2019 Indian general election in Punjab

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2019 Indian general election in Punjab
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  2014 19 May 2019 2024  

13 seats
Turnout65.94% (Decrease2.svg 4.71%)
 First partySecond party
  Amarinder Singh.jpg Sukhbir Singh Badal.png
Party INC SAD
Alliance UPA NDA
Last election34
Seats won82
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 2
Percentage40.12%27.45%
SwingIncrease2.svg 7.04%Increase2.svg 1.15%

 Third partyFourth party
  Sunny Deol snapped during Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas promotions in New Delhi.jpg Bhagwant Mann.png
Party BJP AAP
Alliance NDA
Last election24
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 3
Percentage9.63%7.38%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.93%Decrease2.svg 17.05%

2019 Punjab Lok Sabha Election Result Seatwise Map.svg
2019 Punjab Lok Sabha Result Seatwise Map

The 2019 Indian general election in Punjab was held on 19 May 2019, [1] making it seventh and the last phase of the election. Counting was held on 23 May 2019 and result was also declared on same day.

Contents

Surveys

Opinion polls

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
NDA UPA AAP
17 May 2019 elections.in 6701
08 Apr 2019 Times of India 21109
08 Apr 2019 News Nation 5712
06 Apr 2019 India TV 3916
5 April 2019 Republic TV-Jan ki Baat 3916
Mar 2019 Zee 24 Taas 11028
Mar 2019 India TV 3916
Jan 2019 ABP News - Cvoter Archived 2019-04-29 at the Wayback Machine 112011
Oct 2018 ABP News- CSDS 112011

Exit Polls

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
NDA UPA AAP
19 May 2019 Times Now-VMR Archived 2020-09-12 at the Wayback Machine 31007
19 May 2019 Aaj Tak 3–58-90–13-6
19 May 2018 NEWS 18 INDIA 21018
19 May 2019 Today's Chanakya 6610
19 May 2018 NDTV 4814
19 May 2018 News-X 4814
19 May 2018 India TV CNX 5803

Coalition and Party wise Result

Keys:    INC ,    NDA ,    AAP ,    PDA

PartiesAllianceParties Contested seatsAlliance contested seatsSeats wonParty Vote shareAlliance Vote share
Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance 13 [2] 840.12%
Shiromani Akali Dal National Democratic Alliance 1013 [3] 227.76%37.08%
Bharatiya Janata Party 329.63%
Aam Aadmi Party None13 [4] 17.38%
Lok Insaaf Party Punjab Democratic Alliance 313 [5] 03.43%10.69%
Bahujan Samaj Party 303.52%
Punjab Ekta Party 302.16%
Communist Party of India 200.30%
Revolutionary Marxist Party 100.11%
Nawan Punjab Party 101.17%
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) None200.4%
None of the above 1301.12%

Constituency wise results

Members of Parliament [6]
No.ConstituencyTurnout%Name of elected MPParty affiliationIst Runner upParty affiliationMargin
1 Gurdaspur 69.24 Decrease2.svg Sunny Deol Bharatiya Janta Party Sunil Jakhar Indian National Congress 82,459
2 Amritsar 57.07 Decrease2.svg Gurjeet Singh Aujla Indian National Congress Hardeep Singh Puri Bharatiya Janata Party 99,626
3 Khadoor Sahib 63.96 Decrease2.svg Jasbir Singh Gill Indian National Congress Jagir Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal 1,40,573
4 Jalandhar (SC)63.04 Decrease2.svg Santokh Singh Chaudhary Indian National Congress Charanjit Singh Atwal Shiromani Akali Dal 19,491
5 Hoshiarpur (SC)62.08 Decrease2.svg Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party Rajkumar Chabbewal Indian National Congress 48,530
6 Anandpur Sahib 63.69 Decrease2.svg Manish Tiwari Indian National Congress Prem Singh Chandumajra Shiromani Akali Dal 46,884
7 Ludhiana 62.20 Decrease2.svg Ravneet Singh Bittu Indian National Congress Simarjit Singh Bains Lok Insaaf Party 76,732
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)65.69 Decrease2.svg Dr. Amar Singh Indian National Congress Darbara Singh Guru Shiromani Akali Dal 93,898
9 Faridkot (SC)63.25 Decrease2.svg Muhammad Sadiq Indian National Congress Gulzar Singh Ranike Shiromani Akali Dal 83,056
10 Firozpur 72.47 Decrease2.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal Sher Singh Ghubaya Indian National Congress 1,98,850
11 Bathinda 74.16 Decrease2.svg Harsimrat Kaur Badal Shiromani Akali Dal Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Indian National Congress 21,772
12 Sangrur 72.40 Decrease2.svg Bhagwant Mann Aam Aadmi Party Kewal Singh Dhillon Indian National Congress 1,10,211
13 Patiala 67.77 Decrease2.svg Preneet Kaur Indian National Congress Surjit Singh Rakhra Shiromani Akali Dal 1,62,718

