2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
13 February 2002 (2002-02-13)
All 117 seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout62.14% ( 6.59%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Captain Amarinder Singh Parkash Singh Badal
Party INC SAD
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since 26 February 2002 1 March 1997
Leader's seat Patiala Lambi
Last election 14 75
Seats won 62 41
Seat change 48 34
Popular vote 5,572,643 4,828,612
Percentage 40.11% 34.76%
Swing 13.8% 11.3%
Chief Minister before election

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

Elected Chief Minister

Amarinder Singh
INC

Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2002, to elect 117 members to the Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] Indian National Congress gained majority of the seats. Amarinder Singh was elected as the Chief Minister.

Parties and Alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress Captain Amarinder Singh 105 62
2. Communist Party of India 11 2

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Parkash Singh Badal 94 41
2. Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3

Results

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2002[1]
Party Candidates Seats Votes % of votes
Indian National Congress 105 62 36,82,877 35.8%
Shiromani Akali Dal 92 41 31,96,924 31.08%
Bahujan Samaj Party 100 0 5,85,579 5.7%
Bharatiya Janata Party 23 3 5,83,214 5.67%
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 84 0 4,78,115 4.6%
Communist Party of India 11 2 2,20,785 2.15%
Total[a] 923 117 10,284,686
  1. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat

Result by Region

Region Seats INC SAD BJP CPI Others
Malwa 65 29 27 1 2 6
Majha 27 17 7 0 0 3
Doaba 25 16 7 2 0 0
Sum 117 62 41 3 2 9

