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
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

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				Captain Amarinder Singh	117	44

  Bahujan Samaj Party

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

Others

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	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	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[a]		1043	116	12,641,706

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

List of Successful Candidates in Punjab Assembly Election in 2007

A. C. NO.	Assembly Constituency Name	Category	Winner Candidates Name	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up Candidates Name	Gender	Party	vote
1	Fatehgarh	GEN	Nirmal Singh Kahlon	M	SAD	49909	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa,Dharowali	M	INC	44081
2	Batala	GEN	Jagdish Sahni	M	BJP	47936	Ashwani	M	INC	47850
3	Qadian	GEN	Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal	M	SAD	52567	Tripat Rajinder Singh	M	INC	50828
4	Sri Hargobindpur	GEN	Capt. Balbir Singh Bath	M	SAD	42581	Fateh Jang Singh Bajwa	M	INC	39303
5	Kahnuwan	GEN	Partap Singh Bajwa	M	INC	50271	Sewa Singh Sekhwan	M	SAD	45548
By Polls in 2009	Kahnuwan	GEN	Sewa Singh Sekhwan	M	SAD	53853	F.Singh Bajwa	M	INC	41809
6	Dhariwal	GEN	Sucha Singh Langah	M	SAD	52134	Sucha Singh Chhotepur	M	IND	38184
7	Gurdaspur	GEN	Gurbachan Singh	M	SAD	51446	Pritam Singh Bhinder	M	INC	47109
8	Dina Nagar	(SC)	Sita Ram	M	BJP	49173	Aruna Choudhry	F	INC	48331
9	Narot Mehra	(SC)	Bishamber Dass	M	BJP	40813	Rumal Chand	M	INC	25430
10	Pathankot	GEN	Master Mohan Lal	M	BJP	43717	Ashok Sharma	M	INC	35182
11	Sujanpur	GEN	Dinesh Singh	M	BJP	51984	Raghunath Sahai Puri	M	INC	51656
12	Majitha	GEN	Bikram Singh Majithia	M	SAD	51690	Sukhjinder Raj Singh (Lalli) Majithia	M	INC	28682
13	Verka	(SC)	Dalbir Singh	M	SAD	67699	Raj Kumar	M	INC	49602
14	Jandiala	(SC)	Malkiat Singh	M	SAD	63124	Sardul Singh	M	INC	48841
15	Amritsar North	GEN	Anil Joshi	M	BJP	33397	Jugal Kishore Sharma	M	INC	19302
16	Amritsar West	GEN	Om Parkash Soni	M	INC	60978	Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina	M	BJP	48875
17	Amritsar Central	GEN	Laxmi Kanta Chawla	F	BJP	18866	Darbari Lal	M	INC	15171
18	Amritsar South	GEN	Raminder Singh Bolaria	M	SAD	54632	Harjinder Singh Thekedar	M	INC	30624
By Polls in 2008	Amritsar South	GEN	Inder Bir Singh Bolari	M	SAD	43495	Navdeep Singh Goldy	M	INC	21262
19	Ajnala	GEN	Amarpal Singh Ajnala	M	SAD	56560	Harpartap Singh Ajnala	M	INC	46359
20	Raja Sansi	GEN	Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	M	INC	51698	Vir Singh Lopoke	M	SAD	43422
