2024 Indian general election in Punjab

2024 Indian general election in Punjab

1 June 2024

All 13 Punjab seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout62.80% ( 3.14 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Bhagwant Mann
Party INC AAP
Alliance INDIA -
Leader since 2022 2019
Leader's seat Ludhiana
(Won)
Did not contest
Last election 40.12%, 8 seats[1] 7.86%, 1 seat[1]
Seats won 7 3
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 3,543,824 3,506,939
Percentage 26.30% 26.02%
Swing 13.82 pp 18.64 pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Sukhbir Singh Badal Sunil Kumar Jakhar
Party SAD BJP
Alliance - NDA
Leader since 2019 2023
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 27.45%, 2 seats[1] 9.63%, 2 seats[1]
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 1,808,837 2,500,877
Percentage 13.42% 18.56%
Swing 14.34 pp 8.93 pp


Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.[2][3]

Background and overview

The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 2 seats each.[4] In 2022, Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP from Sangrur to become Chief Minister of Punjab. A by-election for the constituency was held in June 2022, where Simranjit Singh Mann defeated Gurmail Singh of the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party.[5] In January 2023, the Jalandhar constituency became vacant after the death of the incumbent MP, Santokh Singh Chaudhary of INC. In May 2023, Sushil Kumar Rinku of AAP defeated Karamjit Kaur of INC.[6]

Defections

In March 2024, Raj Kumar Chabbewal and Gurpreet Singh GP of INC joined AAP, both were announced candidates from Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib constituencies respectively.[7][8] Patiala MP Preneet Kaur joined BJP.[9] Sushil Rinku, who was announced as the AAP candidate for Jalandhar constituency, joined BJP, he was member of INC prior to AAP.[10] Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP from Ludhiana, joined BJP.[11] In April 2024, former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD joined AAP, and was announced candidate for Jalandhar.[12]

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.[13] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase.[14]

Poll event Phase
VII
Notification date 7 May
Last date for filing nomination 14 May
Scrutiny of nomination 15 May
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 17 May
Date of poll 1 June
Date of counting of votes/Result 4 June 2024
No. of constituencies 13

Parties and alliances

[15][16]

Indian National Congress

  Indian National Congress

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Amrinder Singh Raja Warring 13

Aam Aadmi Party

  Aam Aadmi Party

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Aam Aadmi Party Bhagwant Mann 13

Shiromani Akali Dal

  Shiromani Akali Dal

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal 13

National Democratic Alliance

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Sunil Kumar Jakhar 13

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann 12
Bahujan Samaj Party Jasvir Singh Garhi 13
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Purshottam Lal Bilga 1
Communist Party of India 3

List of Candidates

Constituency
INC AAP SAD BJP
1 Gurdaspur INC Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa AAP Amansher Singh SAD Daljit Singh Cheema BJP Dinesh Singh
2 Amritsar INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal SAD Anil Joshi BJP Taranjit Singh Sandhu
3 Khadoor Sahib INC Kulbir Singh Zira AAP Laljit Singh Bhullar SAD Virsa Singh Valtoha BJP Manjeet Singh Manna Mianwind
4 Jalandhar (SC) INC Charanjit Singh Channi AAP Pawan Kumar Tinu SAD Mohinder Singh Kaypee BJP Sushil Kumar Rinku
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) INC Yamini Gomar AAP Raj Kumar Chabbewal SAD Sohan Singh Thandal BJP Anita Parkash
6 Anandpur Sahib INC Vijay Inder Singla AAP Malwinder Singh Kang SAD Prem Singh Chandumajra BJP Subhash Sharma
7 Ludhiana INC Amrinder Singh Raja Warring AAP Ashok Parashar Pappi SAD Ranjit Singh Dhillon BJP Ravneet Singh Bittu
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) INC Amar Singh AAP Gurpreet Singh GP SAD Bikramjit Singh Khalsa BJP Gejja Ram Valmiki
9 Faridkot (SC) INC Amarjit Kaur Sahoke AAP Karamjit Anmol SAD Rajwinder Singh BJP Hans Raj Hans
10 Firozpur INC Sher Singh Ghubaya AAP Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar SAD Nardev Singh Mann BJP Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi
11 Bathinda INC Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu AAP Gurmeet Singh Khudian SAD Harsimrat Kaur Badal BJP Parampal Kaur Sidhu
12 Sangrur INC Sukhpal Singh Khaira AAP Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer SAD Iqbal Singh Jhundan BJP Arvind Khanna
13 Patiala INC Dharamvir Gandhi AAP Balbir Singh SAD Narinder Kumar Sharma BJP Preneet Kaur

