# 2004 Indian general election in Punjab

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.

## Parties and alliances

United Progressive Alliance
Congress had a seat sharing agreement with the left parties during the elections.
| No. | Party | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | Harvendra Singh Hanspal | 11 |
| 2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | 1 |
| 3. | Communist Party of India | | 1 |
National Democratic Alliance
Akali Dal contentested from 10 seats while BJP fought from remaining three.
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) | | | | Sukhbir Singh Badal | 10 |
| 2. | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | | Avinash Rai Khanna | 3 |

## 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.
| Parliamentary Constituency | Parliamentary Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 1 | Gurdaspur | Vinod Khanna | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3,87,612 | Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder | | Indian National Congress | 3,62,629 | 24,983 |
| 2 | Amritsar | Navjot Singh Sidhu | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3,94,223 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | | Indian National Congress | 2,84,691 | 1,09,532 |
| 3 | Tarn Taran | Rattan Singh Ajnala | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,64,646 | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | | Indian National Congress | 3,08,252 | 56,394 |
| 4 | Jullundur | Rana Gurjeet Singh | | Indian National Congress | 3,44,619 | Naresh Gujral | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,11,156 | 33,463 |
| 5 | Phillaur (SC) | Charanjit Singh Atwal | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,24,512 | Santosh Chowdhary | | Indian National Congress | 2,25,628 | 98,884 |
| 6 | Hoshiarpur | Avinash Rai Khanna | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2,89,815 | Darshan Singh Mattu | | Communist Party of India | 1,85,444 | 1,04,371 |
| 7 | Ropar (SC) | Sukhdev Singh Libra | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,47,631 | Shamsher Singh Dullo | | Indian National Congress | 3,13,994 | 33,637 |
| 8 | Patiala | Preneet Kaur | | Indian National Congress | 4,09,917 | Kanwaljit Singh | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,86,250 | 23,667 |
| 9 | Ludhiana | Sharanjit Singh Dhillon | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,29,234 | Manish Tewari | | Indian National Congress | 2,99,694 | 29,540 |
| 10 | Sangrur | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 2,86,828 | Arvind Khanna | | Indian National Congress | 2,59,551 | 27,277 |
| 11 | Bhatinda (SC) | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,23,394 | Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura | | Communist Party of India | 2,60,752 | 62,642 |
| 12 | Faridkot | Sukhbir Singh Badal | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 4,75,928 | Karan Kaur Brar | | Indian National Congress | 3,40,649 | 1,35,279 |
| 13 | Ferozepur | Zora Singh Maan | | Shiromani Akali Dal | 3,57,102 | Jagmeet Singh Brar | | Indian National Congress | 3,45,563 | 11,539 |
| Source: Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab |||||||||||

## Assembly segments wise lead of parties

| Party | Party | Assembly segments | Assembly segments | Assembly segments |
| Party | Party | 2002 | 2004 | 2007 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | 41 | 62 | 48 |
| | Indian National Congress | 62 | 29 | 44 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 | 22 | 19 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 117 | 117 | 117 |