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2009 Indian general election in Punjab

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Indian general election in Punjab, 2009
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13 seats
Turnout69.78%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 Increase 6 Decrease 4 Decrease 2
Percentage 45.23% 33.85% 10.06%
Swing Increase 11.06% Decrease 0.43% Decrease 0.42%

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

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  United Progressive Alliance

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No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand Captain Amarinder Singh 13

  National Democratic Alliance

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No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
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.[1]

Elected MPs

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No. Constituency Turnout% Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation Margin
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
Indian National Congress 65
Shiromani Akali Dal 41
Bharatiya Janata Party 11
Total 117

References

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  1. ^ "General Election 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Result".
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