2009 Indian general election in Punjab

2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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13 seats
Turnout	69.78%
First party Second party Third party   Party INC SAD BJP Alliance UPA NDA NDA Last election 2 seats, 34.17% 8 seats, 34.28% 3 seats, 10.48% Seats won 8 4 1 Seat change 6 4 2 Percentage 45.23% 33.85% 10.06% Swing 11.06% 0.43% 0.42%
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]

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Captain Amarinder Singh	13

   National Democratic Alliance

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

List of Candidates

Constituency
		UPA			NDA
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	Dr. 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	Dr. 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

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

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Gurdaspur	Partap Singh Bajwa		INC	447,994	48%	Vinod Khanna		BJP	439,652	47.1	8,342	0.9
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

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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

References

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