Constituency wise Results

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
No. Name[a] Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Fatehgarh Sukhjinder Singh INC 46,739 53.56 Nirmal Singh SAD 39,287 45.02 7,452 8.54
2 Batala Ashwani Sekhri INC 47,933 56.37 Jagdish Sahni BJP 34,405 40.46 13,528 15.91
3 Qadian Tripat Singh INC 46,902 51.55 Natha Singh SAD 39,948 43.90 6,954 7.65
4 Srihargobindpur Balbir Singh Bath SAD 27,836 41.27 Fatehjang Bajwa IND 16,337 24.22 11,499 17.05
5 Kahnuwan Partap Bajwa INC 44,540 52.28 Sewa Sekhwan SAD 37,735 44.29 6,805 7.99
6 Dhariwal Sucha Chhotepur IND 32,442 39.49 Sucha Langah SAD 32,362 39.39 80 0.10
7 Gurdaspur Khushhal Bahl INC 35,442 44.26 Munawar Masih SAD 23,751 29.66 11,691 14.60
8 Dina Nagar (SC) Aruna Chaudhary INC 36,765 48.05 Sita Ram BJP 34,083 44.54 2,682 3.51
9 Narot Mehra (SC) Rumal Chand INC 32,107 44.70 Bishambar Das BJP 21,594 30.07 10,513 14.63
10 Pathankot Ashok Sharma INC 45,073 56.93 Master Mohan Lal BJP 27,709 35.00 17,364 21.93
11 Sujanpur Raghunath Puri INC 48,740 57.41 Satpal Saini BJP 30,496 35.92 18,244 21.49
12 Beas Jasbir Singh Gill INC 45,832 50.61 Manjinder Singh Kang SAD 39,382 43.49 6,450 7.12
13 Majitha Swinder Singh INC 41,072 49.40 Raj Mohinder Majitha SAD 38,874 46.76 2,198 2.64
14 Verka (SC) Raj Kumar Verka INC 48,041 51.31 Dalbir Singh SAD 38,651 41.28 9,390 10.03
15 Jandiala (SC) Sardul Singh INC 45,599 52.01 Malkiat Singh SAD 37,866 43.19 7,733 8.82
16 Amritsar North Jugal Kishore Sharma INC 31,024 54.38 Baldev Raj Chawala BJP 16,268 28.51 14,756 25.87
17 Amritsar West Om Parkash Soni IND 45,331 44.09 Amarjit Singh CPI 21,791 21.20 23,540 22.89
18 Amritsar Central Darbari Lal INC 24,286 54.99 Laxmi Kanta Chawla BJP 18,115 41.02 6,171 13.97
19 Amritsar South Harjinder Thekedar INC 23,322 36.82 Raminder Singh Bolaria IND 19,232 30.36 4,090 6.46
20 Ajnala Dr. Rattan Singh SAD 47,182 46.12 Harpartap Singh IND 46,826 45.77 356 0.35
21 Raja Sansi Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 42,238 49.38 Sukhbinder Sarkaria IND 38,785 45.34 3,453 4.04
22 Attari (SC) Gulzar Ranike SAD 43,740 62.92 Rattan Singh INC 19,521 28.08 24,219 34.84
23 Tarn Taran Harmeet Sandhu IND 30,560 38.93 Alwinderpal Singh SAD 24,341 31.01 6,219 7.92
24 Khadoor
Sahib (SC) 		Manjit Singh SAD 37,200 53.54 Sukhdev Singh INC 14,490 20.85 22,710 32.69
25 Naushahra
Panwan 		Ranjit Singh SAD 36,153 52.50 Jagir Singh INC 30,219 43.88 5,934 8.62
26 Patti Adesh Partap Kairon SAD 44,703 55.17 Tarlok Singh INC 23,324 28.78 21,379 26.39
27 Valtoha Gurchet Singh INC 39,064 50.44 Gurdial Singh SAD 34,119 44.06 4,945 6.38
28 Adampur Kanwaljit Singh Lally INC 32,619 39.53 Sarabjit Singh Makkar SAD 25,243 30.59 7,376 8.94
29 Jullundur
Cantonment 		Gurkanwal Kaur INC 29,160 43.97 Paramjit Singh SAD 18,307 27.60 10,853 16.37
30 Jullundur North Avtar Henry INC 41,856 64.49 Suresh Sehgal BJP 19,489 30.03 22,367 34.46
31 Jullundur Central Raj Kumar Gupta INC 30,066 47.58 Manoranjan Kalia BJP 22,355 35.37 7,711 12.21
32 Jullundur
South (SC) 		Mohinder Singh Kaypee INC 34,869 42.54 Chuni Lal Bhagat BJP 24,046 29.34 10,823 13.20
33 Kartarpur (SC) Chaudhry Jagjit Singh INC 39,010 45.25 Charnjit Singh Atwal SAD 34,887 40.47 4,123 4.78
34 Lohian Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 48,787 50.24 Brij Bhupinder Singh INC 43,612 44.91 5,175 5.33
35 Nakodar Amarjit Singh Samra INC 39,216 45.98 Gurmeet Singh Daduwal SAD 29,749 34.88 9,467 11.10
36 Nur Mahal Gurbinder Singh Atwal INC 35,610 41.18 Gurdip Singh SAD 26,331 30.45 9,279 10.73
37 Banga (SC) Tarlochan Singh INC 27,574 34.80 Mohan Lal BSP 23,919 30.18 3,655 4.62
38 Nawan Shahr Parkash Singh INC 32,667 32.29 Ram Kishan BSP 27,321 27.01 5,346 5.28
39 Phillaur (SC) Santokh Chaudhary INC 33,570 38.68 Sarwan Singh SAD 28,915 33.32 4,655 5.36