21	Attari	(SC)	Gulzar Singh Ranike	M	SAD	43235	Rattan Singh	M	INC	24163
22	Tarn Taran	GEN	Harmeet Singh	M	SAD	44841	Manjit Singh	M	INC	28307
23	Khadoor Sahib	(SC)	Manjit Singh Mianwind	M	SAD	43470	Tarsem Singh	M	INC	33490
24	Naushahra Panwan	GEN	Ranjit Singh Brahampura	M	SAD	39846	Dharambir Aganihotri Sheron	M	INC	37387
25	Patti	GEN	Adesh Partap Singh Kairon	M	SAD	55485	Harminder Singh Gill	M	INC	45538
26	Valtoha	GEN	Virsa Singh	M	SAD	52085	Gurchet Singh	M	INC	40735
27	Adampur	GEN	Sarbjeet Singh Makkar	M	SAD	44883	Kanwaljit Singh Lally	M	INC	34643
28	Jullundur Cantonment	GEN	Jagbir Singh Brar	M	SAD	50436	Gurkanwal Kaur	F	INC	33452
29	Jalandhar North	GEN	K. D. Bhandari	M	BJP	45579	Avtar Henry	M	INC	40650
30	Jullundur Central	GEN	Manoranjan Kalia	M	BJP	47221	Tajinder Singh Bittu	M	INC	28212
31	Jullundur South	(SC)	Chuni Lal Bhagat	M	BJP	56775	Mohinder Singh K.P.	M	INC	44860
32	Kartarpur	(SC)	Avinash Chander	M	SAD	54380	Ch. Jagjit Singh	M	INC	43311
33	Lohian	GEN	Ajit Singh Kohar	M	SAD	59642	Ltcol C. D. Singh Kamboj	M	INC	40381
34	Nakodar	GEN	Amarjit Singh Samra	M	INC	44255	Kuldip Singh Wadala	M	SAD	41037
35	Nur Mahal	GEN	Gurdip Singh Bhullar	M	SAD	41734	Gurbinder Singh Atwal	M	INC	36316
By Polls in 2009	Nur Mahal	GEN	R. Kaur Bhullar	M	SAD	50983	Gur. Singh Atwal	M	INC	35930
36	Banga	(SC)	Mohan Lal	M	SAD	36581	Tarlochan Singh	M	INC	33856
37	Nawanshahr	GEN	Jatinder Singh Kariha	M	SAD	46172	Parkash Singh	M	INC	40357
38	Phillaur	(SC)	Sarwan Singh	M	SAD	42412	Santokh Signh Chaudhary	M	INC	42139
39	Bholath	GEN	Sukhpal Singh	M	INC	48072	Jagir Kaur	F	SAD	39208
40	Kapurthala	GEN	Rana Rajbans Kaur	F	INC	47173	Raghbir Singh	M	SAD	40888
41	Sultanpur	GEN	Upinderjit Kaur	F	SAD	49363	Navtej Singh	M	INC	38318
42	Phagwara	(SC)	Swarna Ram	M	BJP	47906	Joginder Singh Mann	M	INC	38302
43	Balachaur	GEN	Nand Lal	M	SAD	41206	Santosh Kumari	F	INC	40105
44	Garhshankar	GEN	Lov Kumar Goldy	M	INC	33876	Mohinder Pal Mann	M	BJP	29808
45	Mahilpur	(SC)	Sohan Singh Thandal	M	SAD	31099	Dr. Dilbag Rai	M	INC	19266
46	Hoshiarpur	GEN	Tikshan Sud	M	BJP	41309	Charanjit Singh Channi	M	INC	36908
47	Sham Chaurasi	(SC)	Mohinder Kaur	F	SAD	37739	Choudhary Ram Lubhaya	M	INC	34922
48	Tanda	GEN	Sangat Singh Gilzian	M	IND	46915	Chaudhri Balbir Singh Miani	M	SAD	34109
49	Garhdiwala	(SC)	Des Raj Dhugga	M	SAD	42830	Jasbir Singh Pal	M	INC	22446
50	Dasuya	GEN	Amarjit Singh Sahi	M	BJP	51919	Ramesh Chander Dogra	M	INC	42645
51	Mukerian	GEN	Arunesh Kumar	M	BJP	60662	Rajnish Kumar	M	INC	45984
52	Jagraon	GEN	Gurdeep Singh Bhaini	M	INC	46084	Bhag Singh Mallah	M	SAD	45211
53	Raikot	GEN	Harmohinder Singh 'Pardhaan'	M	INC	49629	Ranjit Singh 'Talwandi	M	SAD	47190
