Ludhiana, Punjab — Lok Sabha Election Results

Ludhiana (Punjab) was won by Ravneet Singh Bittu (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 76,372 votes over Simarjeet Singh Bains. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Ludhiana, Punjab, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 248,810 26.6% Ajit Singh (Indian National Congress) 15,702 (1.7 pts)
1962 Kapur Singh AD 110,386 34.6% Mangal Singh (Indian National Congress) 1,870 (0.6 pts)
1967 D. Singh Indian National Congress 132,660 36.6% M. Singh (ADS) 13,074 (3.6 pts)
1971 Devinder Singh Garcha Indian National Congress 200,597 54.8% Kapur Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal) 73,106 (20.0 pts)
1977 Jagdev Singh Talwandi Shiromani Akali Dal 296,119 59.9% Devinder Singh Garcha (Indian National Congress) 103,594 (21.0 pts)
1980 Devinder Singh Garcha Congress (I) 262,183 54.5% Balbir Singh (Shiromani Akali Dal) 65,506 (13.6 pts)
1984-85 (phased) Mewa Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 273,352 48.2% Joginder Pali Pandey (Indian National Congress) 140 (0.0 pts)
1989 Rajinder Kaur Bulara Shiromani Akali Dal 357,349 53.5% Gurcharan Singh Galib (Indian National Congress) 133,729 (20.0 pts)
1991-92 (phased) Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 108,811 56.2% Krishan Kant Jain (Bharatiya Janata Party) 53,448 (27.6 pts)
1996 Amrik Singh Aliwal Shiromani Akali Dal 356,157 45.6% Jaswant Kaur (Indian National Congress) 71,250 (9.1 pts)
1998 Amrik Singh Aliwal Shiromani Akali Dal 370,115 49.7% Gurcharan Singh Galib (Indian National Congress) 9,212 (1.2 pts)
1999 Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 346,928 52.0% Amrik Singh Aliwal (Shiromani Akali Dal) 105,246 (15.8 pts)
2004 Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Shiromani Akali Dal 329,234 37.8% Munish Tewari (Indian National Congress) 29,540 (3.4 pts)
2009 Manish Tewari Indian National Congress 449,264 53.1% Gurcharan Singh Galib (Shiromani Akali Dal) 113,706 (13.4 pts)
2014 Ravneet Singh Bittu Indian National Congress 300,459 27.3% Harvinder Singh Phoolka (Aam Aadmi Party) 19,709 (1.8 pts)
2019 Ravneet Singh Bittu Indian National Congress 383,795 37.0% Simarjeet Singh Bains (LIP) 76,372 (7.4 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bahadur Singh Indian National Congress 248,810 26.6%
Ajit Singh Indian National Congress 233,108 25.0%
Sant Singh Communist Party of India 140,018 15.0%
Piara Singh Communist Party of India 134,632 14.4%
Romesh Chandra Independent 72,612 7.8%
Dasaundha Singh Independent 64,730 6.9%
Paras Ram Independent 40,008 4.3%
Bachint Singh Independent 0 0.0%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kapur Singh AD 110,386 34.6%
Mangal Singh Indian National Congress 108,516 34.0%
Gurmukh Singh Communist Party of India 60,318 18.9%
Bhagwan Sarup Jharkhand Party 24,771 7.8%
Dev Dutt Independent 11,521 3.6%
Ramesh Chander RRP 3,199 1.0%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
D. Singh Indian National Congress 132,660 36.6%
M. Singh ADS 119,586 33.0%
S. Kumar Bharatiya Jana Sangh 63,088 17.4%
K. Singh ADM 28,238 7.8%
H. Raj Independent 8,062 2.2%
B. Singh RPI 7,820 2.2%
B. Ram Independent 3,017 0.8%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devinder Singh Garcha Indian National Congress 200,597 54.8%
Kapur Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 127,491 34.8%
Vishwa Nathan Bharatiya Jana Sangh 24,205 6.6%
Buta Ram Azad Independent 6,798 1.9%
Balbir Singh Praja Socialist Party 3,187 0.9%
Girdhari Lal Samyukta Socialist Party 2,899 0.8%
Rajinder Prakash Hora Independent 1,117 0.3%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagdev Singh Talwandi Shiromani Akali Dal 296,119 59.9%
Devinder Singh Garcha Indian National Congress 192,525 39.0%
Kirpal Singh Ghurani Independent 3,530 0.7%
Surjit Singh JMD 1,975 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Devinder Singh Garcha Congress (I) 262,183 54.5%
Balbir Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 196,677 40.8%
Mewa Singh Independent 2,149 0.4%
Lachhman Singh Independent 2,080 0.4%
Ratti Ram Independent 1,953 0.4%
Muni Lal Independent 1,933 0.4%
Chander Sheikher Azad Independent 1,856 0.4%
Ajit Kumar Janata Party 1,781 0.4%
Tarsem Chander Independent 1,757 0.4%
Ajit Singh Independent 1,157 0.2%
Mukhtiar Singh Independent 1,155 0.2%
Avtar Singh Independent 1,105 0.2%
Iqbal Nath Independent 996 0.2%
Harbhajan Singh Independent 842 0.2%
Makhan Singh Independent 809 0.2%
Janmeja Singh Independent 714 0.1%
Kuldeep Singh Budhi Raja Independent 578 0.1%
Lakhmir Singh Independent 577 0.1%
Anand Sarup Singh Independent 460 0.1%
Ashok Kumar Independent 397 0.1%
Gurbakhsh Singh Independent 316 0.1%

