2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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.

Indian general election in Punjab, 2009
April–May 2009
13 seats
Turnout69.78%
  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 Increase 6 Decrease 4 Decrease 2
Percentage 45.23% 33.85% 10.06%
Swing Increase 11.06% Decrease 0.43% Decrease 0.42%

Results

Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively.[1]

Elected MPs
No. Constituency Turnout% Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation Margin
1Gurdaspur 70.77Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress 8,342
2Amritsar 65.63Navjot Singh Sidhu Bharatiya Janata Party 6,858
3Khadoor Sahib 70.64Rattan Singh Ajnala Shiromani Akali Dal 32,260
4Jalandhar 67.15Mohinder Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress 36,445
5Hoshiarpur 64.90Santosh Chowdhary 366
6Anandpur Sahib 67.62Ravneet Singh 67,204
7Ludhiana 64.68Manish Tewari 1,13,706
8Fatehgarh Sahib 69.41Sukhdev Singh Libra 34,299
9Faridkot 72.29Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Shiromani Akali Dal 62,042
10Ferozpur 71.28Sher Singh Ghubaya 21,071
11Bathinda 78.50Harsimrat Kaur Badal 1,20,948
12Sangrur 74.41Vijay Inder Singla Indian National Congress 40,872
13Patiala 69.60Maharani 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. "General Election 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result".
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