Punjab has a total of 13 constituencies. The fight took place between the Indian National Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party and Aam Aadmi Party.
The key candidates in the fray were BJP's Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur, Hardeep Singh Puri from Amritsar, Sukhbir Singh Badal from Firozpur, Harsimrat Kaur Badal from Bathinda, Congress' Sunil Jakhar from Gurdaspur, Hardeep Puri from Amritsar, Preneet Kaur from Patiala, Manish Tiwari from Anandpur Sahib and AAP's Bhagwant Mann.
The exit polls are in favour of the Congress despite BJP's inclusion of some of the popular faces of the film industry.
Here is the list of the successful candidates from Punjab in the Lok Sabha election 2019:
Constituency |
Winner |
Party |
---|---|---|
Gurdaspur |
Sunny Deol |
BJP |
Amritsar |
Gurjeet Singh Aujla |
Congress |
Khadoor Sahib |
Jasbir Singh Gill |
Congress |
Jalandhar |
Santokh Singh Chaudhary |
Congress |
Hoshiarpur |
Som Prakash |
BJP |
Anandpur Sahib |
Manish Tewari |
Congress |
Ludhiana |
Ravneet Singh Bittu |
Congress |
Fatehgarh Sahib |
Amar Singh |
Congress |
Faridkot |
Mohammad Sadique |
Congress |
Firozpur |
Sukhbir Singh Badal |
Shiromani Akali Dal |
Bathinda |
Harsimrat Kaur Badal |
Shiromani Akali Dal |
Sangrur |
Bhagwant Mann |
AAP |
Patiala |
Preneet Kaur |
Congress |
The state saw a 62.07% voter turnout for the Lok Sabha poll amid clashes between Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP workers in the state.
Out of the 13 constituencies, nine were for General Category while four constituencies – Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Faridkot – were reserved for Scheduled Castes.
Punjab has approximately 2,08,92,674 electors out of which 1,10,59,828 are males, 98,32,286 are females and 560 electors are from third gender.
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, AAP opened its way out by winning four seats, Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party won six seats while the Indian National Congress could manage only two seats.