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[17] ±5% 11 1 1 0 INDIA
India Today-CVoter February 2024[18] ±3-5% 10 2 1 0 INDIA
ABP-CVoter December 2023[19] ±3-5% 9-11 0-2 0-2 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG December 2023[20] ±3% 6-10 3-5 1-2 0-1 INDIA
India TV-CNX October 2023[21] ±3% 11 1 1 0 INDIA
Times Now-ETG September 2023[22] ±3% 8-11 1-3 1-2 0 INDIA
August 2023[23] ±3% 8-12 1-2 1-2 0-1 INDIA
Polling agency Date published Margin of error Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
ABP News-CVoter March 2024[17] ±5% 57% 16% 17% 10% 40
India Today-CVoter February 2024[18] ±3-5% 65% 17% 18% 47

Exit polls

Polling agency Lead
INDIA NDA SAD Others
DB Live 13 0 0 0 INDIA
TV9 Bharatvarsh- People's Insight - Polstrat 8 2 0 3 INDIA
2019 election 9 2 2 0 INDIA
Actual results 10 0 1 2 INDIA

Voter turnout

Constituency Poll Date Turnout Swing
1 Gurdaspur 1 June 2024 66.67% 2.57%
2 Amritsar 56.06% 1.01%
3 Khador Sahib 62.55% 1.41%
4 Jalandhar (SC) 71.92% 3.34%
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) 58.86% 3.22%
6 Anandpur Sahib 61.98% 1.71%
7 Ludhiana 60.12% 2.08%
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) 62.53% 3.16%
9 Faridkot (SC) 63.34% 0.09%
10 Firozpur 56.40% 5.45%
11 Bathinda 72.43% 4.80%
12 Sangrur 69.46% 7.77%
13 Patiala 74.02% 4.14%
62.80% 3.14%

Results

Map displaying constituencies won by parties
7 3 2 1
INC AAP IND SAD
Seat Share by Alliance
  1. INC - 7 (53.8%)
  2. AAP - 3 (23.1%)
  3. SAD - 1 (7.69%)
  4. IND - 2 (15.4%)
Vote Share
  1. INC 26.39 (24.4%)
  2. AAP 26.02 (24.1%)
  3. SAD 13.42 (12.4%)
  4. BJP 18.56 (17.2%)
  5. IND 7.86 (7.28%)
  6. SAD(A) 3.84 (3.56%)
  7. BSP 2.49 (2.31%)
  8. Others 8.88 (8.23%)
  9. NOTA 0.49 (0.45%)

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party[24] Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INDIA INC 3,543,824 26.30 13.82 13 7 1
AAP 3,506,939 26.02 18.64 13 3 2
NDA BJP 2,500,877 18.56 8.93 13 0 2
SAD 1,808,837 13.42 14.34 13 1 1
SAD (A) 517,024 3.84 3.44 12 0
BSP 335,921 2.49 1.03 13 0
CPI 21,383 0.16% 1 0 -
CPI(M) 5,958 0.04% 1 0 -
RSP 1,898 0.01%
ASP(K) 9,680 0.07
Others 0
IND 1,058,241 7.86 2 2
NOTA 67,158 0.49 0.63
Total 13,463,765 100% - 13 -

Results by region

Region Seats INC AAP SAD+ IND
Malwa 8 4 2 1 1
Majha 3 2 0 0 1
Doaba 2 1 1 0 0
Total 13 7 3 1 2

Results by Seat Reservation

Seat Type Seats
INC AAP SAD
Contested Won SR(%) Contested Won SR(%) Contested Won SR(%)
General 9 9 5 55.56 9 2 22.22 9 1 11.11
Scheduled Caste 4 4 2 50.00 4 1 25 4 0 0
Total 13 13 7 53.84 13 3 23.07 13 1 7.69