54	Dakha	(SC)	Darshan Singh Shivalik	M	SAD	94807	Malkiat Singh Dakha	M	INC	79006
55	Qila Raipur	GEN	Jasbir Singh Khangura	M	INC	56610	Jagdish Singh Garcha	M	SAD	45734
56	Ludhiana North	GEN	Harish Bedi	M	BJP	31218	Rakesh Pandey	M	INC	26322
57	Ludhiana West	GEN	Harish Rai Dhanda	M	SAD	46021	Harnam Das Johar	M	INC	31617
58	Ludhiana East	GEN	Sat Pal Gosain	M	BJP	30232	Surinder Kumar	M	INC	28450
59	Ludhiana Rural	GEN	Hira Singh Gabria	M	SAD	135633	Malkit Singh Birmi	M	INC	86957
60	Payal	GEN	Tej Parkash Singh	M	INC	42535	Maheshinder Singh Grewal	M	SAD	26461
61	Kum Kalan	(SC)	Ishar Singh	M	INC	55082	Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal	M	SAD	53017
62	Samrala	GEN	Jagjiwan Singh	M	SAD	53135	Amrik Singh S/O Chuhar Singh	M	INC	38846
63	Khanna	(SC)	Bikramjit Singh	M	SAD	54395	Shamsher Singh Dullo	M	INC	52795
64	Nangal	GEN	Kanwar Pal Singh	M	INC	42474	Madan Mohan Mittal	M	BJP	39798
65	Anandpur Sahib Ropar	GEN	Sant Ajit Singh	M	SAD	47810	Ramesh Dutt Sharma	M	INC	37912
66	Chamkaur Sahib	(SC)	Charanjit Singh Channi	M	IND	37946	Satwant Kaur	F	SAD	36188
67	Morinda	GEN	Ujaggar Singh	M	SAD	58608	Jagmohan Singh	M	INC	50188
68	Kharar	GEN	Balbir Singh	M	INC	85092	Jasjit Singh	M	SAD	71477
69	Banur	GEN	Kanwaljit Singh	M	SAD	79324	Rakesh Sharma	M	INC	36673
By Polls in 2009	Banur	GEN	J. Singh Bunny	M	SAD	74167	D. Singh Dhillon	M	INC	54358
70	Rajpura	GEN	Raj Khurana	M	BJP	56161	Hardial Singh Kamboj	M	INC	41977
71	Ghanaur	GEN	Madan Lal Thekedar	M	IND	35006	Ajaib Singh Mukhmailpura	M	SAD	34274
72	Dakala	GEN	Lal Singh	M	INC	64442	Harmail Singh Tohra	M	SAD	56332
73	Shutrana	(SC)	Nirmal Singh	M	INC	53888	Hamir Singh Ghagga	M	SAD	51293
74	Samana	GEN	Brahm Mahindra	M	INC	78122	Surjeet Singh Rakhra	M	SAD	75546
75	Patiala Town	GEN	Amarinder Singh	M	INC	60346	Surjit Singh Kohli	M	SAD	27596
76	Nabha	GEN	Randeep Singh	M	INC	41310	Narinder Singh	M	SAD	35997
77	Amloh	(SC)	Sadhu Singh	M	INC	59556	Satwinder Kaur	F	SAD	52879
78	Sirhind	GEN	Didar Singh	M	SAD	58578	Dr. Harbans Lal	M	INC	35179
79	Dhuri	GEN	Iqbal Singh Jhundan	M	IND	36469	Mai Roop Kaur	F	INC	33290
80	Malerkotla	GEN	Razia Sultana	F	INC	72184	Abdul Ghaffar	M	SAD	57984
81	Sherpur	(SC)	Harchand Kaur	F	INC	49684	Gobind Singh	M	SAD	39170
82	Barnala	GEN	Kewal Singh Dhillon	M	INC	58723	Malkit Singh Keetu	M	SAD	57359
83	Bhadaur	(SC)	Balvir Singh Ghunas	M	SAD	38069	Surinder Kaur Balian	F	INC	37883
84	Dhanaula	GEN	Kuldip Singh Bhathal	M	INC	42105	Gobind Singh Longowal	M	SAD	38581
85	Sangrur	GEN	Surinder Pal Singh Sibia	M	INC	61171	Prakash Chand Garg	M	SAD	49161
86	Dirbha	GEN	Surjit Singh Dhiman	M	INC	54036	Baldev Singh Mann	M	SAD	52883
87	Sunam	GEN	Parminder Singh Dhindsa	M	SAD	52270	Aman Arora	M	INC	42138
