Jalandhar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency (formerly known as Jullundur Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab state in northern India. It is reserved for schedule caste.

Jalandhar
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentSantokh Singh Chaudhary
Parliamentary PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952
ReservationSC
StatePunjab
Assembly ConstituenciesPhillaur
Nakodar
Shahkot
Kartarpur
Jalandhar West
Jalandhar Central
Jalandhar North
Jalandhar Cantt
Adampur

Assembly segments

Presently, after delimitation, this constituency comprises the following nine Vidhan Sabha segments:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
30 Phillaur SC Jalandhar
31 Nakodar None Jalandhar
32 Shahkot None Jalandhar
33 Kartarpur SC Jalandhar
34 Jalandhar West SC Jalandhar
35 Jalandhar Central None Jalandhar
36 Jalandhar North None Jalandhar
37 Jalandhar Cantt None Jalandhar
38 Adampur SC Jalandhar

    Old assembly segments

    Before delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, this constituency comprised the following nine Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:[2]

    1. Jullundur Cantonment
    2. Jullundur North
    3. Jullundur Central
    4. Jullundur South
    5. Kartarpur
    6. Lohian
    7. Nakodar
    8. Kapurthala
    9. Sultanpur

    Members of Parliament
    Election Member Party
    1952 Amar Nath Indian National Congress
    1957 Swaran Singh
    1962
    1967
    1969^
    1971
    1977 Iqbal Singh Dhillon Shiromani Akali Dal
    1980 Rajinder Singh Sparrow Indian National Congress (Indira)
    1984 Indian National Congress
    1989 Inder Kumar Gujral Janata Dal
    1992 Yash Indian National Congress
    1996 Umrao Singh
    1998 Inder Kumar Gujral Janata Dal
    1999 Balbir Singh Indian National Congress
    2004 Rana Gurjeet Singh
    2009 Mohinder Singh Kaypee
    2014 Santokh Singh Chaudhary
    2019

    Election results

    2019
    2019 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Santokh Singh Chaudhary 3,85,712 37.90
    SAD Charanjit Singh Atwal 3,66,221 35.90
    BSP Balwinder Kumar 2,04,783 20.10
    AAP Justice (Retd.) Jora Singh 25,467 2.50
    NOTA None of the above 12,324 1.21
    Majority 19,491 1.91
    Turnout 10,19,403 63.04 -4.04
    INC hold Swing

    2014
    2014 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Santokh Singh Chaudhary 3,80,479 36.56
    SAD Pawan Kumar 3,09,498 29.74
    AAP Jyoti Mann 2,54,121 24.42 +24.42
    BSP Sukhwinder Singh Kotli 46,914 4.51
    IND Darshan Nahar 10,074 0.97
    Majority 70,981 6.82
    Turnout 10,40,778 67.08 -0.07
    INC hold Swing

    2009
    2009 Indian general elections: Jalandhar
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Mohinder Singh Kaypee 4,08,103 45.34
    SAD Hans Raj Hans 3,71,658 41.29
    BSP Surjit Singh 93,592 10.40
    IND Rakesh Kumar Bhagat 5,303 0.59
    IND Hans Raj Pabwan 4,070 0.45
    Majority 36,445 4.05
    Turnout 8,99,691 67.15
    INC hold Swing

    1998
    1998 Indian general election: Jalandhar
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    JD I.K. Gujral 3,80,785
    INC Umrao Singh 2,49,769
    BSP Baldev Singh 5,693
    Independent Gurdev Singh 3,160
    Majority 1,31,016
    Turnout 6,50,836
    JD hold Swing

    See also

    Notes
    1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
    2. "Statistical Report on General elections, 2004 to the 14th Lok Sabha, Volume III" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. pp. 709–11. Retrieved 8 April 2010.

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