| Country: | India |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Indian general election in Punjab |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2029 Indian general election in Punjab |
| Next Year: | 2029 |
| Election Date: | 1 June 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | All 13 Punjab seats in the Lok Sabha |
| Turnout: | 62.80% (3.14 pp) |
| Opinion Polls: | 2024 Indian general election in Punjab#Opinion polls |
| Outgoing Members: | List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha#Punjab |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leader1: | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring |
| Alliance1: | INDIA |
| Last Election1: | 40.12%, 8 seats[1] |
| Leader Since1: | 2022 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Ludhiana(Won) |
| Party3: | Shiromani Akali Dal |
| Leader3: | Sukhbir Singh Badal |
| Last Election3: | 27.45%, 2 seats |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,808,837 |
| Percentage3: | 13.42% |
| Swing3: | 14.34 pp |
| Leader Since3: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Not contesting |
| Party2: | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Leader2: | Bhagwant Mann |
| Alliance2: | INDIA |
| Last Election2: | 7.86%, 1 seat |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,506,939 |
| Percentage2: | 26.02% |
| Swing2: | 18.64 pp |
| Leader Since2: | 2019 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Not contesting |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Before Election: | Narendra Modi |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| After Election: | Narendra Modi |
| After Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Swing1: | 13.82 pp |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,543,824 |
| Percentage1: | 26.30% |
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Punjab on 1 June 2024 to elect 13 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.[2] [3]
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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] [8] Patiala MP Preneet Kaur joined BJP.[9] Sushil Rinku, who was announced as the AAP candidate for Jalandhar constituency, joined BJP, he was member of INC prior to AAP.[10] Ravneet Singh Bittu, MP from Ludhiana, joined BJP.[11] In April 2024, former MLA Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD joined AAP, and was announced candidate for Jalandhar.[12]
The election schedule was announced by Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024.[13] The elections are to be held in seven phases throughout the country, with Punjab in the last phase.[14]
| Poll event | Phase | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.[15] [16]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | 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 | |||||
| Constituency | Poll Date | Turnout | Swing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 June 2024 | 66.67% | 2.57% | ||
| 2 | 56.06% | 1.01% | |||
| 3 | Khador Sahib | 62.55% | 1.41% | ||
| 4 | Jalandhar (SC) | 71.92% | 3.34% | ||
| 5 | Hoshiarpur (SC) | 58.86% | 3.22% | ||
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | 61.98% | 1.71% | ||
| 7 | Ludhiana | 60.12% | 2.08% | ||
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) | 62.53% | 3.16% | ||
| 9 | Faridkot (SC) | 63.34% | 0.09% | ||
| 10 | Firozpur | 56.40% | 5.45% | ||
| 11 | Bathinda | 72.43% | 4.80% | ||
| 12 | 69.46% | 7.77% | |||
| 13 | Patiala | 74.02% | 4.14% | ||
| 62.80% | 3.14% | ||||
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| INDIA | INC | 3,543,824 | 26.30 | 13.82 | 13 | 7 | 1 | ||
| AAP | 3,506,939 | 26.02 | 18.64 | 13 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 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) | 517,024 | 3.84 | 3.44 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| BSP | 335,921 | 2.49 | 1.03 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Others | 0 | ||||||||
| IND | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| NOTA | 66,263 | 0.49 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 13 | - | |||||
| Constituency | Turnout | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Alliance | Candidate | Votes | % | ||||||
| 1 | Gurdaspur | 66.67% | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa | 3,64,043 | 33.78% | Dinesh Singh | 2,81,182 | 26.09% | 82,861 | ||||||||
| 2 | Amritsar | 56.06% | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 2,55,181 | 28.18% | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 2,14,880 | 23.73% | 40,301 | ||||||||
| 3 | Khadoor Sahib | 62.55% | IND | Others | Amritpal Singh | 4,04430 | 38.62% | Kulbir Singh Zira | 2,07,310 | 19.80% | 1,97,120 | ||||||
| 4 | Jalandhar (SC) | 59.70% | Charanjit Singh Channi | 3,90,053 | 39.43% | Sushil Kumar Rinku | 2,14,060 | 21.64% | 1,75,993 | ||||||||
| 5 | Hoshiarpur (SC) | 58.86% | Raj Kumar Chabbewal | 3,03,859 | 32.04% | Yamini Gomar | 2,59,748 | 27.39% | 44,111 | ||||||||
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | 61.98% | Malwinder Singh Kang | 3,13,217 | 29.08% | Vijay Inder Singla | 3,02,371 | 28.07% | 10,846 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ludhiana | 60.12% | Amrinder Singh Raja Warring | 3,22,224 | 30.42% | Ravneet Singh Bittu | 3,01,282 | 28.45% | 20,942 | ||||||||
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) | 62.53% | Amar Singh | 3,32,591 | 34.14% | Gurpreet Singh GP | 2,98,389 | 30.63% | 34,202 | ||||||||
| 9 | Faridkot (SC) | 63.34% | IND | Others | Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa | 2,98,062 | 29.38% | Karamjit Anmol | 2,28,009 | 22.48% | 70,053 | ||||||
| 10 | Firozpur | 67.02% | Sher Singh Ghubaya | 2,66,626 | 23.70% | Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar | 2,63,384 | 23.41% | 3,242 | ||||||||
| 11 | Bathinda | 69.36% | Others | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | 3,76,558 | 32.71% | Gurmeet Singh Khudian | 3,26,902 | 28.40% | 49,656 | |||||||
| 12 | Sangrur | 64.63% | Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer | 3,64,085 | 36.06% | Sukhpal Singh Khaira | 1,91,525 | 18.97% | 1,72,560 | ||||||||
| 13 | Patiala | 63.63% | Dharamvir Gandhi | 3,05,616 | 26.54% | Balbir Singh | 2,90,785 | 25.25% | 14,831 | ||||||||
| Party | Holds | Lost | Gained | Total tally | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Party | Assembly segments | 2022 Results | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aam Aadmi Party | 32 | 92 | 60 | ||
| Indian National Congress | 38 | 18 | 20 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 23 | 2 | 21 | ||
| Independent | 15 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 117 | – | |||