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{{Short description|Results of 14th Lok Sabha election in Punjab, India}}
{{Infobox election
| election_date = 10 May 2004
| election_name = Indian general election in Punjab, 2004
| country = India
| next_election = 2009 Indian general election in Punjab
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1999 Indian general election in Punjab
| previous_year = 1999
| next_year = 2009
| ongoing = no
| seats_for_election = 13 seats
| turnout = 61.6%
| party1 = Shiromani Akali Dal
| leader1 = [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| alliance2 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| alliance3 = [[Indian National Congress|INC+]] (post poll [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]])
| seats_before1 = 2
| seats1 = 8
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6
| seats2 = 3
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader2 = [[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
| percentage2 = 10.48%
| percentage1 = 34.28%
| seats_before2 = 1
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2
| party3 = Indian National Congress
| leader3 = [[Harvendra Singh Hanspal]]
| seats_before3 = 8
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 6
| percentage3 = 34.17%
| leaders_seat1 = [[Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency|Faridkot]] ''(won)''
| leaders_seat2 = [[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]] ''(won)''
| leaders_seat3 = ''did not contest''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Avinash Rai Khanna in New Delhi.jpg|bSize=200|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=57|oTop=20}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Sukhbir Singh Badal.png|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=8}}
| map_image = Punjab in India.png
| image1_size = 70px
| image2_size = 100px
| map_size = 200px
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| after_election = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

The [[2004 Indian general election]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] was held on 13 seats of Lok Sabha in April to May 2004 and elections were held in the 4th Phase on 10th May 2004 for all the 13 constituencies. The members were elected for the [[14th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule for general elections 2004 |url=https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/?do=download&r=7022&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=9b39aa893d335b61e29f64e45be0cf2d |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>

== Parties and alliances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=4|Party/Alliance Name
!Flag
!Electoral symbol
!Leader
!colspan=2|Seats contested
|-
|rowspan=2 {{party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
|rowspan=2|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Ashutosh |title=BJP, Akalis reap a positive harvest |url=http://www.hindu.com/elections2004/verdict2004/stories/2004052000380400.htm |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110002436/http://www.hindu.com/elections2004/verdict2004/stories/2004052000380400.htm |archive-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>
|{{party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| [[File:SAD flag.svg|50x50px]]
| [[File:Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg|50x50px]]
|[[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
|colspan=2|10
|-
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[File:BJP flag.svg|50px]]
|[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|50px]]
|[[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
|colspan=2|3
|-
|rowspan=3 {{party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
|rowspan=3|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Review Report of Lok Sabha Elections (aug 2004) |url=https://cpim.org/review-report-lok-sabha-elections-aug-2004/ |website=Communist Party Of India (Marxist) |access-date=2 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|50x50px]]
| [[File:Hand INC.svg|50px|Hand]]
|[[Harvendra Singh Hanspal]]
|colspan=2|11
|-
|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50x50px]]
| [[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|50px|Hand]]
|
|colspan=2|1
|-
|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|50x50px]]
| [[File:CPI symbol.svg|50px|Hand]]
|
|colspan=2|1
|-
|}

==List of Candidates==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Constituency
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}" |[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}" |[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|-
! No.
! Name
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
|-
!1
|[[Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency|Gurdaspur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Vinod Khanna]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder]]
|-
!2
|[[Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency|Amritsar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[R. L. Bhatia]]
|-
!3
|[[Tarn Taran Lok Sabha constituency|Tarn Taran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Rattan Singh Ajnala]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria]]
|-
!4
|[[Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency|Jullundur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Naresh Gujral]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Rana Gurjeet Singh]]
|-
!5
|[[Phillaur Lok Sabha constituency|Phillaur]] (SC)
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Charanjit Singh Atwal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Santosh Chowdhary]]
|-
!6
|[[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu
|-
!7
|[[Ropar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar]] (SC)
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Sukhdev Singh Libra]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Shamsher Singh Dullo]]
|-
!8
|[[Patiala Lok Sabha constituency|Patiala]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Kanwaljit Singh (politician)|Kanwaljit Singh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Preneet Kaur]]
|-
!9
|[[Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency|Ludhiana]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Sharanjit Singh Dhillon]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Manish Tewari]]
|-
!10
|[[Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency|Sangrur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Arvind Khanna]]
|-
!11
|[[Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency|Bhatinda]] (SC)
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Paramjit Kaur Gulshan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura
|-
!12
|[[Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency|Faridkot]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Karan Kaur Brar]]
|-
!13
|[[Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ferozepur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Zora Singh Maan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Jagmeet Singh Brar]]
|-
|}

