2009 Indian general election in Punjab
April–May 2009
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| Turnout | 69.78% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Captain Amarinder Singh | 13 |
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) | Sukhbir Singh Badal | 10 | ||
| 2. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 |
List of Candidates
Results by Party/Alliance
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| UPA | INC | 5,350,377 | 45.23 | 11.06 | 13 | 8 | 6 | ||
| NDA | SAD | 4,004,789 | 33.85 | 0.43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| BJP | 1,190,144 | 10.06 | 0.42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 5,194,933 | 43.91 | 0.85 | 13 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Others | 1,009,548 | 8.53 | 79 | 0 | |||||
| IND | 274,446 | 2.32 | 0.43 | 113 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 11,829,304 | 100% | - | 218 | 13 | - | |||
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
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| 1 | Gurdaspur | Partap Singh Bajwa | INC | 447,994 | 48.00 | Vinod Khanna | BJP | 439,652 | 47.10 | 8,342 | 0.90 | ||
| 2 | Amritsar | Navjot Singh Sidhu | BJP | 392,046 | 48.13 | Om Parkash Soni | INC | 385,188 | 47.29 | 6,858 | 0.84 | ||
| 3 | Khadoor Sahib | Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala | SAD | 467,980 | 49.44 | Rana Gurjeet Singh | INC | 435,720 | 46.03 | 32,260 | 3.41 | ||
| 4 | Jalandhar | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | INC | 408,103 | 45.36 | Hans Raj Hans | SAD | 371,658 | 41.31 | 36,445 | 4.05 | ||
| 5 | Hoshiarpur | Santosh Chowdhary | INC | 358,812 | 42.55 | Som Parkash | BJP | 358,446 | 42.51 | 366 | 0.04 | ||
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | Ravneet Singh | INC | 404,836 | 44.75 | Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema | SAD | 337,632 | 37.32 | 67,204 | 7.43 | ||
| 7 | Ludhiana | Manish Tewari | INC | 449,264 | 53.08 | Gurcharan Singh Galib | SAD | 335,558 | 39.65 | 113,706 | 13.43 | ||
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Sukhdev Singh | INC | 393,557 | 46.96 | Charanjit Singh Atwal | SAD | 359,258 | 42.86 | 34,299 | 4.10 | ||
| 9 | Faridkot | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan | SAD | 457,734 | 49.19 | Sukhwinder Singh Danny | INC | 395,692 | 42.52 | 62,042 | 6.67 | ||
| 10 | Ferozpur | Sher Singh Ghubaya | SAD | 450,900 | 47.12 | Jagmeet Singh Brar | INC | 429,829 | 44.92 | 21,071 | 2.20 | ||
| 11 | Bathinda (SC) | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | SAD | 529,472 | 50.51 | Raninder Singh | INC | 408,524 | 38.97 | 120,948 | 11.54 | ||
| 12 | Sangrur | Vijay Inder Singla | INC | 358,670 | 38.52 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD | 317,798 | 34.13 | 40,872 | 4.39 | ||
| 13 | Patiala | Preneet Kaur | INC | 474,188 | 50.66 | Prem Singh Chandumajra | SAD | 376,799 | 40.26 | 97,389 | 10.40 | ||
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambika Soni | Punjab (Rajya Sabha) |
Cabinet Minister | Information and Broadcasting | 28 May 2009 |
27 Oct 2012 |
INC | |
| 2 | M. S. Gill | Punjab (Rajya Sabha) |
Cabinet Minister | Youth Affairs and Sports | 28 May 2009 |
19 Jan 2011 | ||
| MoS(I/C) | Statistics and Programme Implementation | 19 Jan 2011 |
12 July 2011 | |||||
| 3 | Ashwani Kumar | Punjab (Rajya Sabha) |
MoS | Planning; Parliamentary Affairs; Science and Technology; Earth Sciences | 19 Jan 2011 |
28 Oct 2012 | ||
| Cabinet Minister | Law and Justice | 28 Oct 2012 |
11 May 2013 | |||||
| 4 | Preneet Kaur | Patiala | MoS | External Affairs | 28 May 2009 |
26 May 2014 | ||
| 5 | Manish Tewari | Ludhiana | MoS(I/C) | Information and Broadcasting | 28 Oct 2012 |
26 May 2014 | ||
| 6 | Santosh Chowdhary | Hoshiarpur | MoS | Health and Family Welfare | 17 June 2013 |
26 May 2014 | ||
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
| Party | Assembly segments | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 65 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 41 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 | |
| Total | 117 | |
References
- ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "General Election 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result".