2004 Indian general election in Punjab

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The 2004 Indian general election in 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.[1]

Parties and alliances

Party/Alliance Name Flag Electoral symbol Leader Seats contested
rowspan=2 Template:Party color cell NDA[2] Template:Party color cell Shiromani Akali Dal File:SAD flag.svg File:Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal 10
Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party File:BJP flag.svg File:Lotus flower symbol.svg Avinash Rai Khanna 3
rowspan=3 Template:Party color cell UPA[3] Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress File:INC Flag Official.jpg Hand Harvendra Singh Hanspal 11
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) File:CPI-M-flag.svg Hand 1
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India File:CPI-banner.svg Hand 1

List of Candidates

Constituency colspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color" |NDA colspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color" |UPA
No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate
1 Gurdaspur Template:Party name with colour Vinod Khanna Template:Party name with colour Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
2 Amritsar Template:Party name with colour Navjot Singh Sidhu Template:Party name with colour R. L. Bhatia
3 Tarn Taran Template:Party name with colour Rattan Singh Ajnala Template:Party name with colour Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria
4 Jullundur Template:Party name with colour Naresh Gujral Template:Party name with colour Rana Gurjeet Singh
5 Phillaur (SC) Template:Party name with colour Charanjit Singh Atwal Template:Party name with colour Santosh Chowdhary
6 Hoshiarpur Template:Party name with colour Avinash Rai Khanna Template:Party name with colour Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu
7 Ropar (SC) Template:Party name with colour Sukhdev Singh Libra Template:Party name with colour Shamsher Singh Dullo
8 Patiala Template:Party name with colour Kanwaljit Singh Template:Party name with colour Preneet Kaur
9 Ludhiana Template:Party name with colour Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Template:Party name with colour Manish Tewari
10 Sangrur Template:Party name with colour Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Template:Party name with colour Arvind Khanna
11 Bhatinda (SC) Template:Party name with colour Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Template:Party name with colour Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura
12 Faridkot Template:Party name with colour Sukhbir Singh Badal Template:Party name with colour Karan Kaur Brar
13 Ferozepur Template:Party name with colour Zora Singh Maan Template:Party name with colour Jagmeet Singh Brar

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
rowspan="3" Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell SAD 35,06,681 34.28 Template:Increase 5.69 10 8 Template:Increase 6
Template:Party color cell BJP 10,71,650 10.48 Template:Increase 1.32 3 3 Template:Increase 2
Total 45,78,331 44.76 Template:Steady 13 11 Template:Steady
rowspan="4" Template:Party color cell UPA Template:Party color cell INC 34,95,187 34.17 Template:Decrease 4.27 11 2 Template:Decrease 6
Template:Party color cell CPI 2,60,752 2.55 Template:Decrease 1.19 1 0 Template:Decrease 1
Template:Party color cell CPI(M) 1,85,444 1.81 Template:Decrease 0.37 1 0 Template:Steady
Total 39,41,383 38.53 Template:Steady 13 2 Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell BSP 7,84,454 7.67 Template:Increase 3.83 13 0 Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell SAD(A) 3,87,682 3.79 Template:Increase 0.38 6 0 Template:Decrease 1
Template:Party color cell LBP 1,87,787 1.84 Template:Steady 1 0 Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell Others 67,827 0.67 Template:Steady 26 0 Template:Steady
Template:Party color cell IND 2,81,608 2.75 Template:Increase 0.30 70 0 Template:Steady
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.[4]

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna Template:Party color cell BJP 387,612 49.32 Sukhbuns Kaur Bhinder Template:Party color cell INC 362,629 46.15 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|24,983 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.18
2 Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu Template:Party color cell BJP 394,223 55.38 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Template:Party color cell INC 284,691 39.99 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|109,532 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.39
3 Tarn Taran Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala Template:Party color cell SAD 364,646 50.83 Sukhbinder Singh (Sukh Sarkaria) Template:Party color cell INC 308,252 42.97 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|56,394 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|7.86
4 Jullundur Rana Gurjeet Singh Template:Party color cell INC 344,619 46.46 Naresh Gujral Template:Party color cell SAD 311,156 41.95 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,463 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.51
5 Phillaur (Sc) Charanjit Singh Atwal Template:Party color cell SAD 324,512 44.91 Santosh Chowdhary Template:Party color cell INC 225,628 31.23 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|98,884 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|13.69
6 Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna Template:Party color cell BJP 289,815 44.20 Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu Template:Party color cell CPM 185,444 28.28 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|104,371 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.92
7 Ropar (Sc) Sukhdev Singh Libra Template:Party color cell SAD 347,631 43.99 Shamsher Singh Dullo Template:Party color cell INC 313,994 39.73 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|33,637 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|4.26
8 Patiala Preneet Kaur Template:Party color cell INC 409,917 46.89 Kanwaljit Singh Template:Party color cell SAD 386,250 44.19 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|23,667 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|2.71
9 Ludhiana Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Template:Party color cell SAD 329,234 37.85 Munish Tewari Template:Party color cell INC 299,694 34.45 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|29,540 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.40
10 Sangrur Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Template:Party color cell SAD 286,828 34.28 Arvind Khanna Template:Party color cell INC 259,551 31.02 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|27,277 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|3.26
11 Bhatinda (Sc) Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Template:Party color cell SAD 323,394 42.37 Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura Template:Party color cell CPI 260,752 34.17 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|62,642 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|8.21
12 Faridkot Sukhbir Singh Badal Template:Party color cell SAD 475,928 53.29 Karan Kaur Brar Template:Party color cell INC 340,649 38.14 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|135,279 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|15.15
13 Ferozepur Zora Singh Maan Template:Party color cell SAD 357,102 41.21 Jagmeet Singh Brar Template:Party color cell INC 345,563 39.87 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|11,539 style="background:Template:Party color ; color:white;"|1.33

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Ambika Soni Rajya Sabha
(Punjab) 		Cabinet Minister Minister of Culture
Minister of Tourism 		29 January
2006 		22 May
2009 		Template:Party name with color
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

Party Assembly segments
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bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Shiromani Akali Dal 41 62 48
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indian National Congress 62 29 44
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Bharatiya Janata Party 3 22 19
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 0 2 0
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 1 0
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Communist Party of India 2 1 0
Total 117

References

  1. ↑ Schedule for general elections 2004. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ↑ BJP, Akalis reap a positive harvest. The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Review Report of Lok Sabha Elections (aug 2004). Communist Party Of India (Marxist). Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ↑ IndiaVotes PC: Punjab 2004. IndiaVotes. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

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