Hoshiarpur, Punjab — Lok Sabha Election Results

Hoshiarpur (Punjab) was won by Som Parkash (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 48,530 votes over Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, from 1951 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1951–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1951 Diwan Chand Indian National Congress 198,585 24.8% Ram Das (Indian National Congress) 35,145 (4.4 pts)
1957 Baldev Singh Indian National Congress 161,879 61.4% Mangat Ram (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 60,007 (22.8 pts)
1962 Amar Nath Vidya Alankar Indian National Congress 128,953 41.8% Ambedkar Yashwant Rao (REP) 10,301 (3.3 pts)
1967 R. Kishan Indian National Congress 95,877 29.3% J. Singh (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 1,511 (0.5 pts)
1971 Darbara Singh Indian National Congress 172,451 53.9% Kartar Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal) 100,835 (31.5 pts)
1977 Balbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 258,731 61.9% Darbara Singh (Indian National Congress) 114,617 (27.4 pts)
1980 Zail Singh Congress (I) 223,976 48.7% Balbir Singh (Janata Party (Secular)) 125,186 (27.2 pts)
1984-85 (phased) Kamal Chudhary Indian National Congress 237,753 47.9% Kabal Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal) 76,703 (15.4 pts)
1989 Kamal Chaudhary Indian National Congress 176,176 32.2% Satnam Singh (Bahujan Samaj Party) 68,109 (12.4 pts)
1991-92 (phased) Kamal Chaudhary Indian National Congress 115,465 33.9% Maya Wati (W) (Bahujan Samaj Party) 25,004 (7.3 pts)
1996 Kanshi Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 230,011 39.5% Kamal Choudhary (Indian National Congress) 10,944 (1.9 pts)
1998 Kamal Chaudhury Bharatiya Janata Party 304,091 51.5% Charandeep Singh Kamboj (Bahujan Samaj Party) 65,332 (11.1 pts)
1999 Charanjit Singh Channi Indian National Congress 256,211 44.2% Kamal Chaudhry (Bharatiya Janata Party) 34,206 (5.9 pts)
2004 Avinash Rai Khanna Bharatiya Janata Party 289,815 44.2% Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu (CPI (Marxist)) 104,371 (15.9 pts)
2009 Santosh Chowdhary Indian National Congress 358,812 42.6% Som Parkash (Bharatiya Janata Party) 366 (0.0 pts)
2014 Vijay Sampla Bharatiya Janata Party 346,643 36.1% Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Indian National Congress) 13,582 (1.4 pts)
2019 Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party 421,320 43.1% Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal (Indian National Congress) 48,530 (5.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Diwan Chand Indian National Congress 198,585 24.8%
Ram Das Indian National Congress 163,440 20.4%
Adhiatam Ram SCF 123,007 15.4%
Dalip Singh Communist Party of India 109,215 13.7%
Daljit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 65,197 8.2%
Sawarn Singh Samajwadi Party 44,005 5.5%
Ram Nath FBL(MG) 36,710 4.6%
Muni Lal Mehra Bharatiya Jana Sangh 35,499 4.4%
Harbans Singh Independent 13,271 1.7%
Mela Ram Independent 10,427 1.3%

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Baldev Singh Indian National Congress 161,879 61.4%
Mangat Ram Bharatiya Jana Sangh 101,872 38.6%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amar Nath Vidya Alankar Indian National Congress 128,953 41.8%
Ambedkar Yashwant Rao REP 118,652 38.5%
Murli Dhar Jharkhand Party 31,008 10.0%
Ajit Singh Swatantra Party 16,589 5.4%
Ratan Lal Independent 13,382 4.3%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
R. Kishan Indian National Congress 95,877 29.3%
J. Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 94,366 28.8%
C. Singh CPI (Marxist) 69,410 21.2%
B. Singh Independent 27,417 8.4%
P. Nath Samyukta Socialist Party 17,399 5.3%
J. Singh Independent 12,578 3.8%
K. Singh Swatantra Party 10,676 3.3%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Darbara Singh Indian National Congress 172,451 53.9%
Kartar Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 71,616 22.4%
Yagya Datt Bharatiya Jana Sangh 38,560 12.1%
Balbir Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 23,348 7.3%
Hukam Chand Independent 4,701 1.5%
Gurbachan Singh Independent 4,625 1.4%
Bujha Independent 2,003 0.6%
Jagdish Singh Independent 1,779 0.6%
Bhagat Singh Independent 775 0.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Balbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 258,731 61.9%
Darbara Singh Indian National Congress 144,114 34.5%
Bhagat Singh Independent 9,962 2.4%
Karnail Singh Independent 3,411 0.8%
Ram Dass Independent 1,433 0.3%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Zail Singh Congress (I) 223,976 48.7%
Balbir Singh Janata Party (Secular) 98,790 21.5%
Yagya Datt Janata Party 95,660 20.8%
Daljit Singh Randhawa Independent 23,979 5.2%
Jaswant Singh Independent 5,715 1.2%
Mangal Sain Independent 4,205 0.9%
Joginder Pal Independent 3,709 0.8%
Bhagat Singh Maighowalia ILP 3,646 0.8%