Results by constituency

Constituency Turnout Winner Runner-up Margin
No. Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Gurdaspur 66.67% Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 3,64,043 33.78 Dinesh Singh BJP 2,81,182 26.09 82,861
2 Amritsar 56.06% Gurjeet Singh Aujla INC 2,55,181 28.18 Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal AAP 2,14,880 23.73 40,301
3 Khadoor Sahib 62.55% Amritpal Singh IND 4,04430 38.62 Kulbir Singh Zira INC 2,07,310 19.80 1,97,120
4 Jalandhar (SC) 59.70% Charanjit Singh Channi INC 3,90,053 39.43 Sushil Kumar Rinku BJP 2,14,060 21.64 1,75,993
5 Hoshiarpur (SC) 58.86% Raj Kumar Chabbewal AAP 3,03,859 32.04 Yamini Gomar INC 2,59,748 27.39 44,111
6 Anandpur Sahib 61.98% Malwinder Singh Kang AAP 3,13,217 29.08 Vijay Inder Singla INC 3,02,371 28.07 10,846
7 Ludhiana 60.12% Amrinder Singh Raja Warring INC 3,22,224 30.42 Ravneet Singh Bittu BJP 3,01,282 28.45 20,942
8 Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) 62.53% Amar Singh INC 3,32,591 34.14 Gurpreet Singh GP AAP 2,98,389 30.63 34,202
9 Faridkot (SC) 63.34% Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa IND 2,98,062 29.38 Karamjit Anmol AAP 2,28,009 22.48 70,053
10 Firozpur 67.02% Sher Singh Ghubaya INC 2,66,626 23.70 Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar AAP 2,63,384 23.41 3,242
11 Bathinda 69.36% Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD 3,76,558 32.71 Gurmeet Singh Khudian AAP 3,26,902 28.40 49,656
12 Sangrur 64.63% Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer AAP 3,64,085 36.06 Sukhpal Singh Khaira INC 1,91,525 18.97 1,72,560
13 Patiala 63.63% Dharamvir Gandhi INC 3,05,616 26.54 Balbir Singh AAP 2,90,785 25.25 14,831

Result by Party

Results by constituency

Constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Independent Winner
No. Name
1 Gurdaspur 3,64,043 2,77,252 85,500 2,81,182 INC
2 Amritsar 2,55,181 2,14,880 1,62,896 2,07,205 INC
3 Khadoor Sahib* 2,07,310 2,07,310 1,94,836 86,416 4,04,430 INPD
4 Jalandhar 3,90,053 2,08,889 67,911 2,14,060 INC
5 Hoshiarpur 2,59,748 3,03,859 91,789 1,99,994 AAP
6 Anandpur Sahib 3,02,371 3,13,217 1,17,936 1,86,578 AAP
7 Ludhiana 3,22,224 2,37,077 90,220 3,01,282 INC
8 Fatehgarh Sahib 3,32,591 2,98,389 1,26,730 1,27,521 INC
9 Faridkot* 1,60,357 2,28,009 1,38,251 1,23,533 2,98,062 INPD
10 Firozpur 2,66,626 2,63,384 2,53,645 2,55,097 INC
11 Bathinda 2,02,011 3,26,902 3,76,558 1,10,762 SAD
12 Sangrur 1,91,525 3,64,085 62,488 1,28,253 AAP
13 Patiala 3,05,616 2,90,785 1,53,978 2,88,998 INC
  • Won by Independents

Changes in Seats

Party Holds Lost Gained Total tally
Indian National Congress 5 3 2 7
Aam Aadmi Party 1 0 2 3
Shiromani Akali Dal 1 1 0 1
Independent 0 0 2 2
Bharatiya Janata Party 0 2 0 0
  • INC
    • Holds - Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Shaib and Patiala
    • Lost - Khadoor Shaib, Faridkot and Anandpur Shaib
    • Gained - Gurdaspur and Firozpur
  • AAP
    • Holds - Sangrur
    • Gained - Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib
  • SAD
    • Holds - Bathinda
    • Lost - Firozpur
  • Independent
    • Gained - Khadoor Shaib and Faridkot
  • BJP
    • Lost - Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Lead in Assembly segments 2022 Results +/-
Indian National Congress 37 18 19
Aam Aadmi Party 33 92 59
Bharatiya Janata Party 23 2 21
Independent 15 1 14
Shiromani Akali Dal 9 3 6
Bahujan Samaj Party 0 1 1
Total 117

