2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

2007 Punjab legislative assembly election
30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)
116 (of the 117) seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.42% (Increase 13.28pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Parkash Singh Badal Captain Amarinder Singh Avinash Rai Khanna
Party SAD INC BJP
Alliance NDA UPA NDA
Leader since 1 March 1997 26 February 2002 27 September 2003
Leader's seat Lambi Patiala Did not contest
Last election 41 62 3
Seats won 48 44 19
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 18 Increase 16
Popular vote 4,689,018 5,170,548 1,046,451
Percentage 37.09% 40.90% 8.28%
Swing Increase 6.01pp Increase 0.79pp Increase 2.61pp
Chief Minister before election

Amarinder Singh
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

The Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007 was held in Indian state of Punjab in 2007, to elect 117 members to the 13th Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] Shiromani Akali Dal, and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party gained majority of the seats. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister


Background

2007 general elections in Punjab witnessed most closely fought elections in Indian National Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal. The turnout among 1.69 Crore eligible voters, which is 76% was exceptionally high compared to last elections.

The 2007 Punjab Assembly Elections at a Glance

The 2007 Punjab Assembly Elections at a Glance
S. No. (Contest/won) (Contest/won) (Contest/won)
1997 Vote 2002 Vote 2007 Vote
INC 105/14 26.59 105/62 35.81 116/44 40.9
SAD 92/75 37.64 92/41 31.08 93/49 37.09
BJP 22/18 8.33 23/3 5.67 23/19 8.28
CPI 15/2 2.98 11/2 2.15 25/0 0.76
CPM 25/0 1.79 13/0 0.36 14/0 0.28
SAD

(M)

30/1 3.10 84/0 4.65 37/0 0.52

Parties and Alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) Parkash Singh Badal 94 48
2. Bharatiya Janata Party 23 19

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Seats Won
1. Indian National Congress Hand Captain Amarinder Singh 117 44

  Bahujan Samaj Party

No. Party Flag Symbol PhotoLeader Seats contested
3. Bahujan Samaj Party 115

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol PhotoLeader Seats contested

1.

 Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 37
2. Communist Party of India (Marxist) 14
3. Communist Party of India 25
4 Nationalist Congress Party 15
5. Communist Party of India (M–L) Liberation 10
6. All India Forward Bloc 2
7 Janata Dal (Secular) 1
8 Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party 3
9 Lok Janshakti Party 37
10 Rashtriya Janata Dal 2
11 Rashtriya Samata Party 7
12 Shiv Sena 8
13 Samajwadi Party 6

Results

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 2007[1]
Party Candidates Seats won Votes % of votes
Shiromani Akali Dal 93484,689,01837.09%
Indian National Congress 116445,170,54840.90%
Bharatiya Janata Party 23191,046,4518.28%
Independent 4315861,5956.82%
Total[a] 104311612,641,706
  1. ↑ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.

Results by Region

Region Seats INC SAD BJP Others
Malwa 65 37 19 5 4
Majha 27 3 17 7 0
Doaba 25 4 13 7 1
Sum 117 44 49 19 5

