# 2024 Indian general election in Punjab

The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.

## Background and overview

The previous general election were held in May 2019 in Punjab, in which the Indian National Congress won 8 seats, followed by the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which won 2 seats each. In 2022, Bhagwant Mann resigned as MP from Sangrur to become Chief Minister of Punjab. A by-election for the constituency was held in June 2022, where Simranjit Singh Mann defeated Gurmail Singh of the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party. In January 2023, the Jalandhar constituency became vacant after the death of the incumbent MP, Santokh Singh Chaudhary of INC. In May 2023, Sushil Kumar Rinku of AAP defeated Karamjit Kaur of INC.

### Defections

In March 2024, Raj Kumar Chabbewal and Gurpreet Singh GP of INC joined AAP, both were announced candidates from Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib constituencies respectively. Patiala MP Preneet Kaur joined BJP. Sushil Rinku, who was announced as the AAP candidate for Jalandhar constituency, joined BJP, he was member of INC prior to AAP. Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP from Ludhiana, joined BJP. In April 2024, former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD joined AAP, and was announced candidate for Jalandhar.

## Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase.
| Poll event | Phase |
| Poll event | VII |
| Notification Date | 7 May |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 14 May |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 15 May |
| Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 17 May |
| Date of poll | 1 June |
| Date of counting of votes/Result | 4 June 2024 |
| No. of constituencies | 13 |

## Parties and alliances

In Punjab, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) member parties Aam Aadmi Party and Indian National Congress have decided not to have an alliance and to contest independently as they are the main opponents of each other within the state.

### Indian National Congress

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Indian National Congress | | | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | 13 |

### Aam Aadmi Party

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Aam Aadmi Party | | | Bhagwant Mann | 13 |

### Shiromani Akali Dal

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | | | Sukhbir Singh Badal | 13 |

### National Democratic Alliance

| Party | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | Sunil Kumar Jakhar | 13 |

### Others

| Party | Leader | Contesting Seats |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) | Simranjit Singh Mann | 12 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | Jasvir Singh Garhi | 13 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Purshottam Lal Bilga | 1 |
| Communist Party of India | | 3 |

## Candidates

| Constituency | Constituency | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Constituency | Constituency | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | INDIA | SAD | SAD | SAD | BJP | BJP | BJP |
| Constituency | Constituency | INC | INC | INC | AAP | AAP | AAP | | | SAD | SAD | SAD | BJP | BJP | BJP |
| 1 | Gurdaspur | | INC | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | | AAP | Amansher Singh | | SAD | Daljit Singh Cheema | | BJP | Dinesh Singh |
| 2 | Amritsar | | INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | | AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | | SAD | Anil Joshi | | BJP | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
| 3 | Khadoor Sahib | | INC | Kulbir Singh Zira | | AAP | Laljit Singh Bhullar | | SAD | Virsa Singh Valtoha | | BJP | Manjeet Singh Manna Mianwind |
| 4 | Jalandhar (SC) | | INC | Charanjit Singh Channi | | AAP | Pawan Kumar Tinu | | SAD | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | | BJP | Sushil Kumar Rinku |
| 5 | Hoshiarpur (SC) | | INC | Yamini Gomar | | AAP | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | | SAD | Sohan Singh Thandal | | BJP | Anita Parkash |
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | | INC | Vijay Inder Singla | | AAP | Malwinder Singh Kang | | SAD | Prem Singh Chandumajra | | BJP | Subhash Sharma |
| 7 | Ludhiana | | INC | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | | AAP | Ashok Parashar Pappi | | SAD | Ranjit Singh Dhillon | | BJP | Ravneet Singh Bittu |
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) | | INC | Amar Singh | | AAP | Gurpreet Singh GP | | SAD | Bikramjit Singh Khalsa | | BJP | Gejja Ram Valmiki |
| 9 | Faridkot (SC) | | INC | Amarjit Kaur Sahoke | | AAP | Karamjit Anmol | | SAD | Rajwinder Singh | | BJP | Hans Raj Hans |
| 10 | Firozpur | | INC | Sher Singh Ghubaya | | AAP | Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar | | SAD | Nardev Singh Mann | | BJP | Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi |
| 11 | Bathinda | | INC | Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu | | AAP | Gurmeet Singh Khudian | | SAD | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | | BJP | Parampal Kaur Sidhu |
| 12 | Sangrur | | INC | Sukhpal Singh Khaira | | AAP | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | | SAD | Iqbal Singh Jhundan | | BJP | Arvind Khanna |
| 13 | Patiala | | INC | Dharamvir Gandhi | | AAP | Balbir Singh | | SAD | Narinder Kumar Sharma | | BJP | Preneet Kaur |

