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The 2009 Indian general election in Punjab, occurred for 13 seats in the state. Punjab went for the Lok sabha elections in two phases-7 May and 13 May. There were 13 parliament seats from Punjab and the elections were held for 4 seats on 7 May and remaining 9 on 13 May.
Results
Indian National Congress got majority of 8 seats. Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party got 4 and 1 seats respectively.[1]
Elected MPs
| No. | Constituency | Turnout% | Name of elected M.P. | Party affiliation | Margin | |
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| 1 | Gurdaspur | 70.77 | Partap Singh Bajwa | Indian National Congress | 8,342 | |
| 2 | Amritsar | 65.63 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6,858 | |
| 3 | Khadoor Sahib | 70.64 | Rattan Singh Ajnala | Shiromani Akali Dal | 32,260 | |
| 4 | Jalandhar | 67.15 | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | Indian National Congress | 36,445 | |
| 5 | Hoshiarpur | 64.90 | Santosh Chowdhary | 366 | ||
| 6 | Anandpur Sahib | 67.62 | Ravneet Singh | 67,204 | ||
| 7 | Ludhiana | 64.68 | Manish Tewari | 1,13,706 | ||
| 8 | Fatehgarh Sahib | 69.41 | Sukhdev Singh Libra | 34,299 | ||
| 9 | Faridkot | 72.29 | Paramjit Kaur Gulshan | Shiromani Akali Dal | 62,042 | |
| 10 | Ferozpur | 71.28 | Sher Singh Ghubaya | 21,071 | ||
| 11 | Bathinda | 78.50 | Harsimrat Kaur Badal | 1,20,948 | ||
| 12 | Sangrur | 74.41 | Vijay Inder Singla | Indian National Congress | 40,872 | |
| 13 | Patiala | 69.60 | Maharani Preneet Kaur | 97,389 | ||
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
| Party | Assembly segments | |
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| Indian National Congress | 65 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 41 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 | |
| Total | 117 | |
References
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