Result by Constituency

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Fatehgarh Nirmal Singh Kahlon SAD 49,909 51.27 Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa INC 44,080 45.28 5,829 5.99
2 Batala Jagdish Sahni BJP 47,929 46.82 Ashwani Sekhri INC 47,849 46.74 80 0.08
3 Qadian Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal SAD 52,561 48.40 Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa INC 50,805 46.79 1,756 1.61
4 Sri Hargobindpur Capt. Balbir Singh Bath SAD 42,563 48.82 Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa INC 39,274 45.05 3,289 3.77
5 Kahnuwan Partap Singh Bajwa INC 50,253 51.31 Sewa Singh Sekhwan SAD 45,537 46.49 4,716 4.82
6 Dhariwal Sucha Singh Langah SAD 52,080 54.88 Sucha Singh Chhotepur IND 38,131 40.18 13,949 14.70
7 Gurdaspur Gurbachan Singh Babbehali SAD 51,407 49.65 Pritam Singh Bhinder INC 47,081 45.47 4,326 4.18
8 Dina Nagar (SC) Sita Ram BJP 49,161 48.14 Aruna Chaudhary INC 48,321 47.32 840 0.82
9 Narot Mehra (SC) Bishamber Dass BJP 40,791 47.85 Rumal Chand INC 25,426 29.83 15,365 18.02
10 Pathankot Master Mohan Lal BJP 43,705 42.28 Ashok Sharma INC 35,175 34.03 8,530 8.25
11 Sujanpur Dinesh Singh BJP 51,913 46.57 Raghunath Sahai Puri INC 51,609 46.30 304 0.27
13 Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia SAD 51,690 55.31 Sukhjinder Raj Singh INC 28,682 30.69 23,008 24.62
14 Verka (SC) Dalbir Singh Verka SAD 67,697 53.05 Raj Kumar Verka INC 49,594 38.86 18,103 14.19
15 Jandiala (SC) Malkiat Singh SAD 63,123 53.43 Sardul Singh INC 48,832 41.34 14,291 12.09
16 Amritsar North Anil Joshi BJP 33,397 46.63 Jugal Kishore Sharma INC 19,302 26.95 14,095 19.68
17 Amritsar West Om Parkash Soni INC 60,969 47.09 Rajinder Mohan Singh BJP 48,871 37.74 12,098 9.35
18 Amritsar Central Lakshmi Kanta Chawla BJP 18,866 41.20 Darbari Lal INC 15,171 33.13 3,695 8.07
19 Amritsar South Raminder Singh Bolaria SAD 54,632 62.51 Harjinder Singh Thekedar INC 30,624 35.04 24,008 27.47
20 Ajnala Amarpal Singh Ajnala SAD 56,559 50.13 Harpartap Singh Ajnala INC 46,359 41.09 10,200 9.04
21 Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria INC 51,698 50.93 Vir Singh Lopoke SAD 43,422 42.78 8,276 8.15
22 Attari (SC) Gulzar Singh Ranike SAD 43,235 58.67 Rattan Singh INC 24,163 32.79 19,072 25.88
23 Tarn Taran Harmeet Singh SAD 44,841 48.73 Manjit Singh INC 28,307 30.76 16,534 17.97
24 Khadoor Sahib (SC) Manjit Singh Mianwind SAD 43,470 51.60 Tarsem Singh INC 33,490 39.76 9,980 11.84
25 Naushahra Panwan Ranjit Singh Brahampura SAD 39,846 49.24 Dharambir Agnihotri INC 37,387 46.19 2,459 3.05
26 Patti Adesh Partap Singh SAD 55,485 52.76 Harminder Singh Gill INC 45,538 43.30 9,947 9.46
27 Valtoha Virsa Singh SAD 52,085 52.81 Gurchet Singh INC 40,735 41.30 11,350 11.51
28 Adampur Sarbjeet Singh Makkar SAD 44,883 47.21 Kanwaljit Singh Lally INC 34,643 36.44 10,240 10.77
29 Jullundur Cantonment Jagbir Singh Brar SAD 50,436 53.28 Gurkanwal Kaur INC 33,452 35.34 16,984 17.94
30 Jullundur North K.D. Bhandari BJP 45,579 50.31 Avtar Henry INC 40,650 44.87 4,929 5.44
