2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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Indian general election in Punjab, 2009
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  2004 April–May 2009 2014  

13 seats
Turnout69.78%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party INC SAD BJP
Alliance UPA NDA NDA
Last election2 seats, 34.17%8 seats, 34.28%3 seats, 10.48%
Seats won841
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 2
Percentage45.23%33.85%10.06%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.06%Decrease2.svg 0.43%Decrease2.svg 0.42%

2009 Punjab Lok Sabha.svg

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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]

Contents

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress INC Flag Official.jpg Hand INC.svg Captain Amarinder Singh 13

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) SAD flag.svg Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal 10
2. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotos flower symbol.svg 3

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

No.ConstituencyTurnout%Name of elected M.P.Party affiliationMargin
1 Gurdaspur 70.77 Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress 8,342
2 Amritsar 65.63 Navjot Singh Sidhu Bharatiya Janata Party 6,858
3 Khadoor Sahib 70.64 Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 32,260
4 Jalandhar 67.15 Mohinder Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress 36,445
5 Hoshiarpur 64.90 Santosh Chowdhary 366
6 Anandpur Sahib 67.62 Ravneet Singh 67,204
7 Ludhiana 64.68 Manish Tewari 1,13,706
8 Fatehgarh Sahib 69.41 Sukhdev Singh Libra 34,299
9 Faridkot 72.29 Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Shiromani Akali Dal 62,042
10 Ferozpur 71.28 Sher Singh Ghubaya 21,071
11 Bathinda 78.50 Harsimrat Kaur Badal 1,20,948
12 Sangrur 74.41 Vijay Inder Singla Indian National Congress 40,872
13 Patiala 69.60 Maharani Preneet Kaur 97,389

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2009 Punjab Assembly Segments.svg
PartyAssembly segments
Indian National Congress 65
Shiromani Akali Dal 41
Bharatiya Janata Party 11
Total117

References

  1. "IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. "General Election 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result".