## Surveys and polls
### Opinion polls

| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | INDIA | NDA | SAD | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | INDIA |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | INDIA |
| ABP-CVoter | December 2023 | ±3-5% | 9-11 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | December 2023 | ±3% | 6-10 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| India TV-CNX | October 2023 | ±3% | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | September 2023 | ±3% | 8-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | INDIA |
| Times Now-ETG | August 2023 | ±3% | 8-12 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | INDIA |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | Date published | Margin of Error | INDIA | NDA | SAD | Others | Lead |
| ABP News-CVoter | March 2024 | ±5% | 57% | 16% | 17% | 10% | 40 |
| India Today-CVoter | February 2024 | ±3-5% | 65% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 47 |

### Exit polls

| Polling agency | | | | | Lead |
| Polling agency | INDIA | NDA | SAD | Others | Lead |
| DB Live | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | INDIA |
| 2019 election | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | INDIA |
| Actual Results | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | INDIA |

## Voter turnout

| Constituency | Constituency | Poll Date | Turnout | Swing |
| 1 | Gurdaspur | 1 June 2024 | 66.67% | 2.57% |
| 2 | Amritsar | 1 June 2024 | 56.06% | 1.01% |
| 3 | Khador Sahib | 1 June 2024 | 62.55% | 1.41% |
| 4 | Jalandhar (SC) | 1 June 2024 | 71.92% | 3.34% |
| 5 | Hoshiarpur (SC) | 1 June 2024 | 58.86% | 3.22% |
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | 1 June 2024 | 61.98% | 1.71% |
| 7 | Ludhiana | 1 June 2024 | 60.12% | 2.08% |
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) | 1 June 2024 | 62.53% | 3.16% |
| 9 | Faridkot (SC) | 1 June 2024 | 63.34% | 0.09% |
| 10 | Firozpur | 1 June 2024 | 56.40% | 5.45% |
| 11 | Bathinda | 1 June 2024 | 72.43% | 4.80% |
| 12 | Sangrur | 1 June 2024 | 69.46% | 7.77% |
| 13 | Patiala | 1 June 2024 | 74.02% | 4.14% |
| | | | 62.80% | 3.14% |

## Results

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### Results by alliance or party

| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Alliance/ Party | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| | INDIA | | INC | 3,543,824 | 26.30 | 13.82 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| | INDIA | | AAP | 3,506,939 | 26.02 | 18.64 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| | SAD | SAD | SAD | 1,808,837 | 13.42 | 14.34 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| | NDA | | BJP | 2,500,877 | 18.56 | 8.93 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| | SAD (A) | SAD (A) | SAD (A) | 517,024 | 3.84 | 3.44 | 12 | 0 | |
| | BSP | BSP | BSP | 335,921 | 2.49 | 1.03 | 13 | 0 | |
| | CPI | CPI | CPI | 21383 | 0.16% | | 1 | 0 | - |
| | CPI(M) | CPI(M) | CPI(M) | 5958 | 0.04% | | 1 | 0 | - |
| | RSP | RSP | RSP | 18.98 | 0.01% | | | | |
| | ASP(K) | ASP(K) | ASP(K) | 9680 | 0.07 | | | | |
| | Others | Others | Others | | | | | 0 | |
| | IND | IND | IND | 1058241 | 7.86 | | | 2 | 2 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | NOTA | 67,158 | 0.49 | 0.63 | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,34,63,765 | 100% | - | | 13 | - |

### Results by region

| Region | Seats | INC | AAP | SAD+ | IND |
| Malwa | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Majha | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doaba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 |