31 Jullundur Central Manoranjan Kalia BJP 47,221 52.61 Tajinder Singh Bittu INC 28,212 31.43 19,009 21.18
32 Jullundur South (SC) Chuni Lal Bhagat BJP 56,775 50.00 Mohinder Singh K.P. INC 44,860 39.51 11,915 10.49
33 Kartarpur (SC) Avinash Chander SAD 54,380 51.77 Ch. Jagjit Singh INC 43,311 41.23 11,069 10.54
34 Lohian Ajit Singh Kohar SAD 59,642 55.13 C. D. Singh Kamboj INC 40,381 37.32 19,261 17.81
35 Nakodar Amarjit Singh Samra INC 44,255 45.14 Kuldip Singh Wadala SAD 41,037 41.85 3,218 3.29
36 Nur Mahal Gurdip Singh Bhullar SAD 41,734 41.54 Gurbinder Singh Atwal INC 36,316 36.15 5,418 5.39
37 Banga (SC) Mohan Lal SAD 36,581 41.65 Tarlochan Singh INC 33,856 38.55 2,725 3.10
38 Nawan Shahr Jatinder Singh Kariha SAD 46,172 42.12 Parkash Singh INC 40,357 36.81 5,815 5.31
39 Phillaur (SC) Sarwan Singh SAD 42,412 41.61 Santokh Chaudhary INC 42,139 41.34 273 0.27
40 Bholath Sukhpal Singh INC 48,072 53.59 Jagir Kaur SAD 39,208 43.71 8,864 9.88
41 Kapurthala Rana Rajbans Kaur INC 47,173 50.58 Raghbir Singh SAD 40,888 43.84 6,285 6.74
42 Sultanpur Upinderjit Kaur SAD 49,363 53.50 Navtej Singh INC 38,318 41.53 11,045 11.97
43 Phagwara (SC) Swarna Ram BJP 47,906 46.86 Joginder Singh Mann INC 38,302 37.46 9,604 9.40
44 Balachaur Nand Lal SAD 41,206 43.10 Santosh Kumari INC 40,105 41.95 1,101 1.15
45 Garhshankar Lov Kumar Goldy INC 33,876 42.13 Mohinder Pal Mann BJP 29,808 37.07 4,068 5.06
46 Mahilpur (SC) Sohan Singh Thandal SAD 31,099 44.17 Dr. Dilbag Rai INC 19,266 27.36 11,833 16.81
47 Hoshiarpur Tikshan Sud BJP 41,309 44.52 Charanjit Singh Channi INC 36,908 39.78 4,401 4.74
48 Sham Chaurasi (SC) Mohinder Kaur SAD 37,739 40.46 Ch. Ram Lubhaya INC 34,922 37.44 2,817 3.02
49 Tanda Sangat Singh Gilzian IND 46,915 51.75 Balbir Singh Miani SAD 34,109 37.62 12,806 14.13
50 Garhdiwala (SC) Des Raj Dhugga SAD 42,830 52.98 Jasbir Singh Pal INC 22,446 27.77 20,384 25.21
51 Dasuya Amarjit Singh Sahi BJP 51,919 52.68 Ramesh Chander Dogra INC 42,645 43.27 9,274 9.41
52 Mukerian Arunesh Kumar BJP 60,662 53.09 Rajnish Kumar INC 45,984 40.24 14,678 12.85
53 Jagraon Gurdeep Singh Bhaini INC 46,084 42.23 Bhag Singh Mallah SAD 45,211 41.43 873 0.80
54 Raikot Harmohinder Singh INC 49,629 48.60 Ranjit Singh SAD 47,190 46.21 2,439 2.39
55 Dakha (SC) Darshan Singh Shivalik SAD 94,807 49.20 Malkiat Singh Dakha INC 79,006 41.00 15,801 8.20
56 Qila Raipur Jasbir Singh Khangura INC 56,610 53.41 Jagdish Singh Garcha SAD 45,734 43.15 10,876 10.26
57 Ludhiana North Harish Bedi BJP 31,218 36.30 Rakesh Pandey INC 26,322 30.61 4,896 5.69
58 Ludhiana West Harish Rai Dhanda SAD 46,021 57.01 Harnam Das Johar INC 31,617 39.17 14,404 17.84
59 Ludhiana East Sat Pal Gosain BJP 30,232 49.53 Surinder Kumar INC 28,450 46.61 1,782 2.92
60 Ludhiana Rural Hira Singh Gabria SAD 1,35,633 51.76 Malkit Singh Birmi INC 86,957 33.18 48,676 18.58
61 Payal Tej Parkash Singh INC 42,535 42.52 Maheshinder Singh Grewal SAD 26,461 26.45 16,074 16.07
62 Kum Kalan (SC) Ishar Singh INC 55,082 48.73 Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal SAD 53,017 46.91 2,065 1.82
