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

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.	Constituency	Turnout%	Name of elected M.P.	Party affiliation		Margin
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

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".