2024 Indian general election in Punjab

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

2024 Indian general election in Punjab

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All 13 Punjab seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	62.80% ( 3.14 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Bhagwant Mann Sukhbir Singh Badal Party INC AAP SAD Alliance INDIA INDIA Leader since 2022 2019 2019 Leader's seat Ludhiana (Won) Not contesting Not contesting Last election 40.12%, 8 seats[1] 7.86%, 1 seat[1] 27.45%, 2 seats[1] Seats won 7 3 1 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 3,543,824 3,506,939 1,808,837 Percentage 26.30% 26.02% 13.42% Swing 13.82 pp 18.64 pp 14.34 pp   Fourth party   Leader Sunil Kumar Jakhar Party BJP Alliance NDA Leader since 2023 Leader's seat Not contesting Last election 9.63%, 2 seats[1] Seats won 0 Seat change 2 Popular vote 2,500,877 Percentage 18.56% Swing 8.93 pp
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

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

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.^[15][16]

  Indian National Congress

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

  Aam Aadmi Party

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

  Shiromani Akali Dal

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

  National Democratic Alliance

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

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	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

Candidates

Constituency
		INDIA						SAD			BJP
		INC			AAP
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		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
	SAD			1,808,837	13.42	14.34	13	1	1
	NDA		BJP	2,500,877	18.56	8.93	13	0	2
	SAD (A)			517,024	3.84	3.44	12	0
	BSP			335,921	2.49	1.03	13	0
	CPI			21383	0.16%		1	0	-
	CPI(M)			5958	0.04%		1	0	-
	RSP			18.98	0.01%
	ASP(K)			9680	0.07
	Others							0
	IND			1058241	7.86			2	2
	NOTA			67,158	0.49	0.63
Total				1,34,63,765	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		AD (WPD)	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		AD (WPD)	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
No.	Name
1	Gurdaspur	364,043	2,77,252	85,500	2,81,182
2	Amritsar	255,181	2,14,880	1,62,896	2,07,205
3	Khadoor Sahib*	207,310	194,836	86,416	86,373
4	Jalandhar	390,053	208,889	67,911	214,060
5	Hoshiarpur	2,59,748	303,859	91,789	1,99,994
6	Anandpur Sahib	3,02,371	313,217	1,17,936	1,86,578
7	Ludhiana	322,224	2,37,077	90,220	3,01,282
8	Fatehgarh Sahib	332,591	298,389	126,730	127,521
9	Faridkot*	160,357	228,009	138,251	123,533
10	Firozpur	266,626	2,63,384	2,53,645	2,55,097
11	Bathinda	2,02,011	3,26,902	376,558	1,10,762
12	Sangrur	1,91,525	364,085	62,488	1,28,253
13	Patiala	305,616	2,90,785	1,53,978	2,88,998

• 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
	AD (WPD)	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

Assembly segment wise lead of partied in 2024 general election in Punjab

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
	Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De)	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	AAP	SAD	BJP	Lead	Runner up	Margin
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	AAP	SAD	BJP	Lead	Runner up	Margin
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	Amritpal Singh	INC	AAP	SAD	BJP	Lead	Runner up	Margin
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	Margin
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 - 259748	AAP Votes - 303859	SAD Votes - 91789	BJP Votes - 199994	Lead - AAP	Runner up - INC	Margin - 44111		1	Sri Hargobindpur	35258	28955	19368	4569	INC	AAP
2	Bholath	22667	23426	12302	4731
3	Phagwara	29390	30349	9244	27756
4	Mukerian	29382	34826	9433	45900	BJP	AAP
5	Dasuya	29207	35032	5902	39075	BJP	AAP
6	Urmar	36303	33269	11517	13030
7	Sham Chaurasi	32387	34655	7961	15379
8	Hoshiarpur	25180	36957	3841	38664	BJP	AAP
9	Chabbewal	18162	44933	11935	9472
10	Postal Ballot	1812	1457	286	1418
11	Total	259,748	303,859	91,789	199,994

6. Sri Anandpur Sahib

No.	Assembly constituency	INC Votes	AAP Votes	SAD Votes	BJP Votes	BSP Votes	Lead	Runner up	Margin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	Postal Ballot
11	Total

7. Ludhiana

No.	Assembly constituency	INC Votes - 322224	AAP Votes - 237077	SAD Votes - 90220	BJP Votes - 301282	BSP Votes -	Lead - INC	Runner up - BJP	Margin - 20282
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	Postal Ballot
11	Total

See also

• 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
• 2024 Indian general election in Rajasthan
• 2024 Indian general election in Haryana
• 2024 Indian general election in Kerala