63 Samrala Jagjiwan Singh SAD 53,135 54.56 Amrik Singh INC 38,846 39.89 14,289 14.67
64 Khanna (SC) Bikramjit Singh SAD 54,395 47.46 Shamsher Singh Dullo INC 52,795 46.07 1,600 1.39
65 Nangal Kanwar Pal Singh INC 42,474 46.60 Madan Mohan Mittal BJP 39,798 43.66 2,676 2.94
66 Anandpur Sahib – Ropar Sant Ajit Singh SAD 47,810 47.13 Ramesh Dutt Sharma INC 37,912 37.38 9,898 9.75
67 Chamkaur Sahib (SC) Charanjit Singh Channi IND 37,946 42.01 Satwant Kaur SAD 36,188 40.06 1,758 1.95
68 Morinda Ujaggar Singh SAD 58,608 48.41 Jagmohan Singh INC 50,188 41.46 8,420 6.95
69 Kharar Balbir Singh INC 85,092 50.02 Jasjit Singh SAD 71,477 42.02 13,615 8.00
70 Banur Kanwaljit Singh SAD 79,324 59.46 Rakesh Sharma INC 36,673 27.49 42,651 31.97
71 Rajpura Raj Khurana BJP 56,161 50.79 Hardial Singh Kamboj INC 41,977 37.96 14,184 12.83
72 Ghanaur Madan Lal Thekedar IND 35,006 31.61 Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpura SAD 34,274 30.95 732 0.66
73 Dakala Lal Singh INC 64,442 49.14 Harmail Singh Tohra SAD 56,332 42.96 8,110 6.18
74 Shutrana (SC) Nirmal Singh INC 53,888 44.80 Hamir Singh Ghagga SAD 51,293 42.65 2,595 2.15
75 Samana Brahm Mahindra INC 78,122 46.03 Surjeet Singh Rakhra SAD 75,546 44.51 2,576 1.52
76 Patiala Town Amarinder Singh INC 60,346 65.69 Surjit Singh Kohli SAD 27,596 30.04 32,750 35.65
77 Nabha Randeep Singh INC 41,310 32.40 Narinder Singh SAD 35,997 28.24 5,313 4.16
78 Amloh (SC) Sadhu Singh INC 59,556 46.18 Satwinder Kaur SAD 52,879 41.00 6,677 5.18
79 Sirhind Didar Singh SAD 58,578 51.00 Dr. Harbans Lal INC 35,179 30.63 23,399 20.37
80 Dhuri Iqbal Singh Jhundan IND 36,469 31.87 Mai Roop Kaur INC 33,290 29.09 3,179 2.78
81 Malerkotla Razia Sultana INC 72,184 51.86 Abdul Ghaffar SAD 57,984 41.66 14,200 10.20
82 Sherpur (SC) Harchand Kaur INC 49,684 49.59 Gobind Singh SAD 39,170 39.09 10,514 10.50
83 Barnala Kewal Singh Dhillon INC 58,723 47.78 Malkit Singh Keetu SAD 57,359 46.67 1,364 1.11
84 Bhadaur (SC) Balvir Singh Ghunas SAD 38,069 37.69 Surinder Kaur Balian INC 37,883 37.50 186 0.19
85 Dhanaula Kuldip Singh Bhathal INC 42,105 39.04 Gobind Singh Longowal SAD 38,581 35.78 3,524 3.26
86 Sangrur Surinder Pal Singh Sibia INC 61,171 51.36 Prakash Chand Garg SAD 49,161 41.28 12,010 10.08
87 Dirbha Surjit Singh Dhiman INC 54,036 47.81 Baldev Singh Mann SAD 52,883 46.79 1,153 1.02
88 Sunam Parminder Singh Dhindsa SAD 52,270 43.92 Aman Arora INC 42,138 35.41 10,132 8.51
89 Lehra Rajinder Kaur INC 47,515 40.48 Prem Chandumajra SAD 47,267 40.27 248 0.21
90 Balluana (SC) Gurtej Singh SAD 50,929 47.78 Parkash Singh Bhatti INC 36,295 34.05 14,634 13.73
91 Abohar Sunil Kumar Jakhar INC 70,679 54.60 Ram Kumar BJP 53,478 41.31 17,201 13.29
92 Fazilka Surjeet Kumar BJP 58,284 52.13 Mohinder Kumar INC 42,225 37.76 16,059 14.37
93 Jalalabad Sher Singh SAD 89,085 62.10 Hans Raj Josan INC 45,008 31.38 44,077 30.72
94 Guru Har Sahai Gurmeet Singh INC 65,745 47.83 Paramjit Singh Sandhu SAD 47,175 34.32 18,570 13.51
95 Firozepur Sukhpal Singh BJP 61,340 53.53 Bal Mukand Sharma INC 46,461 40.55 14,879 12.98
