Lok Sabha Elections 2014 - MP Candidates List from Punjab

Chandigarh - There are total 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab i.e. there are total 13 lok sabha seats in Punjab. Each parliamentary constituency has 9 assembly constituencies in it. It means that for each lok sabha seat, there are 9 vidhan sabha seats in Punjab. The general elections in India for lok sabha seats are held after every 5 years and last elections were held in 2009. The next elections will be held in April, 2014. The date of Lok Sabha elections in Punjab is 30 April, 2014. The elections in Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, held on 10 April, 2014. The counting of votes will be done after the voting is held in all parts of India and the date of counting is 16 May, 2014.

Parliament Constituencies in Punjab

The list of parliamentary constituencies in Punjab is given below:

1. Amritsar
2. Anandpur Sahib
3. Bathinda
4. Faridkot
5. Fatehgarh Sahib
6. Ferozepur
7. Gurdaspur
8. Hoshiarpur
9. Jalandhar
10. Khadur Sahib
11. Ludhiana
12. Patiala
13. Sangrur

Lok Sabha Candidates from Punjab

The Lok Sabha elections going to be held on 30 April, 2014 for all 13 lok sabha seats from Punjab. The main political parties contesting these elections from Punjab are Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Congress. Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP have alliance in Punjab with Akali Dal candidates contesting from 10 seats and BJP candidates contesting from 3 seats. The main contest on most of the seats will be between Congress candidates and SAD-BJP candidates. A list of main candidates from each lok sabha seat is given here.

• Lok Sabha candidates from Amritsar : 
  Capt. Amrinder Singh of Congress and Arun Jaitley of BJP are the main candidates from Amritsar seat. Capt. Amrinder Singh is Maharaja Patiala, is a former Chief Minister of Punjab and current MLA from Patiala assembly contituency. Arun Jaitley is a senior BJP leader. Navjot Singh Sidhu is the current MP from Amritsar and he belongs to BJP.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Anandpur Sahib : Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra of SAD and Ambika Soni of Congress are the main candidates from Anandpur Sahib seat. The existing MP is Ravneet Singh Bittu of Congress. In 2014 elections, he is contesting from Ludhiana.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Bathinda : Harsimrat Kaur Badal of SAD and Manpreet Singh Badal of PPP are the main contestants from Bathinda seat. Congress has not fielded any candidate from this seat and will support Manpreet Singh Badal. Harsimrat Kaur Badal is the current MP from this constituency.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Faridkot : Joginder Singh Panjgraian is the Congress candidate. He is also MLA from Jaiton vidhan sabha constituency. He will be contesting against the sitting MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan of Shiromani Akali Dal.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Fatehgarh Sahib : Kulwant Singh is the SAD candidate and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, who is MLA from Nabha assembly constituency, is the Congress candidate from this constituency. The current MP is Sukhdev Singh Libra. He is a member of Congress but is not contesting in the current elections.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Firozpur : Sunil Kumar Jakhar of Congress and Sher Singh Ghubaya of SAD are the main candidates from Ferozepur seat. Sunik Kumar Jakhar is current MLA from Abohar seat in Fazilka district. Ghubaya is the sitting MP.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Gurdaspur : Partap Singh Bajwa is the Congress candidate from this seat. He is also the current MP from the same seat. He will be contesting against the Vinod Khanna of BJP. Vinod Khanna is a well known former Bollywood actor and was also a former MP from this seat.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Hoshiarpur : Mohinder Singh Kaypee of Congress and Vijay Sampla of BJP are the main contestents from Hoshiarpur seat. This is a reserved seat in the current elections. The current MP is Smt. Santosh Chaudhary of Congress but she is denied ticket in the current elections.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Jalandhar : Santokh Singh Chaudhary of Congress, a former cabinet minister and Pawan Kumar Tinu of SAD are the main contestents from Jalandhar seat. Pawan Kumar Tinu was elected MLA in 2012 and represents Adampur seat in Jalandhar district. The current MP, Mohinder Singh Kaypee of Congress is contesting from Hoshiarpur in the current elections.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Khadoor Sahib : Ranjit Singh Brahmpura is the SAD candidate and Harminder Gill is the Congress candidate for Khadoor Sahib seat. Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala is the current MP.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Ludhiana : Manpreet Singh Ayali of SAD, Ravneet Singh Bittu (MP from Anandpur Sahib) of Congress, H.S.Phoolka of AAP and Simarjit Singh Bains (Independent) are the main contestents for this seat. Munish Tiwari of Congress won in the last elections but is not contesting in the current elections due to health related issues. Manpreet Singh Ayali is MLA from Dakha constituency in Ludhiana district, Raveent Singh Bittu is currently MP from Anandpur Sahib parliamentary constituency and Simarjit Singh Bains is MLA from Atam Nagar assembly seat in Ludhiana district.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Patiala : Preneet Kaur, a senior Congress leader and sitting MP is one of the main candidates from this seat. Deepinder Dhillon is the SAD candidate.
• Lok Sabha candidates from Sangrur : The main contestants are Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa of SAD, Vijay Inder Singla of BJP and Bhagwant Mann of Aam Aadmin Party (AAP). Vijay Inder Singla is the sitting MP from this seat.