40 Bholath Jagir Kaur SAD 41,937 55.39 Sukhpal Singh INC 30,559 40.36 11,378 15.03
41 Kapurthala Rana Gurjeet Singh INC 33,715 46.98 Raghbir Singh SAD 23,590 32.87 10,125 14.11
42 Sultanpur Upinderjit Kaur SAD 40,485 49.52 Rajanbir Singh INC 34,971 42.77 5,514 6.75
43 Phagwara (SC) Joginder Singh INC 31,601 36.60 Swarna Ram BJP 30,415 35.23 1,186 1.37
44 Balachaur Nand Lal SAD 33,629 41.80 Ram Kishan Kataria INC 23,286 28.95 10,343 12.85
45 Garhshankar Avinash Khanna BJP 24,638 33.32 Shingara Ram Sahungra BSP 18,463 24.97 6,175 8.35
46 Mahilpur (SC) Sohan Singh Thandal SAD 27,724 42.70 Avtar Singh Karimpuri BSP 18,444 28.41 9,280 14.29
47 Hoshiarpur Tikshan Sud BJP 24,141 32.53 Naresh Thakur INC 23,833 32.11 308 0.42
48 Sham
Chaurasi (SC) 		Ram Lubhaya INC 24,446 31.24 Mohinder Kaur Josh IND 22,965 29.34 1,481 1.90
49 Tanda Balbir Singh SAD 37,354 46.75 Sangat Singh INC 34,828 43.59 2,526 3.16
50 Garhdiwala (SC) Des Raj SAD 30,761 43.63 Pawan Kumar Adia INC 22,860 32.43 7,901 11.20
51 Dasuya Ramesh Chander INC 38,718 49.74 Mahant Ram Parkash BJP 26,635 34.21 12,083 15.53
52 Mukerian Dr. Kewal Krishan INC 43,579 46.16 Arunesh Shakar BJP 34,516 36.56 9,063 9.60
53 Jagraon Bhag Singh Mallah SAD 32,152 34.94 Darshan Singh Brar IND 30,595 33.25 1,557 1.69
54 Raikot Ranjit Talwandi SAD 44,388 49.14 Harmohinder Pardhan INC 37,989 42.06 6,399 7.08
55 Dakha (SC) Malkiat Singh Dakha INC 51,570 44.25 Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD 42,844 36.76 8,726 7.49
56 Qila Raipur Jagdish Singh Gurcha SAD 36,849 42.25 Gurdial Kaur Khangura INC 30,270 34.70 6,579 7.55
57 Ludhiana North Rakesh Pandey INC 39,167 61.07 Pran Nath Bhatia BJP 16,295 25.41 22,872 35.66
58 Ludhiana West Harnam Dass Johar INC 36,006 52.85 Avtar Singh Makkar SAD 19,406 28.49 16,600 24.36
59 Ludhiana East Surinder Kumar Dawar INC 32,016 59.74 Sat Pal Gosain BJP 18,767 35.02 13,249 24.72
60 Ludhiana Rural Malkit Singh Birmi INC 60,638 40.30 Amrik Singh Aliwal SAD 30,535 20.29 30,103 20.01
61 Payal Tej Parkash Singh INC 42,282 48.91 Jagjiwan Pal Singh SAD 34,681 40.12 7,601 8.79
62 Kum Kalan (SC) Inder Iqbal Atwal SAD 45,026 47.71 Ishar Singh INC 42,420 44.95 2,606 2.76
63 Samrala Amrik Singh INC 43,845 50.57 Kirpal Singh SAD 36,478 42.07 7,367 8.50
64 Khanna (SC) Harbans Kaur INC 41,578 48.44 Satwinder Dhaliwal SAD 31,943 37.22 9,635 11.22
65 Nangal Kanwar Pal Singh INC 37,629 50.29 Madan Mohan Mittal BJP 23,667 31.63 13,962 18.66
66 Anandpur Sahib Ramesh Dutt Sharma INC 41,950 50.62 Tara Singh SAD 29,268 35.31 12,682 15.31
67 Chamkaur
Sahib (SC) 		Satwant Kaur SAD 33,511 45.63 Bhag Singh INC 24,413 33.24 9,098 12.39
68 Morinda Jagmohan Singh INC 47,631 48.61 Ujagar Singh SAD 24,914 25.42 22,717 23.19
69 Kharar Bir Devinder Singh INC 24,846 23.36 Balbir Singh IND 23,326 21.93 1,520 1.43
70 Banur Kanwaljit Singh SAD 51,002 48.10 Sheelam Sohi INC 50,288 47.43 714 0.67
71 Rajpura Raj Khurana INC 47,472 52.54 Balram Ji Dass BJP 30,726 34.01 16,746 18.53
72 Ghanaur Jasjit Singh INC 40,945 46.27 Ajaib Singh SAD 29,357 33.18 11,588 13.09
73 Dakala Lal Singh INC 38,424 37.33 Charanjit Walia SAD 22,597 21.95 15,827 15.38
74 Shutrana (SC) Nirmal Singh SAD 34,123 35.05 Hamir Singh IND 18,567 19.07 15,556 15.98
75 Samana Surjit Singh Rakhra SAD 46,681 39.32 Brahm Mohindra INC 35,909 30.25 10,772 9.07
76 Patiala Town Amarinder Singh INC 46,750 74.47 Sarup Singh Sehgal SAD 13,167 20.97 33,583 53.50
77 Nabha Randeep Singh INC 37,453 34.82 Narinder Singh SAD 23,502 21.85 13,951 12.97
78 Amloh (SC) Sadhu Singh INC 45,383 45.50 Gurdev Singh SAD 26,633 26.70 18,750 18.80
79 Sirhind Dr. Harbans Lal INC 35,659 37.51 Didar Singh Bhatti SAD 32,528 34.22 3,131 3.29
80 Dhuri Gaganjit Singh SAD 25,538 26.57 Iqbal Singh SAD(A) 23,979 24.95 1,559 1.62
81 Malerkotla Razia Sultana INC 37,557 34.78 Ajit Singh IND 37,378 34.61 179 0.17
82 Sherpur (SC) Gobind Singh IND 30,132 33.16 Piara Singh SAD 26,525 29.19 3,607 3.97