88	Lehra	GEN	Rajinder Kaur	F	INC	47515	Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra	M	SAD	47267
89	Balluana	(SC)	Gurtej Singh	M	SAD	50929	Parkash Singh Bhatti	M	INC	36295
90	Abohar	GEN	Sunil Kumar Jakhar	M	INC	70679	Ram Kumar	M	BJP	53478
91	Fazilka	GEN	Surjeet Kumar	M	BJP	58284	Mohinder Kumar	M	INC	42225
92	Jalalabad	GEN	Sher Singh	M	SAD	89085	Hans Raj Josan	M	INC	45008
By Polls in 2009	Jalalabad	GEN	S. Singh Badal	M	SAD	107120	Hans Raj Jossan	M	INC	26458
93	Guru Har Sahai	GEN	Gurmeet Singh	M	INC	65745	Paramjit Singh Sandhu	M	SAD	47175
94	Firozepur	GEN	Sukhpal Singh	M	BJP	61340	Bal Mukand Sharma	M	INC	46461
95	Firozepur Cantonment	GEN	Janmeja Singh	M	SAD	54980	Ravinder Singh	M	INC	46475
96	Zira	GEN	Naresh Kumar	M	INC	64903	Hari Singh Zira	M	SAD	52531
97	Dharamkot	(SC)	Seetal Singh	M	SAD	47277	Kewal Singh	M	INC	41577
98	Moga	GEN	Joginder Pal Jain	M	INC	55300	Tota Singh	M	SAD	54008
99	Bagha Purana	GEN	Darshan Singh Brar Khote	M	INC	54624	Sadhu Singh Rajiana	M	SAD	51159
100	Nihal Singh Wala	(SC)	Ajit Singh	M	IND	38236	Jarnail Singh	M	SAD	36604
101	Panjgrain	(SC)	Joginder Singh	M	INC	46032	Gurdev Singh Badal	M	SAD	42543
102	Kotkapura	GEN	Ripjit Singh	M	INC	68970	Mantar Singh	M	SAD	58160
103	Faridkot	GEN	Avtar Singh Brar	M	INC	65152	Kushaldeep Singh	M	SAD	62219
104	Muktsar	GEN	Kanwarjit Singh	M	INC	49972	Sukhdarshan Singh Marar	M	SAD	37549
105	Giddarbaha	GEN	Manpreet Singh Badal	M	SAD	53111	Raghubir Singh	M	INC	34283
106	Malout	(SC)	Harpreet Singh	M	SAD	51188	Nathu Ram	M	INC	43962
107	Lambi	GEN	Parkash Singh Badal	M	SAD	56282	Mahesh Inder Singh	M	INC	47095
108	Talwandi Sabo	GEN	Jeetmohinder Singh Sidhu	M	INC	50012	Amarjit Singh Sidhu	M	SAD	46222
109	Pakka Kalan	(SC)	Makhan Singh	M	INC	49983	Darshan Singh Kotfatta	M	SAD	44376
110	Bhatinda	GEN	Harminder Singh Jassi	M	INC	83545	Sarup Chand Singla	M	SAD	68900
111	Nathana	(SC)	Ajaib Singh Bhatti	M	INC	58857	Gura Singh Tungwali	M	SAD	52207
112	Rampura Phul	GEN	Gurpreet Singh Kangar	M	INC	57284	Sikander Singh Maluka	M	SAD	55025
113	Joga	GEN	Jagdeep Singh Nakai[2]	M	SAD	39747	Sukhraj Singh Natt	M	IND	35425
114	Mansa	GEN	Sher Singh	M	INC	53515	Sukhwinder Singh	M	SAD	50767
115	Budhlada	GEN	Mangat Rai Bansal	M	INC	56271	Harbant Singh	M	SAD	43456
116	Sardulgarh	GEN	Ajit Inder Singh	M	INC	58940	Balwinder Singh	M	SAD	54388

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.

See also

• Elections in Punjab, India

References

1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India
2. "Punjab elections: Two-time former SAD MLA Jagdeep Nakai joins BJP". Hindustan Times. 29 December 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.