCMahesh Inder Singh42378
101Nihal Singh Wala(SC)SADZora Singh35556CPIAjaib Singh16729
102Panjgrain(SC)SADGurdev Singh Badal43811CPIDarshan Singh22374
103KotkapuraGENSADMantar Singh42725INCProf. Vibha Sharma40986
104FaridkotGENSADKushaldeep Singh Dhillon57282INCAvtar Singh Brar51011
105MuktsarGENINDSukhdarshan Singh(Madahar Kalan)32465INCHarcharan Singh32265
106GiddarbahaGENSADManpreet Singh Badal59336INCRaghuveer Singh43801
107Malout(SC)CPINathu Ram46180SADMukhtiar Kaur39571
108LambiGENSADParkash Singh Badal50545INDMaheshinder Singh26616
109Talwandi SaboGENINDJeetmohinder Singh Sidhu29879INCHarminder Singh Jassi29642
110Pakka Kalan(SC)CPIGurjant Singh34254SADMakhan Singh32477
111BhatindaGENINCSurinder Singla46451SADChiranji Lal33038
112Nathana(SC)SADGura Singh46042INCJasmail Singh42540
113Rampura PhulGENINDGurpreet Singh "Kangur"40303SADSikander Singh Maluka37644
114JogaGENSADJagdeep Singh41077INCSukhraj Singh33077
115MansaGENINDSher Singh27826SADSukhwinder Singh27782
116BudhladaGENSADHarbant Singh44184CPIHardev Singh29384
117SardulgarhGENSADBalwinder Singh49281INCAjit Inder Singh48186

Bye Elections 2002-2007

 #    AC NameNoTypeStateWinning CandidatePartyElectorsVotesTurnoutReason
1Ajnala20GENPunjabHarpartap Singh AjnalaINC1,49,8561,17,22178.2 %Resignation of Shri (Dr.) Rattan Singh
2Garhshankar45GENPunjabLov Kumar GoldiINC1,19,40478,733NANA
3Kapurthala41GENPunjabSukhjinder KaurINC1,21,61085,258NANA

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