### Results by Seat Reservation

| Seat Type | Seats | | | | | | | | | |
| Seat Type | Seats | INC | INC | INC | AAP | AAP | AAP | SAD | SAD | SAD |
| Seat Type | Seats | Contested | Won | SR(%) | Contested | Won | SR(%) | Contested | Won | SR(%) |
| General | 9 | 9 | 5 | 55.56 | 9 | 2 | 22.22 | 9 | 1 | 11.11 |
| Scheduled Caste | 4 | 4 | 2 | 50.00 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 13 | 7 | 53.84 | 13 | 3 | 23.07 | 13 | 1 | 7.69 |

### Results by constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| No. | Name | Turnout | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Margin |
| 1 | Gurdaspur | 66.67% | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | | INC | 3,64,043 | 33.78 | Dinesh Singh | | BJP | 2,81,182 | 26.09 | 82,861 |
| 2 | Amritsar | 56.06% | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | | INC | 2,55,181 | 28.18 | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | | AAP | 2,14,880 | 23.73 | 40,301 |
| 3 | Khadoor Sahib | 62.55% | Amritpal Singh | | IND | 4,04430 | 38.62 | Kulbir Singh Zira | | INC | 2,07,310 | 19.80 | 1,97,120 |
| 4 | Jalandhar (SC) | 59.70% | Charanjit Singh Channi | | INC | 3,90,053 | 39.43 | Sushil Kumar Rinku | | BJP | 2,14,060 | 21.64 | 1,75,993 |
| 5 | Hoshiarpur (SC) | 58.86% | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | | AAP | 3,03,859 | 32.04 | Yamini Gomar | | INC | 2,59,748 | 27.39 | 44,111 |
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | 61.98% | Malwinder Singh Kang | | AAP | 3,13,217 | 29.08 | Vijay Inder Singla | | INC | 3,02,371 | 28.07 | 10,846 |
| 7 | Ludhiana | 60.12% | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | | INC | 3,22,224 | 30.42 | Ravneet Singh Bittu | | BJP | 3,01,282 | 28.45 | 20,942 |
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) | 62.53% | Amar Singh | | INC | 3,32,591 | 34.14 | Gurpreet Singh GP | | AAP | 2,98,389 | 30.63 | 34,202 |
| 9 | Faridkot (SC) | 63.34% | Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa | | IND | 2,98,062 | 29.38 | Karamjit Anmol | | AAP | 2,28,009 | 22.48 | 70,053 |
| 10 | Firozpur | 67.02% | Sher Singh Ghubaya | | INC | 2,66,626 | 23.70 | Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar | | AAP | 2,63,384 | 23.41 | 3,242 |
| 11 | Bathinda | 69.36% | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | | SAD | 3,76,558 | 32.71 | Gurmeet Singh Khudian | | AAP | 3,26,902 | 28.40 | 49,656 |
| 12 | Sangrur | 64.63% | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | | AAP | 3,64,085 | 36.06 | Sukhpal Singh Khaira | | INC | 1,91,525 | 18.97 | 1,72,560 |
| 13 | Patiala | 63.63% | Dharamvir Gandhi | | INC | 3,05,616 | 26.54 | Balbir Singh | | AAP | 2,90,785 | 25.25 | 14,831 |

### Changes in Seats

| Party | Holds | Lost | Gained | Total tally |
| Indian National Congress | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Aam Aadmi Party | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* INC
** Holds - Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Shaib and Patiala
** Lost - Khadoor Shaib, Faridkot and Anandpur Shaib
** Gained - Gurdaspur and Firozpur
* AAP
** Holds - Sangrur
** Gained - Hoshiarpur and Anandpur Sahib
* SAD
** Holds - Bathinda
** Lost - Firozpur
* Independent
** Gained - Khadoor Shaib and Faridkot
* BJP
** Lost - Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur

## Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

| Party | Party | Lead in Assembly segments | 2022 Results | +/- |
| | Indian National Congress | 37 | 18 | 19 |
| | Aam Aadmi Party | 33 | 92 | 59 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| | Independent | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 117 | 117 | – |