A more detailed list of Lok Sabha candidates from Punjab is given below. Some details of each candidate like address, phone number, educational qualification etc. is also given as under:

Const No.	Constituency	Candidate	Party	Address	Phone	Qualification
1	Gurdaspur	Partap Singh Bajwa	Congress	Old Railway Road, Qadian, Distt. Gurdaspur	9878870206	Graduation (B.A.) from Panjab University, Chandigarh
1	Gurdaspur	Vinod Kumar Khanna	BJP	13 C, II Plaza, Little Gibbs Road, Malabar Hills, Mumbai-400 006	9892600001	JR. B.Com from Bombay University HR College
1	Gurdaspur	Sucha Singh	AAP	Village Chhotepur, Tehsil and Distt. Gurdaspur	9855356666	B.A. from Govt. College, Gurdaspur. University - G.N.D.U.
2	Amritsar	Amarinder Singh	Congress	H.No. - 1669, New Moti Bagh Colony, Patiala	9871200042	N.D.A., I.M.A. Doon
2	Amritsar	Arun Jaitley	BJP	A-44, Kailash Colony, New Delhi - 110048	011-29244587	L.L.B. - Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
2	Amritsar	Daljit Singh	AAP	57, Jassi Colony, Amritsar - 143001	98150-00207	M.B.B.S., M.S. - Govt. Medical College, Amritsar. University - Punjab University
3	Khadoor Sahib	Ranjit Singh	SAD	H.No. - 159, V.P.O. Rani Walah, Tehsil and Distt. Tarn Taran	99154-40044	Under Matric from Khalsa High School, Dera Sahib, Tarn Taran
3	Khadoor Sahib	Harminder Singh Gill	Congress	Ward No. - 2, Garden Colony, Patti.	98144-51044	M.A. (Economics & History) from Guru Nanak Dev University
3	Khadoor Sahib	Baldeep Singh	AAP	C-43, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi - 110013	98100-02653	B.A. from Govt. College, Chandigarh - Punjab Universiy
4	Jalandhar	Pawan Kumar Tinu	SAD	H/No - 721/3, Mohalla Jattan Bagichi, Adampur, Jalandhar	94170-33919	M.A. (Economics) Part-I, D.A.V. College Jalandhar
4	Jalandhar	Santokh Singh Chaudhary	Congress	B-8-281, Landhra House, Nurmahal Road, Phillaur, Distt. Jalandhar	98140-62168	L.L.B. from Panjab University, Chandigarh
4	Jalandhar	Jyoti Mann	AAP	H/No. 140, Topkhana Bazar, Jalandhar Cantt., Distt. Jalandhar	95012-95674	B.A. from G.N.D.U. Amritsar
5	Hoshiarpur	Vijay Sampla	BJP	H/No. 635A, Dilbag Nagar Extension, Jalandhar	98760-99143	Matric from Public High School, Kukkar Pind Jalandhar
5	Hoshiarpur	Mohinder Singh Kaypee	Congress	141, Mithapur, Tehsil and Distt. Jalandhar	98142-09688	L.L.B. from Law Department, Panjab University, Chandigarh
5	Hoshiarpur	Yamini Gomar	AAP	H/No. 280, Street Number 1, Labh Nagar, Hoshiarpur	92164-31170	B.Com.
6	Anandpur Sahib	Ambika Soni	Congress	H/No. 82, Village Bajwara, Tehsil & Distt. Hoshiarpur	0172-2742775	B.A. from I.P. College, Delhi University
6	Anandpur Sahib	Prem Singh	SAD	H/No. 34, Village Chandumajra, P.O. Basantpura, Rajpura, Distt. Patiala. Pin - 143419	99144-04100	M.A. (Economics), M.A. (Political Science) from Punjabi University, Patiala
6	Anandpur Sahib	Himmat Singh Shergill	AAP	H/No. 92, Sector 16-A, Chandigarh	98880-89311	L.L.B. from University of Buckingham
7	Ludhiana	Manpreet Singh Ayali	SAD	V.P.O. Gorsian Kadar Baksh, Tehsil Jagraon, Distt. Ludhiana 142033	98140-46245	B.A. Ist year from Govt. College (Panjab University) Ludhiana.
7	Ludhiana	Ravneet Singh Bittu	Congress	Village Kotla Afgana, Teh. Payal, Distt. Ludhiana	98157-00519	10+2 Guru Nanak Public School, Sector-36, Chandigarh