== Results by Party/Alliance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Alliance/ Party
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
|rowspan="3" {{Party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
!rowspan="3" style="background:#fef3e8"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| {{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
| 35,06,681
| 34.28
| {{increase}} 5.69
| 10
| 8
| {{increase}} 6
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 10,71,650
| 10.48
| {{increase}} 1.32
| 3
| 3
| {{increase}} 2
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#fef3e8" | Total
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 45,78,331
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 44.76
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 13
! style="background:#fef3e8" | 11
! style="background:#fef3e8" | {{Steady}}
|-
|rowspan="4" {{Party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
!rowspan="4" style="background:#E5F8FF"|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 34,95,187
| 34.17
| {{decrease}} 4.27
| 11
| 2
| {{decrease}} 6
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| 2,60,752
| 2.55
| {{decrease}} 1.19
| 1
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| 1,85,444
| 1.81
| {{decrease}} 0.37
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="2"style="background:#E5F8FF" | Total
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 39,41,383
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 38.53
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{steady}}
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 13
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | 2
! style="background:#E5F8FF" | {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| 7,84,454
| 7.67
| {{increase}} 3.83
| 13
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)}}
| colspan="3"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|SAD(A)]]
| 3,87,682
| 3.79
| {{increase}} 0.38
| 6
| 0
| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Lok Bhalai Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Lok Bhalai Party|LBP]]
| 1,87,787
| 1.84
| {{steady}}
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Other}}
| colspan="3" | Others
| 67,827
| 0.67
| {{steady}}
| 26
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 2,81,608
| 2.75
| {{increase}} 0.30
| 70
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 1,02,29,072
! 100%
! -
! 142
! 13
! -
|}

== Results ==
In the election, the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]] became the biggest party by winning 8 seats, with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] at 3 seats and [[Indian National Congress]] winning 2 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2004/punjab/14/www.indiavotes.com/lok-sabha/2004/punjab/14/7 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency|Gurdaspur]]
|Vinod Khanna
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|387,612
|49.32
|Sukhbuns Kaur Bhinder
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|362,629
|46.15
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|24,983
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|3.18
|-

!2
|[[Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency|Amritsar]]
|Navjot Singh Sidhu
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|394,223
|55.38
|Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|284,691
|39.99
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|109,532
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.39
|-

!3
|[[Tarn Taran Lok Sabha constituency|Tarn Taran]]
|Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|364,646
|50.83
|Sukhbinder Singh (Sukh Sarkaria)
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|308,252
|42.97
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|56,394
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|7.86
|-

!4
|[[Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency|Jullundur]]
|Rana Gurjeet Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|344,619
|46.46
|Naresh Gujral
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|311,156
|41.95
!style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|33,463
!style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4.51
|-

!5
|[[Phillaur Lok Sabha constituency|Phillaur (Sc)]]
|Charanjit Singh Atwal
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|324,512
|44.91
|Santosh Chowdhary
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|225,628
|31.23
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|98,884
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|13.69
|-

!6
|[[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]]
|Avinash Rai Khanna
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|289,815
|44.20
|Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|185,444
|28.28
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|104,371
!style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"|15.92
|-

!7
|[[Rupnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar (Sc)]]
|Sukhdev Singh Libra
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|347,631
|43.99
|Shamsher Singh Dullo
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|313,994
|39.73
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|33,637
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|4.26
|-

!8
|[[Patiala Lok Sabha constituency|Patiala]]
|Preneet Kaur
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|409,917
|46.89
|Kanwaljit Singh
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|386,250
|44.19
!style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|23,667
!style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|2.71
|-

!9
|[[Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency|Ludhiana]]
|Sharanjit Singh Dhillon
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|329,234
|37.85
|Munish Tewari
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|299,694
|34.45
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|29,540
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|3.40
|-

!10
|[[Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency|Sangrur]]
|Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|286,828
|34.28
|Arvind Khanna
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|259,551
|31.02
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|27,277
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|3.26
|-

!11
|[[Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency|Bhatinda (Sc)]]
|Paramjit Kaur Gulshan
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|323,394
|42.37
|Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|260,752
|34.17
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|62,642
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|8.21
|-

!12
|[[Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency|Faridkot]]
|Sukhbir Singh Badal
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|475,928
|53.29
|Karan Kaur Brar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|340,649
|38.14
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|135,279
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|15.15
|-

!13
|[[Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ferozepur]]
|Zora Singh Maan
|{{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
|357,102
|41.21
|Jagmeet Singh Brar
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|345,563
|39.87
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|11,539
!style="background:{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}} ; color:white;"|1.33
|-
|}

==Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Constituency
!Designation
!Department
!From
!To
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|1
|Ambika Soni
|rowspan="3"|Rajya Sabha (Punjab)
|Cabinet Minister
|Minister of Culture Minister of Tourism
|29 January 2006
|rowspan="3"|22 May 2009
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|2
|M. S. Gill
|MoS (I/C)
|Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
|6 April 2008
|-
|3
|Ashwani Kumar
|MoS
|Ministry of Commerce and Industry
|29 January 2006
|-
|}

== Assembly segments wise lead of parties ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Party
! colspan=3 | Assembly segments
|-
! {{Tooltip|2002|2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
! {{Tooltip|2004|2004 Indian general election in Punjab}}
! {{Tooltip|2007|2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
| 41
| 62
| 48
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 62
| 29
| 44
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 3
| 22
| 19
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)}}"|
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)]]
| 0
| 2
| 0
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 2
| 1
| 0
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! colspan="3" | 117
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Punjab (India) elections}}
{{India-election-stub}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:2004 Indian general election by state or union territory|Punjab]]
[[Category:2000s in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Long stubs with short prose]]

2004 Indian general election in Punjab - Revision history

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