Assembly Segment wise Party Vote

1. Gurdaspur

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Sujanpur 36004 17258 1938 62785 BJP INC
2 Bhoa 43577 21372 2825 56393 BJP INC
3 Pathankot 30668 16646 2001 52122 BJP INC
4 Gurdaspur 36981 34228 10233 21954 INC AAP
5 Dina Nagar 45319 27647 9059 36860 INC BJP
6 Qadian 41806 38654 15568 12959 INC AAP
7 Batala 36648 35713 10758 22674 INC AAP
8 Fatehgarh Churian 42512 39640 15713 6973 INC AAP
9 Dera Baba Nanak 48198 44258 17099 5981 INC AAP
10 Ballot Paper 2330 1836 306 2481 BJP INC
11 Total 364,043 277,252 85,500 281,182 INC BJP

2. Sri Amritsar Sahib

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Ajnala 30309 35344 17946 14404 AAP INC
2 Raja Sansi 36285 31742 22942 11680 INC AAP
3 Majitha 16505 28530 40981 8056 SAD AAP
4 Amritsar North 28724 13674 18010 47408 BJP INC
5 Amritsar West 35012 22080 11451 30937 INC BJP
6 Amritsar Central 24878 11255 4905 35572 BJP INC
7 Amritsar East 28440 18402 10943 29635 BJP INC
8 Amritsar South 21782 28431 10932 15819 AAP INC
9 Attari 32479 24810 24576 13321 INC AAP
10 Postal Ballot 767 612 210 373 INC AAP
11 Total 255,181 214,880 162,896 207,205 INC AAP

3. Sri Khadoor Sahib

No. Assembly constituency IND Votes INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Jandiala 45190 20052 23571 9873 8223 IND AAP
2 Tarn Taran 44703 20193 18298 10896 8105 IND INC
3 Khem Karan 46600 18000 30254 21866 9538 IND AAP
4 Patti 56758 19554 27804 3554 10264 IND AAP
5 Khadoor Sahib 58426 19271 21915 11220 8217 IND AAP
6 Baba Bakala 52599 20866 15486 8771 12296 IND INC
7 Kapurthala 21548 28603 11835 4969 15142 INC IND
8 Sultanpur Lodhi 32875 23445 18443 4226 5688 IND INC
9 Zira 43901 36302 26554 10916 8337 IND INC
10 Postal Ballot 1830 1024 676 125 563 IND INC
11 Total 404,430 207,310 194,836 86,416 86,373 IND INC

4. Jalandhar

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes BSP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Phillaur 46956 27401 10460 12131 16066 INC AAP
2 Nakodar 43874 23201 15906 14080 10663 INC AAP
3 Shahkot 47009 28116 13499 11389 1954 INC AAP
4 Kartarpur 45158 29106 8233 11856 11851 INC AAP
5 Jalandhar West 44394 15629 2623 42837 1958 INC BJP
6 Jalandhar Central 34382 18528 2404 38115 2141 BJP INC
7 Jalandhar North 41043 19150 2475 47029 3221 BJP INC
8 Jalandhar Cantt 45450 20246 5683 29094 6590 INC BJP
9 Adampur 41243 27172 6528 7171 10412 INC AAP
10 Postal Ballot 544 340 100 358 85 INC AAP
11 Total INC BJP

5. Hoshiarpur

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Sri Hargobindpur 35258 28955 19368 4569 INC AAP
2 Bholath 22667 23426 12302 4731 AAP INC
3 Phagwara 29390 30349 9244 27756 AAP INC
4 Mukerian 29382 34826 9433 45900 BJP AAP
5 Dasuya 29207 35032 5902 39075 BJP AAP
6 Urmar 36303 33269 11517 13030 INC AAP
7 Sham Chaurasi 32387 34655 7961 15379 AAP INC
8 Hoshiarpur 25180 36957 3841 38664 BJP AAP
9 Chabbewal 18162 44933 11935 9472 AAP INC
10 Postal Ballot 1812 1457 286 1418 INC AAP
11 Total 259,748 303,859 91,789 199,994 AAP INC