List of Candidates

Keys:    INC ,    NDA ,    AAP ,    PDA

Candidates [7]
No.Constituency
Candidates of UPA Candidates of NDA Candidates of AAP Candidates of PDA
1 Gurdaspur Sunil Jakhar Sunny Deol (BJP)Peter MasihLal Chand (RMP)
2 Amritsar Gurjeet Singh Aujla Hardeep Singh Puri (BJP)Kuldip Singh DhaliwalDaswinder Kaur (CPI)
3 Khadoor Sahib Jasbir Singh Gill Jagir Kaur (SAD)Manjinder Singh SidhuParamjit Kaur Khalra (PEP)
4 Jalandhar (SC) Santokh Singh Chaudhary Charanjit Singh Atwal (SAD)Justice (Retd.) Zora SinghBalwinder Kumar (BSP)
5 Hoshiarpur (SC)Rajkumar Chabbewal Som Parkash (BJP)Ravjot SinghKhushi Ram (BSP)
6 Anandpur Sahib Manish Tiwari Prem Singh Chandumajra (SAD)Narinder Singh ShergillVikram Singh Sodhi (BSP)
7 Ludhiana Ravneet Singh Bittu Maheshinder Singh (SAD)Tejpal Singh Simarjit Singh Bains (LIP)
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) Dr. Amar Singh Darbara Singh Guru (SAD)Bandeep Singh DulloManwinder Singh Gaispura (LIP)
9 Faridkot (SC) Mohammad Sadiq Gulzar Singh Ranike (SAD) Sadhu Singh Baldev Singh Jaiton (PEP)
10 Firozpur Sher Singh Ghubaya Sukhbir Singh Badal (SAD)Harjinder Singh KakaHansraj Golden (CPI)
11 Bathinda Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Harsimrat Kaur Badal (SAD) Baljinder Kaur Sukhpal Singh Khaira (PEP)
12 Sangrur Kewal Singh Dhillon Parminder Singh Dhindsa (SAD) Bhagwant Mann Jasraj Singh Longia (LIP)
13 Patiala Preneet Kaur Surjit Singh Rakhra (SAD)Nina Mittal Dharamvir Gandhi (Pb. F)

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Assembly segments wise lead.png
PartyAssembly segments [8] Position in Assembly (2022 election)
Aam Aadmi Party 792
Bahujan Samaj Party 21
Bharatiya Janata Party 122
Indian National Congress 6918
Lok Insaaf Party 40
Shiromani Akali Dal 233
Total117

Bypolls 2019-2024

S.NoDateConstituencyMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after electionRemarks
12.23 June 2022 Sangrur Bhagwant Mann Aam Aadmi Party Simranjit Singh Mann [9] Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Resignation by Bhagwant Mann [10]
4.10 May 2023 Jalandhar Santokh Singh Chaudhary Indian National Congress Sushil Kumar Rinku [11] Aam Aadmi Party Death of Santokh Singh Chaudhary [12]

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