83 Barnala Malkit Singh Keetu SAD 37,575 38.21 Surinder Pal Singh INC 21,305 21.67 16,270 16.54
84 Bhadaur (SC) Balbir Singh Ghunas SAD 43,558 50.54 Surinder Kaur INC 20,471 23.75 23,087 26.79
85 Dhanaula Gobind Singh SAD 31,007 33.24 Jagjit Singh INC 22,514 24.14 8,493 9.10
86 Sangrur Arvind Khanna INC 42,339 44.20 Ranjit Singh Balian IND 23,207 24.23 19,132 19.97
87 Dirbha Surjit Singh Dhiman IND 35,099 36.58 Baldev Singh Mann SAD 34,103 35.54 996 1.04
88 Sunam Parminder Singh SAD 44,506 45.14 Sonia Deepa Arora INC 25,831 26.20 18,675 18.94
89 Lehra Rajinder Kaur INC 43,579 46.01 Naranjan Singh SAD 28,071 29.64 15,508 16.37
90 Balluana (SC) Parkash Singh Bhatti INC 41,683 49.15 Gurtej Singh SAD 37,363 44.06 4,320 5.09
91 Abohar Sunil Jakhar INC 37,552 39.10 Sudhir Nagpal IND 30,213 31.46 7,339 7.64
92 Fazilka Mohinder Kumar INC 51,033 55.23 Surjit Kumar BJP 37,178 40.24 13,855 14.99
93 Jalalabad Hans Raj Josan INC 45,727 38.79 Sher Singh Ghubaya SAD 41,396 35.12 4,331 3.67
94 Guru Har Sahai Gurmit Singh INC 42,135 39.09 Paramjit Singh SAD 36,704 34.05 5,431 5.04
95 Firozepur Sukhpal Singh BJP 34,995 39.73 Balmukand Sharma INC 27,238 30.92 7,757 8.81
96 Firozepur
Cantonment 		Ravinder Singh INC 47,077 53.73 Janmeja Singh SAD 38,046 43.42 9,031 10.31
97 Zira Hari Singh SAD 43,991 43.78 Kuldeep Singh INC 36,424 36.25 7,567 7.53
98 Dharamkot (SC) Sital Singh SAD 35,729 40.97 Mukhtiar Singh IND 20,200 23.16 15,529 17.81
99 Moga Tota Singh SAD 42,579 47.91 Sathi Vijay Kumar INC 42,274 47.56 305 0.35
100 Bagha Purana Sadhu Singh Rajeana SAD 47,425 49.11 Maheshinder Singh INC 42,378 43.88 5,047 5.23
101 Nihal Singh
Wala (SC) 		Zora Singh SAD 35,556 44.21 Ajaib Singh CPI 16,729 20.80 18,827 23.41
102 Panjgrain (SC) Gurdev Badal SAD 43,811 48.86 Darshan Singh CPI 22,374 24.95 21,437 23.91
103 Kot Kapura Mantar Singh SAD 42,725 39.90 Prof. Vibha Sharma INC 40,986 38.28 1,739 1.62
104 Faridkot Kushaldeep Dhillon SAD 57,282 49.96 Avtar Singh Brar INC 51,011 44.49 6,271 5.47
105 Muktsar Sukhdarshan Singh IND 32,465 33.36 Harcharan Singh INC 32,265 33.15 200 0.21
106 Giddar Baha Manpreet Badal SAD 59,336 55.53 Raghuveer Singh INC 43,801 40.99 15,535 14.54
107 Malout (SC) Nathu Ram CPI 46,180 51.24 Mukhtiar Kaur SAD 39,571 43.90 6,609 7.34
108 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD 50,545 54.21 Maheshinder Singh IND 26,616 28.55 23,929 25.66
109 Talwandi Sabo Jeetmohinder Singh IND 29,879 31.60 Harminder Singh Jassi INC 29,642 31.35 237 0.25
110 Pakka
Kalan (SC) 		Gurjant Singh CPI 34,254 40.11 Makhan Singh SAD 32,477 38.03 1,777 2.08
111 Bhatinda Surinder Singla INC 46,451 40.62 Chiranji Lal SAD 33,038 28.89 13,413 11.73
112 Nathana (SC) Gura Singh SAD 46,042 47.68 Jasmail Singh INC 42,540 44.05 3,502 3.63
113 Rampura Phul Gurpreet Kangar IND 40,303 39.89 Sikander Maluka SAD 37,644 37.26 2,659 2.63
114 Joga Jagdeep Singh SAD 41,077 43.66 Sukhraj Singh INC 33,077 35.16 8,000 8.50
115 Mansa Sher Singh IND 27,826 28.75 Sukhwinder Singh SAD 27,782 28.70 44 0.05
116 Budhlada Harbant Singh SAD 44,184 44.89 Hardev Singh CPI 29,384 29.86 14,800 15.03
117 Sardulgarh Balwinder Bhunder SAD 49,281 48.57 Ajit Inder Singh INC 48,186 47.49 1,095 1.08

Bye Elections 2002-2007

 #     AC Name No Type State Winning Candidate Party Electors Votes Turnout Reason
1 Ajnala 20 GEN Punjab Harpartap Singh Ajnala INC 1,49,856 1,17,221 78.2 % Resignation of Shri (Dr.) Rattan Singh
2 Garhshankar 45 GEN Punjab Lov Kumar Goldi INC 1,19,404 78,733 NA NA
3 Kapurthala 41 GEN Punjab Sukhjinder Kaur INC 1,21,610 85,258 NA NA

Notes

  1. ^ SC and ST indicate constituencies reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes respectively.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Election Commission of India
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