The 2004 Indian general election in Punjab was held on 13 seats of Lok Sabha in April to May 2004 and elections were held in the 4th Phase on 10th May 2004 for all the 13 constituencies. The members were elected for the 14th Lok Sabha.
Parties and alliances Party/Alliance NameFlagElectoral symbolLeaderSeats contestedrowspan=2 NDAShiromani Akali Dal Sukhbir Singh Badal10Bharatiya Janata PartyAvinash Rai Khanna3rowspan=3 UPAIndian National Congress Harvendra Singh Hanspal11Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1Communist Party of India 1
List of Candidates ConstituencyNDAUPA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate1Gurdaspur Vinod Khanna Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder2Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu R. L. Bhatia3Tarn Taran Rattan Singh Ajnala Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria4Jullundur Naresh Gujral Rana Gurjeet Singh5Phillaur (SC) Charanjit Singh Atwal Santosh Chowdhary6Hoshiarpur Avinash Rai Khanna Darshan Singh Mattu7Ropar (SC) Sukhdev Singh Libra Shamsher Singh Dullo8Patiala Kanwaljit Singh Preneet Kaur9Ludhiana Sharanjit Singh Dhillon Manish Tewari10Sangrur Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Arvind Khanna11Bhatinda (SC) Paramjit Kaur Gulshan Kaushalya Chaman Bhaura12Faridkot Sukhbir Singh Badal Karan Kaur Brar13Ferozepur Zora Singh Maan Jagmeet Singh Brar
Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA SAD 35,06,681 34.28 5.69 10 8 6 BJP 10,71,650 10.48 1.32 3 3 2 Total 45,78,331 44.76 13 11 rowspan="4" UPAINC 34,95,187 34.17 4.27 11 2 6 CPI 2,60,752 2.55 1.19 1 0 1 CPI(M) 1,85,444 1.81 0.37 1 0 Total 39,41,383 38.53 13 2 BSP 7,84,454 7.67 3.83 13 0 SAD(A) 3,87,682 3.79 0.38 6 0 1 LBP 1,87,787 1.84 1 0 Others 67,827 0.67 26 0 IND 2,81,608 2.75 0.30 70 0 Total 1,02,29,072 100% - 142 13 -
Results In the election, the Shiromani Akali Dal became the biggest party by winning 8 seats, with Bharatiya Janata Party at 3 seats and Indian National Congress winning 2 seats. Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1GurdaspurVinod KhannaBJP387,61249.32Sukhbans BhinderINC362,62946.1524,9833.182AmritsarNavjot SidhuBJP394,22355.38R. L. BhatiaINC284,69139.99109,53215.393Tarn TaranRattan AjnalaSAD364,64650.83Sukhbinder SarkariaINC308,25242.9756,3947.864JullundurRana Gurjeet SinghINC344,61946.46Naresh GujralSAD311,15641.9533,4634.515Phillaur (SC)Charanjit Singh AtwalSAD324,51244.91Santosh ChowdharyINC225,62831.2398,88413.696HoshiarpurAvinash Rai KhannaBJP289,81544.20Darshan Singh MattuCPM185,44428.28104,37115.927Ropar (SC)Sukhdev Singh LibraSAD347,63143.99Shamsher Singh DulloINC313,99439.7333,6374.268PatialaPreneet KaurINC409,91746.89Kanwaljit SinghSAD386,25044.1923,6672.719LudhianaSharanjit DhillonSAD329,23437.85Manish TewariINC299,69434.4529,5403.4010SangrurSukhdev Singh DhindsaSAD286,82834.28Arvind KhannaINC259,55131.0227,2773.2611Bhatinda (SC)Paramjit Kaur GulshanSAD323,39442.37Kaushalya BhauraCPI260,75234.1762,6428.2112FaridkotSukhbir Singh BadalSAD475,92853.29Karan Kaur BrarINC340,64938.14135,27915.1513FerozepurZora Singh MaanSAD357,10241.21Jagmeet Singh BrarINC345,56339.8711,5391.33
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Punjab #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Ambika SoniRajya Sabha(Punjab)Cabinet MinisterMinister of CultureMinister of Tourism29 January200622 May20092M. S. GillMoS (I/C)Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports6 April20083Ashwani KumarMoSMinistry of Commerce and Industry29 January2006
Assembly segments wise lead of parties Party Assembly segments Shiromani Akali Dal 41 62 48 Indian National Congress 62 29 44 Bharatiya Janata Party 3 22 19 Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) 0 2 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 0 1 0 Communist Party of India 2 1 0 Total 117
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