6. Sri Anandpur Sahib

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BSP Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Garhshankar 23078 33789 11270 13346 18971 AAP INC
2 Banga (SC) 28055 29315 14098 16935 6963 AAP INC
3 Nawan Shahr 24701 33655 12480 19250 9691 AAP INC
4 Balachaur 22684 21772 14652 20616 14820 INC AAP
5 Anandpur Sahib 33227 39898 8337 2616 34471 AAP BJP
6 Rupnagar 31048 38951 12461 8641 16990 AAP INC
7 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) 50209 33181 14176 3887 7534 INC AAP
8 Kharar 46622 40983 17654 2681 40391 INC AAP
9 S.A.S. Nagar 41790 40697 12523 1981 36005 INC AAP
10 Postal Ballot 957 976 285 204 742 AAP INC
11 Total 302371 313217 117936 90157 186578 AAP INC

7. Ludhiana

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Ludhiana East 41296 28096 13395 50833 BJP INC
2 Ludhiana South 32982 19289 4939 37378 BJP INC
3 Atam Nagar 30696 25600 6060 22753 INC BJP
4 Ludhiana Central 24155 20039 4092 41450 BJP INC
5 Ludhiana West 30889 22461 5560 45424 BJP INC
6 Ludhiana North 31415 25127 4514 53725 BJP INC
7 Gill (SC) 54981 41520 16985 30154 INC AAP
8 Dakha 40276 28743 21776 7072 INC AAP
9 Jagraon (SC) 34734 25745 12752 12138 INC AAP
10 Postal Ballot 800 457 147 355 INC AAP
11 Total 322224 237077 90220 301282 INC BJP

11. Bathinda

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Lambi 17371 31073 54337 6416 SAD AAP
2 Bhucho Mandi (SC) 22154 32124 46863 10216 SAD AAP
3 Bathinda Urban 30420 32780 35769 36287 BJP SAD
4 Bathinda Rural (SC) 18201 30548 41423 6651 SAD AAP
5 Talwandi Sabo 22631 30762 34045 6694 SAD AAP
6 Maur 17751 35211 34959 8278 AAP SAD
7 Mansa 23769 48008 41062 16856 AAP SAD
8 Sardulgarh 25619 44474 39338 8526 AAP SAD
9 Budhlada (SC) 22943 40039 47223 10331 SAD AAP
10 Postal Ballot 1152 1883 1539 507 SAD AAP
11 Total 202011 326902 376558 110762 SAD AAP

12. Sangrur

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Lehra 21543 40226 5952 20405 AAP INC
2 Dirba 17102 48614 7755 9960 AAP INC
3 Sunam 17450 50662 8583 17991 AAP BJP
4 Bhadaur 15469 31512 9854 9326 AAP INC
5 Barnala 15176 37674 5724 19218 AAP BJP
6 Mehal Kalan 16631 35726 7121 5048 AAP INC
7 Malerkotla 45508 33854 5670 10275 INC AAP
8 Dhuri 14882 49413 5780 12450 AAP INC
9 Sangrur 26448 35110 5826 23108 AAP INC
10 Postal Ballot 1316 1294 223 472 INC AAP
11 Total 191525 364085 62488 128253 AAP INC

13. Patiala

No. Assembly constituency INC Votes AAP Votes SAD Votes BJP Votes Lead Runner-up
1 Nabha (SC) 36230 32577 18345 22198 INC AAP
2 Patiala Rural 34985 37446 15182 30320 AAP INC
3 Rajpura 32032 22336 14057 37340 BJP INC
4 Dera Bassi 46621 36390 33748 65742 BJP INC
5 Ghanaur 37633 28543 16238 14764 INC AAP
6 Sanour 37846 43048 19497 25670 AAP INC
7 Patiala 23035 21105 4634 41548 BJP INC
8 Samana 28937 36141 17871 26387 AAP INC
9 Shutrana (SC) 27353 32499 14118 24501 AAP INC
10 Postal Ballot 944 700 198 528 INC AAP
11 Total 305616 290785 153978 288998 INC AAP

See also

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