1984-85 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mewa Singh Shiromani Akali Dal 273,352 48.2%
Joginder Pali Pandey Indian National Congress 273,212 48.2%
Naresh Kumar Independent 12,129 2.1%
Ajit Singh Independent 6,235 1.1%
Kaka Joginder Singh Independent 1,848 0.3%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rajinder Kaur Bulara Shiromani Akali Dal 357,349 53.5%
Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 223,620 33.5%
Inderjit Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 34,328 5.1%
Jagdev Singh Jassowal SAD(B) 25,258 3.8%
Rajinder Parshad Independent 3,779 0.6%
Lal Chand Verma Independent 3,278 0.5%
Harvinder Singh Chauhan Independent 2,978 0.4%
Jasmel Singh Independent 2,004 0.3%
Suresh Kumar Arora Independent 1,616 0.2%
Kewal Krishan Azad Independent 1,356 0.2%
Mit Singh Independent 1,352 0.2%
Kulwant Singh JNP (JP) 1,327 0.2%
Praveen Kumar Independent 1,267 0.2%
Ram Parkash Bagga Independent 1,211 0.2%
Kanaya Parshad Independent 968 0.1%
Naresh Jaggi LKD (B) 909 0.1%
Jagdish Lal Independent 859 0.1%
Deep Birla Independent 844 0.1%
Varinder Aggarwal Independent 804 0.1%
Vaij Nath Saggi Independent 783 0.1%
Mahesh Independent 683 0.1%
Banarsi Dass Dhawan Independent 589 0.1%
Mohinder Singh DDP 552 0.1%
Gurcharan Singh Giani PKD 493 0.1%

1991-92 (phased)