7	Ludhiana	Harvinder Singh Phoolka	AAP	C-253, Defence Colony, New Delhi	98110-21916	B.Sc. Agriculture from P.A.U. Ludhiana. L.L.B from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
7	Ludhiana	Simarjeet Singh Bains	Independent	H/No.-9757, Street No. 5, Kot Mangal Singh, Ludhiana	98140-93795	B.A.
8	Fatehgarh Sahib	Kulwant Singh	SAD	H/No.-1047, Sector 71, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab - 160071	98150-00538	Matric from Punjab School Education Board
8	Fatehgarh Sahib	Sadhu Singh Dharamsot	Congress	House No.-06, Birh Amloh, Tehsil Amloh, Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab.	98155-45390	Matric from Punjab School Education Board
8	Fatehgarh Sahib	Harinder Singh Khalsa	AAP	H/No-90, Kohinorr Park, P.O. Rajguru Nagar, Ludhiana	94632-68487	M.A. (English) from Panjab University, Chandigarh
9	Faridkot	Paramjit Kaur Gulshan	SAD	H/No-414, Harindra Nagar, Ward No. 10, Faridkot	90131-80472	M.A. (Economics) from Punjabi University, Patiala. M.A. (Sociology).
9	Faridkot	Joginder Singh Panjgraian	Congress	B XII/37, New Harindra Nagar, Near Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot	98782-00026	Under Matric
9	Faridkot	Prof. Sadhu Singh	AAP	B XII/35, Harindra Nagar, Faridkot	75088-70590	M.A. (English) from Panjab University, Chandigarh
10	Firozpur	Sher Singh Ghubaya	SAD	VPO Ghubaya, Tehsil Jalalabad, Distt. Fazilka	94637-00111	Matric
10	Firozpur	Sunil Jakhar	Congress	V.P.O. Panjkosi, Tehsil Abohar, Distt. Fazilka	01634-272022	M.B.A. from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
10	Firozpur	Satnam Paul Kamboj	AAP	H/No-66, Ekta Nagar, Firozpur.	98556-23093	B.Com., L.L.B.
11	Bathinda	Harsimrat Kaur Badal	SAD	V.P.O. Badal, Tehsil Malout, Distt. Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab	01637-244672	Diploma in Textile Designing from South Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi
11	Bathinda	Manpreet Singh Badal	Congress	V.P.O. Badal, Tehsil Malout, Distt. Sri Muktsar Sahib, Punjab - 152113	98728-01190	L.L.B. (Hons) from University of London
11	Bathinda	Jasraj Singh Longia	AAP	H/No-3448, Sector 71, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) - 160071	99158-37036	B.A. from Punjabi University, Patiala
12	Sangrur	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	SAD	Village Ubhawal, Distt. Sangrur, Punjab	94176-05588	B.A. from Panjab University, Chandigarh
12	Sangrur	Vijay Inder Singla	Congress	Singla Niwas, Haripura Road, Sangrur	90131-80244	B.E. (Computer Science) from BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
12	Sangrur	Bhagwant Mann	AAP	H/No-159, Phase 3-B1, Mohali	98159-23450	B.Com. (Ist Year) Shaheed Udham Singh Government College, Sunam
13	Patiala	Deepinder Singh Dhillon	SAD	H/No-325, Sector 9-D, Chandigarh	98766-65990	L.L.B. from Panjab University, Chandigarh
13	Patiala	Preneet Kaur	Congress	H/No-1669, New Moti Bagh Colony, Patiala	98148-86428	B.A. from Panjab University, Chandigarh
13	Patiala	Dr. Dharam Vira Gandhi	AAP	25/DV, Sukh Enclave, New Officer Colony, Patiala	98142-05969	M.B.B.S. from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar

