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2009 Indian general election in Punjab
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2009 Indian general election in Punjab |
| country | India |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2004 Indian general election in Punjab |
| previous_year | 2004 |
| next_election | 2014 Indian general election in Punjab |
| next_year | 2014 |
| election_date | April–May 2009 |
| seats_for_election | 13 seats |
| turnout | 69.78% |
| party1 | Indian National Congress |
| alliance1 | United Progressive Alliance |
| last_election1 | 2 seats, 34.17% |
| seats1 | 8 |
| seat_change1 | 6 |
| percentage1 | 45.23% |
| swing1 | 11.06% |
| party2 | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| alliance2 | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| last_election2 | 8 seats, 34.28% |
| seats2 | 4 |
| seat_change2 | 4 |
| percentage2 | 33.85% |
| swing2 | 0.43% |
| party3 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| alliance3 | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| last_election3 | 3 seats, 10.48% |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | 2 |
| percentage3 | 10.06% |
| swing3 | 0.42% |
| map_image | 2009 Punjab Lok Sabha.svg |
| map_size | 300px |
| title | Prime Minister |
| posttitle | Prime Minister after election |
| before_election | Manmohan Singh |
| before_party | Indian National Congress |
| after_election | Manmohan Singh |
| after_party | Indian National Congress |
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.
Parties and alliances
{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress}};color:white" | 1. | Indian National Congress | [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg | 50x50px]] | [[File:Hand INC.svg | 50px | Hand]] | Captain Amarinder Singh | 13 |
{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance (India)}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]}}
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiromani Akali Dal}};color:white"1. | 1. | Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) | [[File:SAD flag.svg | 50x50px]] | [[File:Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg | 50x50px]] | Sukhbir Singh Badal | 10 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party}};color:white" | 2. | Bharatiya Janata Party | [[File:BJP flag.svg | 50px]] | [[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg | 50x50px]] | 3 |
List of Candidates
| Constituency | United Progressive Alliance}}" | UPA | National Democratic Alliance}}" | NDA | No. | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurdaspur | Partap Singh Bajwa | Vinod Khanna | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amritsar | Om Parkash Soni | Navjot Singh Sidhu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Khadoor Sahib | Rana Gurjeet Singh | Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jalandhar | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | Hans Raj Hans | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hoshiarpur | Santosh Chowdhary | Som Parkash | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anandpur Sahib | Ravneet Singh | Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ludhiana | Manish Tewari | Gurcharan Singh Galib | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fatehgarh Sahib | Sukhdev Singh | Charanjit Singh Atwal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faridkot | Sukhwinder Singh Danny | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ferozepur | Jagmeet Singh Brar | Sher Singh Ghubaya | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bathinda | Raninder Singh | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sangrur | Vijay Inder Singla | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patiala | Preneet Kaur | Prem Singh Chandumajra |
Results by Party/Alliance
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | UPA | NDA | Total | 51,94,933 | 43.91 | 0.85 | 13 | 5 | 6 | Total | 1,18,29,304 | 100% | - | 218 | 13 | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 53,50,377 | 45.23 | 11.06 | 13 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National Democratic Alliance}} | SAD | 40,04,789 | 33.85 | 0.43 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| BJP | 11,90,144 | 10.06 | 0.42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Others | 10,09,548 | 8.53 | 79 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IND | 2,74,446 | 2.32 | 0.43 | 113 | 0 |
Results
Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively.
Elected MPs
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Party | Votes | % | Votes | % | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurdaspur | Partap Singh Bajwa | INC | 447,994 | 48.00 | Vinod Khanna | BJP | 439,652 | 47.10 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 8,342 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 0.90 | |||||||||||||||
| Amritsar | Navjot Singh Sidhu | BJP | 392,046 | 48.13 | Om Parkash Soni | INC | 385,188 | 47.29 | Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 6,858 | Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;" | 0.84 | |||||||||||||||
| Khadoor Sahib | Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala | SAD | 467,980 | 49.44 | Rana Gurjeet Singh | INC | 435,720 | 46.03 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 32,260 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 3.41 | |||||||||||||||
| Jalandhar | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | INC | 408,103 | 45.36 | Hans Raj Hans | SAD | 371,658 | 41.31 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 36,445 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 4.05 | |||||||||||||||
| Hoshiarpur | Santosh Chowdhary | INC | 358,812 | 42.55 | Som Parkash | BJP | 358,446 | 42.51 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 366 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 0.04 | |||||||||||||||
| Anandpur Sahib | Ravneet Singh | INC | 404,836 | 44.75 | Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema | SAD | 337,632 | 37.32 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 67,204 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 7.43 | |||||||||||||||
| Ludhiana | Manish Tewari | INC | 449,264 | 53.08 | Gurcharan Singh Galib | SAD | 335,558 | 39.65 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 113,706 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 13.43 | |||||||||||||||
| Fatehgarh Sahib | Sukhdev Singh | INC | 393,557 | 46.96 | Charanjit Singh Atwal | SAD | 359,258 | 42.86 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 34,299 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||
| Faridkot | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan | SAD | 457,734 | 49.19 | Sukhwinder Singh Danny | INC | 395,692 | 42.52 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 62,042 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 6.67 | |||||||||||||||
| Ferozpur | Sher Singh Ghubaya | SAD | 450,900 | 47.12 | Jagmeet Singh Brar | INC | 429,829 | 44.92 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 21,071 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 2.20 | |||||||||||||||
| Bathinda (SC) | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | SAD | 529,472 | 50.51 | Raninder Singh | INC | 408,524 | 38.97 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 120,948 | Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;" | 11.54 | |||||||||||||||
| Sangrur | Vijay Inder Singla | INC | 358,670 | 38.52 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD | 317,798 | 34.13 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 40,872 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 4.39 | |||||||||||||||
| Patiala | Preneet Kaur | INC | 474,188 | 50.66 | Prem Singh Chandumajra | SAD | 376,799 | 40.26 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 97,389 | Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;" | 10.40 |
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab
| # | Name | Constituency | Designation | Department | From | To | Party | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambika Soni | Punjab | ||||||||||||
| (Rajya Sabha) | Cabinet Minister | Information and Broadcasting | 28 May | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 27 Oct | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Preneet Kaur | Patiala | MoS | External Affairs | 28 May | |||||||||
| 2009 | 26 May | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Manish Tewari | Ludhiana | MoS(I/C) | Information and Broadcasting | 28 Oct | |||||||||
| 2012 | 26 May | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Santosh Chowdhary | Hoshiarpur | MoS | Health and Family Welfare | 17 June | |||||||||
| 2013 | 26 May | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
| Party | Assembly segments | Total | 117 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress}}" | Indian National Congress | 65 | ||
| Shiromani Akali Dal}}" | Shiromani Akali Dal | 41 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 |
References
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