Narendra Modi
BJP
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The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha .
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. 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 . 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.
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. Patiala MP Preneet Kaur joined BJP. Sushil Rinku, who was announced as the AAP candidate for Jalandhar constituency, joined BJP, he was member of INC prior to AAP. Ravneet Singh Bittu , MP from Ludhiana, joined BJP. In April 2024, former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD joined AAP, and was announced candidate for Jalandhar.
Election schedule The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase.
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 In Punjab, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) member parties Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress have decided not to have an alliance and to contest independently as they are the main opponents of each other within the state.
Others Candidates Surveys and polls Opinion polls
Polling agency
Date published
Margin of Error
Lead
INDIA
NDA
SAD
Others
ABP News -CVoter
March 2024
±5%
11
1
1
0
INDIA
India Today -CVoter
February 2024
±3-5%
10
2
1
0
INDIA
ABP -CVoter
December 2023
±3-5%
9-11
0-2
0-2
0
INDIA
Times Now -ETG
December 2023
±3%
6-10
3-5
1-2
0-1
INDIA
India TV -CNX
October 2023
±3%
11
1
1
0
INDIA
Times Now -ETG
September 2023
±3%
8-11
1-3
1-2
0
INDIA
August 2023
±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
±5%
57%
16%
17%
10%
40
India Today -CVoter
February 2024
±3-5%
65%
17%
18%
47
Exit polls Voter turnout Results Results by alliance or party
Alliance/ Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
INDIA
INC
3,543,824
26.30
13
7
AAP
3,506,939
26.02
13
3
SAD
1,808,837
13.42
13
1
NDA
BJP
2,500,877
18.56
13
0
SAD (A)
517,024
3.84
12
0
BSP
335,921
2.49
13
0
Others
0
IND
2
NOTA
66,263
0.49
Total
100%
-
13
-
Results by constituency
Constituency
Turnout
Winner
Runner Up
Margin
No.
Name
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
Party
Alliance
Candidate
Votes
%
1
Gurdaspur
66.67%
INC
INDIA
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
3,64,043
33.78%
BJP
NDA
Dinesh Singh
2,81,182
26.09%
82,861
2
Amritsar
56.06%
INC
INDIA
Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2,55,181
28.18%
AAP
INDIA
Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal
2,14,880
23.73%
40,301
3
Khadoor Sahib
62.55%
IND
Others
Amritpal Singh
4,04430
38.62%
INC
INDIA
Kulbir Singh Zira
2,07,310
19.80%
1,97,120
4
Jalandhar (SC)
59.70%
INC
INDIA
Charanjit Singh Channi
3,90,053
39.43%
BJP
NDA
Sushil Kumar Rinku
2,14,060
21.64%
1,75,993
5
Hoshiarpur (SC)
58.86%
AAP
INDIA
Raj Kumar Chabbewal
3,03,859
32.04%
INC
INDIA
Yamini Gomar
2,59,748
27.39%
44,111
6
Anandpur Sahib
61.98%
AAP
INDIA
Malwinder Singh Kang
3,13,217
29.08%
INC
INDIA
Vijay Inder Singla
3,02,371
28.07%
10,846
7
Ludhiana
60.12%
INC
INDIA
Amrinder Singh Raja Warring
3,22,224
30.42%
BJP
NDA
Ravneet Singh Bittu
3,01,282
28.45%
20,942
8
Fatehgarh Sahib (SC)
62.53%
INC
INDIA
Amar Singh
3,32,591
34.14%
AAP
INDIA
Gurpreet Singh GP
2,98,389
30.63%
34,202
9
Faridkot (SC)
63.34%
IND
Others
Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa
2,98,062
29.38%
AAP
INDIA
Karamjit Anmol
2,28,009
22.48%
70,053
10
Firozpur
67.02%
INC
INDIA
Sher Singh Ghubaya
2,66,626
23.70%
AAP
INDIA
Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar
2,63,384
23.41%
3,242
11
Bathinda
69.36%
SAD
Others
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
3,76,558
32.71%
AAP
INDIA
Gurmeet Singh Khudian
3,26,902
28.40%
49,656
12
Sangrur
64.63%
AAP
INDIA
Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
3,64,085
36.06%
INC
INDIA
Sukhpal Singh Khaira
1,91,525
18.97%
1,72,560
13
Patiala
63.63%
INC
INDIA
Dharamvir Gandhi
3,05,616
26.54%
AAP
INDIA
Balbir Singh
2,90,785
25.25%
14,831
Changes in Seats 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 Assembly segment wise lead of partied in 2024 general election in Punjab See also
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