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 108,811 56.2%
Krishan Kant Jain Bharatiya Janata Party 55,363 28.6%
Pritpal Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 18,733 9.7%
Subhash Chander Janata Dal 5,969 3.1%
Satinder Singh Independent 2,344 1.2%
Kamal Kumar Independent 1,032 0.5%
Tirlochan Singh Bhinder Independent 645 0.3%
Kaka Joginder Singh Alias Dharti Pakar Independent 451 0.2%
Joginder Singh Azad Independent 412 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amrik Singh Aliwal Shiromani Akali Dal 356,157 45.6%
Jaswant Kaur Indian National Congress 284,907 36.5%
Satpal Gosain Bharatiya Janata Party 93,683 12.0%
Rajinder Kaur Independent 13,795 1.8%
Subash Chander Tandon Independent 3,863 0.5%
Surinder Pal Premi Independent 2,789 0.4%
Inder Singh Rajput Independent 2,295 0.3%
Khushal Singh Mundian Independent 2,009 0.3%
Yash Pal Mehta Independent 1,986 0.3%
Kartar Singh Independent 1,762 0.2%
Kirpal Singh Kalsi AIIC(T) 1,757 0.2%
Kuljeet Singh Independent 1,311 0.2%
Satya Parkash Independent 1,294 0.2%
Amrit Lal Verma Independent 1,277 0.2%
Balbir Singh Grewal Independent 1,258 0.2%
Surjit Singh Independent 1,052 0.1%
Harbans Singh Gill Independent 869 0.1%
Jatinder Kumar Thapar Independent 824 0.1%
Shyam Singh Harika Independent 749 0.1%
Sunil Kumar Shammi Independent 745 0.1%
Amrik Singh Prince Independent 717 0.1%
Bhagwan Singh Saini Independent 702 0.1%
Jaspal Singh Goga Independent 601 0.1%
Jagjit Singh Chawla Independent 536 0.1%
Rajinder Kumar Sharma CPI (ML) Liberation 502 0.1%
Ashok Thakur Independent 487 0.1%
Om Parkash Independent 394 0.1%
Suresh Kumar Independent 391 0.1%
Varinder Aggarwal RPI 363 0.0%
Jagjit Singh Baba Independent 344 0.0%
Paramjit Singh Khalsa Independent 330 0.0%
Satinder Pal Singh Independent 327 0.0%
Harvinder Singh Independent 294 0.0%
Kasturi Lal Kakar Independent 261 0.0%
Sukhdev Singh Mander Independent 219 0.0%
Harish Kumar Laddu Independent 201 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Amrik Singh Aliwal Shiromani Akali Dal 370,115 49.7%
Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 360,903 48.5%
Sardool Singh BSP(A) 3,612 0.5%
Jita Kaur CPI (ML) Liberation 1,606 0.2%
Subhash Chander Tandon Independent 1,375 0.2%
Kuldeep Singh Independent 1,262 0.2%
Balwinderjeet Singh AIGC 1,222 0.2%
Jagjeet Singh Independent 874 0.1%
Karnail Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal 867 0.1%
Narinder Singh PPVP 576 0.1%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 478 0.1%
Darshan Singh Independent 452 0.1%
Gurbaksh Singh Independent 451 0.1%
Chander Sheaker Independent 425 0.1%
Bhupinder Yadav ABJS 310 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gurcharan Singh Galib Indian National Congress 346,928 52.0%
Amrik Singh Aliwal Shiromani Akali Dal 241,682 36.2%
Gurdarshan Singh Grewal SHSAD 64,893 9.7%
Abdul Shakoor Independent 3,369 0.5%
Sardool Singh Gill BSP(A) 2,848 0.4%
Tarsem Singh Independent 2,770 0.4%
Harbans Kaur Independent 1,081 0.2%
Hira Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal 921 0.1%
Parmjit Singh Independent 884 0.1%
Rashpal Singh Gill Nationalist Congress Party 708 0.1%
Naresh Jaggi Independent 573 0.1%
Gurbaksh Singh Independent 312 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Shiromani Akali Dal 329,234 37.8%
Munish Tewari Indian National Congress 299,694 34.5%
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia LBP 187,787 21.6%
Rabinder Singh Sohil Bahujan Samaj Party 19,595 2.3%
Rashpal Singh Gill Independent 6,131 0.7%
Varinder Kumar Koffi Independent 5,762 0.7%
Mahinder Lal Independent 4,745 0.5%
Boby Independent 3,383 0.4%
Sadhon Singh Samajwadi Party 2,368 0.3%
Dr. Janardan Prasad Singh Independent 1,928 0.2%
Ravinder Kumar Jassi JKNPP 1,833 0.2%
Daljinder Singh Jhammat Independent 1,642 0.2%
Balwant Singh Independent 1,639 0.2%
Dr. Satnam Singh Independent 1,181 0.1%
Master Manjeet Singh Walia BGTD 1,123 0.1%
Karnail Singh Rathor Independent 783 0.1%
Jasdev Singh Independent 610 0.1%
Abdul Shakoor Thind Independent 489 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manish Tewari Indian National Congress 449,264 53.1%
Gurcharan Singh Galib Shiromani Akali Dal 335,558 39.6%
Kehar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 32,660 3.9%
Harbans Singh Sodhi Independent 2,685 0.3%
Sanjeev Kumar Atwal DBSP 2,564 0.3%
Kunal Independent 2,225 0.3%
Seikh Mukhtiar Independent 2,137 0.3%
Vijay Kumar Goel Independent 2,005 0.2%
Gurcharan Singh Independent 1,858 0.2%
Rajesh Patel Independent 1,732 0.2%
Shambhu Kumar Singh Independent 1,389 0.2%
Shiv Sunder Independent 1,213 0.1%
Girdhari Lal LBP 1,131 0.1%
Rajesh Gandhi Independent 980 0.1%
Tulsi Ram Misra Samajwadi Party 866 0.1%
Surinder Pal Independent 793 0.1%
Harish Kumar RWS 741 0.1%
Laddu Shah LPSP 675 0.1%
Ravinder Kumar S/O Manna Lal Independent 633 0.1%
Surinder Singh Sodhi LJP 619 0.1%
Ajay Tandon Independent 603 0.1%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 520 0.1%
Tehal Singh Independent 518 0.1%
Chander Dev Singh Independent 506 0.1%
Jaspal Singh BGTD 490 0.1%
Gurinder Singh Sood JKNPP 477 0.1%
Balbir Singh Independent 407 0.0%
Daljinder Singh Independent 379 0.0%
Ravinder Kumar S/O Sohan Lal Independent 369 0.0%
Jasvir Singh Thethi Independent 367 0.0%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ravneet Singh Bittu Indian National Congress 300,459 27.3%
Harvinder Singh Phoolka Aam Aadmi Party 280,750 25.5%
Manpreet Singh Ayali Shiromani Akali Dal 256,590 23.3%
Simarjeet Singh Bains Independent 210,917 19.2%
Navjot Singh Mandair Bahujan Samaj Party 8,317 0.8%
Rajiv Kumar Kalra Independent 4,653 0.4%
Gurdeep Singh Kahlon Independent 4,509 0.4%
Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon CPI (Marxist) 4,167 0.4%
Simerjit Singh Independent 3,980 0.4%
Jaswinder Singh Bains Independent 3,238 0.3%
None Of The Above Independent 3,220 0.3%
Navpreet Singh Bedi Independent 3,144 0.3%
Akshaybar Nath Mishra Janata Dal (United) 2,925 0.3%
Mohd. Naseem Ansari NAICP 1,984 0.2%
Tarsem Singh Banga Independent 1,934 0.2%
Jai Parkash Jain Independent 1,519 0.1%
Kishan Kumar Sharma JKNPP 1,483 0.1%
Bittu RPI(A) 1,286 0.1%
Hari Ram Sahni AIFB 1,168 0.1%
Mohammad Maksood Ansari BMP 1,111 0.1%
Raj Kumar Atwal Independent 1,089 0.1%
Darshan Singh Shiv Sena 1,028 0.1%
Kulwinder Pal Singh Independent 986 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ravneet Singh Bittu Indian National Congress 383,795 37.0%
Simarjeet Singh Bains LIP 307,423 29.7%
Maheshinder Singh Grewal Shiromani Akali Dal 299,435 28.9%
Prof. Tej Pal Singh Gill Aam Aadmi Party 15,945 1.5%
Devinder Bhagria HSS 3,594 0.3%
Baba Amarjit Singh Khalsa BLSD 3,211 0.3%
Jai Parkash Jain (Titu Baniya) Independent 2,726 0.3%
Baba Sukhwinder Singh Gill Nationalist Congress Party 2,104 0.2%
Mohd. Naseem Ansari Revolutionary Socialist Party 1,871 0.2%
Baljit Singh BPP 1,640 0.2%
Daljit Singh PPI() 1,597 0.2%
Jasdeep Singh Sodhi Independent 1,535 0.1%
Ravinder Pal Singh (Baba Ji Burger Wale) Independent 1,359 0.1%
Darshan Singh Daba JJJKP 1,346 0.1%
Er. Baldev Raj Katna NJP 1,328 0.1%
Dildar Singh API 1,254 0.1%
Dr. Brijesh Kumar Bangar PPI(D) 1,175 0.1%
Pardeep Bawa SAKP 1,158 0.1%
Bintu Kumar Taank ( B.K. Taank) ANC 1,060 0.1%
Rajinder Ghai HSP 1,014 0.1%
Vaid Ram Singh Deapak BMP 952 0.1%
Mohinder Singh Independent 895 0.1%