96 Firozepur Cantonment Janmeja Singh SAD 54,980 52.02 Ravinder Singh INC 46,475 43.97 8,505 8.05
97 Zira Naresh Kumar INC 64,903 53.27 Hari Singh Zira SAD 52,531 43.12 12,372 10.15
98 Dharamkot (SC) Seetal Singh SAD 47,277 46.64 Kewal Singh INC 41,577 41.01 5,700 5.63
99 Moga Joginder Pal Jain INC 55,300 47.77 Tota Singh SAD 54,008 46.65 1,292 1.12
100 Bagha Purana Darshan Singh Brar INC 54,624 47.59 Sadhu Singh Rajiana SAD 51,159 44.58 3,465 3.01
101 Nihal Singh Wala (SC) Ajit Singh IND 38,236 39.73 Jarnail Singh SAD 36,604 38.03 1,632 1.70
102 Panjgrain (SC) Joginder Singh INC 46,032 42.92 Gurdev Singh Badal SAD 42,543 39.67 3,489 3.25
103 Kot Kapura Ripjit Singh INC 68,970 50.22 Mantar Singh SAD 58,160 42.35 10,810 7.87
104 Faridkot Avtar Singh Brar INC 65,152 45.33 Kushaldeep Singh SAD 62,219 43.29 2,933 2.04
105 Muktsar Kanwarjit Singh INC 49,972 39.42 Sukhdarshan Singh Marar SAD 37,549 29.62 12,423 9.80
106 Giddar Baha Manpreet Singh Badal SAD 53,111 43.18 Raghubir Singh INC 34,283 27.87 18,828 15.31
107 Malout (SC) Harpreet Singh SAD 51,188 45.95 Nathu Ram INC 43,962 39.47 7,226 6.48
108 Lambi Parkash Singh Badal SAD 56,282 51.35 Mahesh Inder Singh INC 47,095 42.97 9,187 8.38
109 Talwandi Sabo Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu INC 50,012 45.67 Amarjit Singh Sidhu SAD 46,222 42.21 3,790 3.46
110 Pakka Kalan (SC) Makhan Singh INC 49,983 45.56 Darshan Singh Kotfatta SAD 44,376 40.45 5,607 5.11
111 Bhatinda Harminder Singh Jassi INC 83,545 50.64 Sarup Chand Singla SAD 68,900 41.77 14,645 8.87
112 Nathana (SC) Ajaib Singh Bhatti INC 58,857 50.03 Gura Singh Tungwali SAD 52,207 44.38 6,650 5.65
113 Rampura Phul Gurpreet Singh Kangar INC 57,284 48.44 Sikander Singh Maluka SAD 55,025 46.53 2,259 1.91
114 Joga Jagdeep Singh Nakai SAD 39,747 36.23 Sukhraj Singh Natt IND 35,425 32.29 4,322 3.94
115 Mansa Sher Singh INC 53,515 43.68 Sukhwinder Singh SAD 50,767 41.43 2,748 2.25
116 Budhlada Mangat Rai Bansal INC 56,271 49.01 Harbant Singh SAD 43,456 37.85 12,815 11.16
117 Sardulgarh Ajit Inder Singh INC 58,940 49.60 Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD 54,388 45.77 4,552 3.83

Government Formation

On March 2, 2007 Parkash Singh Badal took Oath for the record fourth time. With crowd gathered in the Mohali cricket stadium to attend the Oath Taking Ceremony.

By-polls 2007-2011

No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
1. 3 August 2009 Kahnuwan Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress Sewa Singh Sekhwan Shiromani Akali Dal
2. 2008 Amritsar South Raminder Singh Bolaria Shiromani Akali Dal Inder Bir Singh Bolari Shiromani Akali Dal
3. 12 June 2009 Nur Mahal Gurdip Singh Bhullar Shiromani Akali Dal Rajwinder Kaur Bhullar Shiromani Akali Dal
4. 3 August 2009 Banur Kanwaljit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal Jasjit Singh Bunny Shiromani Akali Dal
5. 3 August 2009 Jalalabad Sher Singh Ghubaya Shiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Election Commission of India
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