1984-85 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Chudhary Indian National Congress 237,753 47.9%
Kabal Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 161,050 32.4%
Ujagar Singh Independent 36,429 7.3%
Chanan Singh CPI (Marxist) 34,884 7.0%
Vikram Singh Janata Party 10,967 2.2%
Narindra Nath Independent 7,839 1.6%
Sham Lal Independent 7,386 1.5%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Chaudhary Indian National Congress 176,176 32.2%
Satnam Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 108,067 19.7%
Harkanwal Singh CPI (Marxist) 100,130 18.3%
Gardhara Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 96,745 17.7%
Vikram Singh Janata Dal 46,093 8.4%
Daljit Singh JNP (JP) 4,927 0.9%
Jawahar Lal Independent 3,615 0.7%
Mohan Singh Independent 3,596 0.7%
Jaswinder Singh SAD(B) 2,811 0.5%
Mohinder Singh DDP 2,205 0.4%
Kanta Devi LKD (B) 1,762 0.3%
Nirmal Singh BJMD 870 0.2%
Om Parkash Independent 824 0.2%

1991-92 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Chaudhary Indian National Congress 115,465 33.9%
Maya Wati (W) Bahujan Samaj Party 90,461 26.5%
Vikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 60,776 17.8%
Harkanwal Singh CPI (Marxist) 36,835 10.8%
Ram Kishan Independent 18,532 5.4%
Lal Chand Bhatti Independent 6,250 1.8%
P.N. Lekhi Janata Dal 5,947 1.7%
Jawahar Lal Independent 3,758 1.1%
Dharuv Singh LKD 1,946 0.6%
Harish Independent 922 0.3%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kanshi Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 230,011 39.5%
Kamal Choudhary Indian National Congress 219,067 37.6%
Vikram Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 54,858 9.4%
Har Kanwal Singh CPI (Marxist) 29,381 5.0%
Ram Kishan Kataria Independent 18,730 3.2%
Sarabjit Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 13,274 2.3%
Shiv Dutt Bali AIIC(T) 3,636 0.6%
Hari Singh Independent 1,917 0.3%
Moola Singh Independent 1,838 0.3%
Ram Lal Independent 1,809 0.3%
Amarjit Singh Mann BSP(A) 1,253 0.2%
Gian Chand Verma Shiv Sena 1,204 0.2%
Raj Kumar Independent 1,049 0.2%
Gian Chand Paniala Independent 989 0.2%
Lashkar Singh Independent 900 0.2%
Mehnga Ram Independent 752 0.1%
Wariyam Singh Independent 652 0.1%
Bhagwan Singh Independent 373 0.1%
Dhani Ram Independent 338 0.1%
Puran Singh Independent 232 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kamal Chaudhury Bharatiya Janata Party 304,091 51.5%
Charandeep Singh Kamboj Bahujan Samaj Party 238,759 40.4%
Raghunath Singh CPI (Marxist) 34,657 5.9%
Lawrance Independent 4,512 0.8%
Amar Chand BSP(A) 3,363 0.6%
Baldev Singh Independent 2,862 0.5%
Moola Singh Independent 2,597 0.4%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Charanjit Singh Channi Indian National Congress 256,211 44.2%
Kamal Chaudhry Bharatiya Janata Party 222,005 38.3%
Rakesh Ram Gujjar Bahujan Samaj Party 88,999 15.3%
Gian Singh Sandhu RPI 4,390 0.8%
Amar Chand BSP(A) 4,014 0.7%
Dr. Dhani Ram Janata Dal (Secular) 1,605 0.3%
Lawrence Independent 1,508 0.3%
V.P. Saini Independent 942 0.2%
Sadhu Singh Saini Independent 586 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Avinash Rai Khanna Bharatiya Janata Party 289,815 44.2%
Comrade Darshan Singh Mattu CPI (Marxist) 185,444 28.3%
Charanjit Singh Channi Bahujan Samaj Party 156,270 23.8%
Ajeet Singh Parmar SJP(R) 7,511 1.1%
Kuldip Rai Independent 6,565 1.0%
Sadhu Singh Saini Independent 3,883 0.6%
Harmesh Lal Azad Independent 3,416 0.5%
Gurdev Singh BGTD 2,787 0.4%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Santosh Chowdhary Indian National Congress 358,812 42.6%
Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party 358,446 42.5%
Sukhwinder Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 103,320 12.3%
Ritta Rahela Independent 7,002 0.8%
Mahinder Singh Hamira Independent 5,195 0.6%
Principal Mohan Lal Khosla DBSP 3,018 0.4%
Mukhtar Singh Mukha Khujala Independent 2,705 0.3%
Jathedar Daljit Singh Sodhi Independent 1,313 0.2%
Lal Chand Bhatti BGTD 930 0.1%
Harmesh Lal Saroya Independent 884 0.1%
Varinder Bharti LJP 821 0.1%
Sarwan Singh Independent 762 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Vijay Sampla Bharatiya Janata Party 346,643 36.1%
Mohinder Singh Kaypee Indian National Congress 333,061 34.6%
Yamini Gomar Aam Aadmi Party 213,388 22.2%
Bhagwan Singh Chauhan Bahujan Samaj Party 40,497 4.2%
None Of The Above Independent 5,976 0.6%
Pawan Kumar Independent 3,216 0.3%
Ravi Dutt Independent 2,564 0.3%
Shamsher Singh SAD(A)(SSM) 2,527 0.3%
Anoop Singh BJSP 2,158 0.2%
Bishan Dass Independent 1,853 0.2%
Ram Kishan Independent 1,689 0.2%
Davinder Singh Independent 1,488 0.2%
Deepak Kumar BMP 1,446 0.2%
Jaswinder Singh Shiv Sena 1,230 0.1%
Lakhvir Singh DBSP 1,062 0.1%
Anu Kumar Independent 911 0.1%
Vijay Kumar SSPD 889 0.1%
Om Parkash Jakhu Independent 699 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Som Parkash Bharatiya Janata Party 421,320 43.1%
Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal Indian National Congress 372,790 38.1%
Khushi Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 128,564 13.1%
Dr. Ravjot Singh Aam Aadmi Party 44,914 4.6%
Paramjit Singh (Fauji Boothgarh) SBM 2,917 0.3%
Dharam Pal NJP 2,902 0.3%
Tilak Raj (Vaid) Independent 2,264 0.2%
Davinder Singh Independent 2,252 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1951: Indian National Congress margin 4.4 pts 1957: Indian National Congress margin 22.8 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 3.3 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 0.5 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 31.5 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 27.4 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 27.2 pts 1984-85 (phased): Indian National Congress margin 15.4 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 12.4 pts 1991-92 (phased): Indian National Congress margin 7.3 pts 1996: Bahujan Samaj Party margin 1.9 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 11.1 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 5.9 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 15.9 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 0.0 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.4 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 5.0 pts 1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984-85 (phased) 1989 1991-92 (phased) 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Hoshiarpur has been contested at 17 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1951. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Hoshiarpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Som Parkash (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Hoshiarpur, Punjab, in 2019 with 421,320 votes (43.1%), a margin of 48,530 votes over Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal.

Which parties have won Hoshiarpur since 1951?

Since 1951, Hoshiarpur has been won by: Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Hoshiarpur?

The closest result on record for Hoshiarpur was 2009, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 366 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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