| Party Name: | Punjab Democratic Alliance |
| Abbreviation: | PDA |
| Founder: | Punjab Ekta Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Lok Insaaf Party and Punjab Front |
| National Convener: | Sukhpal Singh Khaira |
| Foundation: | 16 December 2018[1] |
| Dissolution: | 9 January 2022 |
Punjab Democratic Alliance was formed by Punjab Ekta Party leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira[2] to contest 2019 Indian general election in Punjab on all 13 Lok Sabha seats.[3] PDA was part of the nationwide Mahagathbandhan,[4] [5] and projected Mayawati as its prime ministerial face.[6] [7] [8]
On 12 May 2019, BSP-PDA held a massive rally at Langroya village, Nawanshahr[9] and BSP national president Mayawati campaigned for all 13 PDA candidates of Punjab including Sukhpal Singh Khaira and Simarjit Singh Bains alongside BSP candidates former journalist Balwinder Kumar from Jalandhar, retired IAS officer Khushi Ram from Hoshiarpur and international polo player Vikram Singh Sodhi from Anandpur Sahib.[10] [11] [12] Mayawati attacked SAD-BJP and Congress in her speech for failing people of Punjab.[13] Communist leaders Mangat Ram Pasla from the Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (RMPI), Bant Brar from the CPI and Kiranjit Singh Sekhon from the MCPI (U) were also speakers at rally.[14]
Following were the members of alliance:[15]
| Party | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| National Political Parties | |||
| Communist Party of India[16] | Bant Singh Brar | ||
| Unrecognized Regional Parties | |||
| Lok Insaaf Party[17] | Simarjit Singh Bains | ||
| Nawan Punjab Party | Dharamvir Gandhi | ||
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | Mangat Ram Pasla | ||
Initially Amritsar seat was given to Lok Insaaf Party but later decided to give it to CPI.[21] Alliance announced to contest on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.[22]
| Party | No. of Seats Contested | Contested Seats (seat no.) | Result (won/lost) | Vote % in seats contested | Total Vote share | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Sangrur (12) | Lost | 1.82 | 3.45% | |||
| Ludhiana (7) | Lost | 29.36 | |||||
| Fatehgarh Sahib (8) | Lost | 14.43 | |||||
| 3 | Anandpur Sahib (6) | Lost | 13.54 | 3.52% | |||
| Jalandhar (4) | Lost | 20.1 | |||||
| Hoshiarpur (5) | Lost | 12.98 | |||||
| 3 | |||||||
| Bathinda (11) | Lost | 3.18 | 2.18% | ||||
| Faridkot (9) | Lost | 4.51 | |||||
| Khadoor Sahib (3) | Lost | 20.51 | |||||
| Communist Party of India | 2 | ||||||
| Amritsar (2) | Lost | 1.9 | 0.31% | ||||
| Firozpur (10) | Lost | 2.23 | |||||
| 1 | Patiala (13) | Lost | 13.72 | 1.19% | |||
| 1 | Gurdaspur (1) | Lost | 1.38 | 0.11% | |||
| TOTAL | 13 | 0 | 10.76% | ||||
See main article: 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election.