Punjab MP List 2009

The last general elections for 15th Lok Sabha were held in 2009. The majority of members of lok sabha from Punjab are from Congress party. Out of total 13 MPs from Punjab, eight MPs belong to Congress party, four are members of Shiromani Akali Dal and one belongs to BJP. A list of MPs from Punjab i.e Lok Sabha members elected during 2009 elections is given below. For a list of all MPs and MLAs from Punjab elected since independence, you can check the book Electoral Constituencies and Political Leaders of Punjab (ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਚੋਣ ਹਲਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਜਸੀ ਆਗੂ). This book contains information about all the electoral constituencies in Punjab. It also contains brief details about the elected M.L.A.s, M.P.s in the history of Punjab. It also throws some light on the Political Families of Punjab.

1. Navjot Singh Sidhu is MP from Amritsar. He is a member of BJP.
2. Ravneet Singh Bittu was elected as MP from Anandpur Sahib. He is a member of Congress. He is grandson of late S. Beant Singh, former chief minister of Punjab.
3. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal won from Bathinda lok sabha seat. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal. She is daugher-in-law of S. Parkash Singh Badal, current chief minister of Punjab.
4. Paramjit Kaur Gulshan is MP from Faridkot. She is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal.
5. Sukhdev Singh Libra is MP from Fatehgarh Sahib. He is a member of Congress.
6. Sher Singh Ghubaya was elected from Firozpur seat. He is a member of SAD.
7. Partap Singh Bajwa elected from Gurdaspur constituency. He is a member of Congress and is currently president of Punjab Congress.
8. Smt. Santosh Chowdhary is MP from Hoshiarpur. She is a member of Congress.
9. Mohinder Singh Kaypee is MP from Jalandhar. He belongs to Congress.
10. Dr. Rattan Singh Ajnala is lok sabha member from Khadur Sahib. He is a member of Shiromani Akali Dal.
11. Munish Tiwari was elected MP from Ludhiana parliament seat. He is a senior Congress leader.
12. Smt. Preneet Kaur is MP from Patiala. She is a member of Congress. She is wife of Capt. Amrinder Singh, former Chief Minister of Punjab.
13. Vijay Inder Singla of Congress is lok sabha member from Sangrur.

MP from Chandigarh

In the lok sabha elections held in 2009, Pawan Kumar Bansal of Congress was elected as MP from Chandigarh. He was also Railway Minister. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he is the Congress candidate for the same seat.

Lok Sabha Candidates from Chandigarh

The elections has held in Chandigarh on 10 April, 2014. For the 2014 elections, the candidates from Chandigarh are:

1. Pawan Kumar Bansal - Congress
2. Gul Panag - Aam Aadmi Party
3. Kirron Kher - Bhartiya Janta Party
4. Jannat Jahan - Bahujan Samaj Party

How many lok sabha seats are there in Punjab? 
There are total 13 lok sabha seats in Punjab.