2004 Indian general election in Punjab

Indian general election in Punjab, 2004

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13 seats
Turnout	61.6%
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 6 2 6 Percentage 34.28% 10.48% 34.17%
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

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]

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

Congress had a seat sharing agreement with the left parties during the elections. ^[2]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Harvendra Singh Hanspal		11
2.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)					1
3.	Communist Party of India					1

   National Democratic Alliance

Akali Dal contentested from 10 seats while BJP fought from remaining three. ^[3]

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal)				Sukhbir Singh Badal	10
2.	Bharatiya Janata Party				Avinash Rai Khanna	3

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA
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)	Comrade 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

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]

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

Assembly segments wise lead of parties

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

References

1. "Schedule for general elections 2004". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
2. "Review Report of Lok Sabha Elections (aug 2004)". Communist Party Of India (Marxist). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
3. Kumar, Ashutosh. "BJP, Akalis reap a positive harvest". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
4. "IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2004". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2024-06-27.