General Elections 2014

Fact Sheet - 30

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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New Delhi: 1st April, 2014

FACT SHEET ON PUNJAB

The 16th Lok Sabha elections would be held in the 13 Parliamentary Constituencies of Punjab on
single poll day, namely April 30, 2014. Polling will be held at 21,957 polling stations spread
across 13,574 polling station locations. Out of the states total of 1,92,07,252 electors as on 2nd
January 2014, 26.83% are in the age group 1829 while women constitute 47.35%. The poll
expenditure limit per candidate for all constituencies in the state is Rs.70 lakhs.

SECTION A: 2014 ELECTION DATA

1. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES - 13
Poll Date : 30th April, 2014
DATE OF POLLING
30th April
Smallest by Size of Electorate
Fatehgarh Sahib (13,73,900)

Largest by Size of Electorate

Patiala (15,44,562)

Number of Constituencies By Type

9
4

General
SC

PC NO.

PC NAME

Gurdaspur

Amritsar

Khadoor Sahib

Jalandhar

Hoshiarpur

Anandpur Sahib

Ludhiana

Fatehgarh Sahib

Faridkot

10

Firozpur

11

Bathinda

12

Sangrur

13

Patiala

Total

13

2. ELECTORS - 2014

Composition of Population, Electors and EPIC holders

Male

Female

Male

Female

Others

Total

Population

1,52,57,820

1,36,25,770

2,88,83,590

Electorate

1,01,12,888

90,94,253

111

1,92,07,252

(Millions)

16
12
8
4
-

Population

Electorate

Composition of Electorate by Age and Gender

Female

Others

Total

18-19

3,09,806

1,75,681

4,85,491

2.53%

20-29

26,18,702

20,48,036

53

46,66,791

24.30%

30-39

23,94,328

22,32,765

24

46,27,117

24.09%

40-49

18,87,345

18,21,192

13

37,08,550

19.31%

50-59

14,06,104

13,13,134

27,19,247

14.16%

Above 60

14,96,603

15,03,445

30,00,056

15.62%

111

1,92,07,252

100%

Total

1,01,12,888 90,94,253

Male

Female

2
(Millions)

Male

Size of Electorate

Age Group

As % of
Total
Electorate

18-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Above

60
Age Group

Source: CEO, Punjab; Data as on 02.01.2014

SECTION B: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2004 & 2009 ELECTIONS

1. CANDIDATES
Number of candidates by Gender
Male

Gender

2004

2009

Male

132

205

Female

10

13

Female

205
132
13

10
2004

2009

Number of candidates by Category

2004

Category

2004

2009

General

93

121

SC

49

97

ST

2009

218
142
93

121

97
49

0
Total

General

SC

ST

2. ELECTORATE
Composition of Electors and Voters by Gender

Male

Female

Male

Electors

10

2009
Female

No. of
Electors

86,52,294

79,63,105

88,28,996

81,29,384

No. of
Voters

54,38,507

47,94,658

61,87,136

56,45,170

Polling %

62.9%

60.2%

70.1%

69.4%

Voters

Millions

2004

6
4
2
0
Male

Female
2004

Male

Female
2009

3. PERFORMANCE OF POLITICAL PARTIES

Performance of Political Parties
Year ->

2004

Others

State Parties*

National Parties

Party

2009

Contested

Won

Runner
-up

Forfeited
Deposit

Vote
Share
(%)

Contested

Won

Runnerup

Forfeited
Deposit

Vote
share
(%)

BJP

10.48

10.06

BSP

13

11

7.67

13

13

5.75

CPI

2.55

0.33

CPM

1.81

0.14

INC

11

34.17

13

45.23

CPI(ML)(L)

0.07

0.14

JD(S)

0.01

--

--

--

--

--

JKNPP

0.02

0.00

LJP

0.07

12

12

0.21

RSP

--

--

--

--

--

0.06

SAD

10

34.28

10

33.85

SAD(M)

3.79

0.36

SHS

0.03

0.04

SP

0.03

0.15

Unrecognised
Parties

19

18

2.27

33

33

1.34

Independents

70

70

2.75

113

113

2.32

Total

142

13

13

112

100

218

13

13

192

100

*Includes Parties recognised as State Parties in either 2004 or 2009 or both

Number of Seats Won by Parties

8

2004

2009

8
6
4
4

3
2

1
00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

00

Votes polled by Parties(%)

0%

5%

10%

25%

40%

45%

50%

1.81%
0.14%
34.17%

CPI(ML)(L)

0.07%
0.14%

JD(S)

0.01%

JKNPP

0.02%
0.00%

LJP

0.07%
0.21%

RSP

0.06%

45.23%

34.28%
33.85%

SAD
SAD(M)

0.36%

SHS

0.03%
0.04%

SP

0.03%
0.15%

Independents

35%

2.55%
0.33%

INC

Unrecognised Parties

30%

7.67%
5.75%

BSP

CPM

20%

2009

10.48%
10.06%

BJP

CPI

15%

2004

3.79%

2.27%
1.34%
2.75%
2.32%

Party Abbreviation

Party Name

BJP
BSP
CPI
CPI(ML) (L)
CPM
INC
JD(S)
JKNPP
LJP
RSP
SAD
SAD(M)
SHS
SP

Bharatiya Janata Party

Bahujan Samaj Party
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)(Liberation)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian National Congress
Janata Dal (Secular)
Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party
Lok Jan Shakti Party
Revolutionary Socialist Party
Shiromani Akali Dal
Shiromani Akali Dal(Simranjit Singh Mann)
Shivsena
Samajwadi Party

Source: Election Commission of India & CEO, Punjab

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