2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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. Shiromani Akali Dal, and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party gained majority of the seats. Parkash Singh Badal was elected as the Chief Minister

2007 Punjab legislative assembly election

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30 January 2007 (2007-01-30)

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116 (of the 117) seats to the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

75.42% ( 13.28pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Parkash Singh Badal	Captain Amarinder Singh
Party	SAD	INC
Alliance	NDA	UPA
Leader since	1 March 1997	26 February 2002
Leader's seat	Lambi	Patiala
Last election	44	62
Seats won	67	44
Seat change	23	18
Popular vote	5,735,469	5,170,548
Percentage	45.37% (Alliance figures)	40.90%
Swing	8.62pp	0.79pp

Chief Minister before election

Amarinder Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Parkash Singh Badal
SAD

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)
S. No.	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				Captain Amarinder Singh	117	44

Bahujan Samaj Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested
3.	Bahujan Samaj Party					115

Others

No.	Party	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

Party		Candidates	Seats won	Votes	% of votes
	Shiromani Akali Dal	93	48	4,689,018	37.09%
	Indian National Congress	116	44	5,170,548	40.90%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	23	19	1,046,451	8.28%
	Independent	431	5	861,595	6.82%
Total		1043	116	12,641,706

The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.

Results by Region

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

Result by Constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
Constituency		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 (Lalli) Majithia		INC	28,682	30.69	23,008	24.62
14	Verka (SC)	Dalbir Singh		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 Chhina		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 Aganihotri Sheron		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	Ltcol 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 Singh 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	Choudhary Ram Lubhaya		INC	34,922	37.44	2,817	3.02
49	Tanda	Sangat Singh Gilzian		IND	46,915	51.75	Chaudhri 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 'Pardhaan'		INC	49,629	48.60	Ranjit Singh 'Talwandi'		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 S/o Chuhar 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	Prof. Prem Singh 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		Elected MLA
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