2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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Indian general election in Punjab, 2009

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13 seats
Turnout| 69.78%
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Party  | INC | SAD | BJP
Alliance  | UPA | NDA | NDA
Last election  | 2 seats, 34.17%  | 8 seats, 34.28%  | 3 seats, 10.48%
Seats won  | 8  | 4  | 1
Seat change  |  6  |  4  |  2
Percentage  | 45.23%  | 33.85%  | 10.06%
Swing  |  11.06%  |  0.43%  |  0.42%

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| Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

| Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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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

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###   United Progressive Alliance

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No.  | Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

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1. | Indian National Congress |  |  | Captain Amarinder Singh | 13

###   National Democratic Alliance

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No.  | Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

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1. | Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) |  |  | Sukhbir Singh Badal | 10
2. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  |  | 3

## Results

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Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively.[2]

### Elected MPs

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No.  | Constituency  | Turnout%  | Name of elected M.P.  | Party affiliation  | Margin

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1 | Gurdaspur | 70.77 | Partap Singh Bajwa |  | Indian National Congress | 8,342
2 | Amritsar | 65.63 | Navjot Singh Sidhu |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6,858
3 | Khadoor Sahib | 70.64 | Rattan Singh Ajnala |  | Shiromani Akali Dal | 32,260
4 | Jalandhar | 67.15 | Mohinder Singh Kaypee |  | Indian National Congress | 36,445
5 | Hoshiarpur | 64.90 | Santosh Chowdhary | 366
6 | Anandpur Sahib | 67.62 | Ravneet Singh | 67,204
7 | Ludhiana | 64.68 | Manish Tewari | 1,13,706
8 | Fatehgarh Sahib | 69.41 | Sukhdev Singh Libra | 34,299
9 | Faridkot | 72.29 | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan |  | Shiromani Akali Dal | 62,042
10 | Ferozpur | 71.28 | Sher Singh Ghubaya | 21,071
11 | Bathinda | 78.50 | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | 1,20,948
12 | Sangrur | 74.41 | Vijay Inder Singla |  | Indian National Congress | 40,872
13 | Patiala | 69.60 | Maharani Preneet Kaur | 97,389

## Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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Party  | Assembly segments

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| Indian National Congress | 65
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 41
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 11
| Total  | 117

## References

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1. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2009". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
2. ^ "General Election 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result".

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