Margin Over Time

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

1957: Indian National Congress margin 1.7 pts 1962: AD margin 0.6 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 3.6 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 20.0 pts 1977: Shiromani Akali Dal margin 21.0 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 13.6 pts 1984-85 (phased): Shiromani Akali Dal margin 0.0 pts 1989: Shiromani Akali Dal margin 20.0 pts 1991-92 (phased): Indian National Congress margin 27.6 pts 1996: Shiromani Akali Dal margin 9.1 pts 1998: Shiromani Akali Dal margin 1.2 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 15.8 pts 2004: Shiromani Akali Dal margin 3.4 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 13.4 pts 2014: Indian National Congress margin 1.8 pts 2019: Indian National Congress margin 7.4 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984-85 (phased) 1989 1991-92 (phased) 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Ludhiana has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, AD, Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress (I).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Ludhiana in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Ravneet Singh Bittu (Indian National Congress) won Ludhiana, Punjab, in 2019 with 383,795 votes (37.0%), a margin of 76,372 votes over Simarjeet Singh Bains.

Which parties have won Ludhiana since 1957?

Since 1957, Ludhiana has been won by: AD, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal.

What was the closest result in Ludhiana?

The closest result on record for Ludhiana was 1984-85 (phased), when Shiromani Akali Dal beat Indian National Congress by just 140 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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