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Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Punjab: BJP's Som Prakash wins

Polling in all the 13 Parliamentary constituencies in Punjab was held in the last phase of the general elections.

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Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

BJP candidate Som Prakash defeated Congress leader Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal by 93,898 seats. Som Prakash got 4,21,320 (42.52%) votes while Chabbewal got 3,72,790 (37.63%) votes. 

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 

The Congress is set to improve its tally in Punjab to eight seats, while the SAD-BJP combine and the Aam Aadmi Party are heading for four and one seats, respectively.

The Congress won in Amritsar, Faridkot, Anandpur Sahib, Jalandhar, Khadoor Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala seats.

The Shiromani Akali Dal, which was looking to resurrect itself in the polls following the backlash over the issue of desecration of religious scriptures, registered victory from Ferozepur and Bathinda seats. While SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal won from Ferozepur, union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal won from Bathinda for the third time. 

The BJP took the Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur seats. Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol beat state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar in Gurdaspur. In Hoshiarpur, BJP candidate and former bureaucrat Som Prakash emerged victorious.

The Aam Aadmi Party appears to be decimated in Punjab as it held only Sangrur seat, where the party's state chief, Bhagwant Mann held on to his seat.

Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency

It's was a three way fight among BJP's Som Prakash, Congress' Raj Kumar Chabbewal and AAP's Ravjot Singh in Hoshiarpur constituency.

Hoshiarpur constitunecy is reserved constituency for the Scheduled Caste candidates. There are nine assembly segments in Hoshiarpur which include Sri Hargobindpur (SC), Bholath, Phagwara (SC) Mukerian, Dasuya, Urmar, Sham Chaurasi (SC), Hoshiarpur and Chabbewal (SC).

Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency 2019 candidates

BJP: Som Prakash 

Congress: Raj Kumar Chabbewal

AAP: Ravjot Singh 

Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha results in 2014, 2009 and 2004

2014

Winning candidate: Vijay Sampla (BJP)

Losing candidate: Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Congress)

2009

Winning candidate: Santosh Chowdhary (Congress)

Losing candidate: Som Prakash (BJP)

2004

Winning candidate: Avinash Rai Khanna (BJP)

Losing candidate: Darshan Singh Mattu (CPM)

Punjab has 13 parliamentary constituencies where the election will be held in the last phase of the general election on May 19. In 2014, out of total 13 Lok Sabha seats, Shiromani Akali Dal had won 4 seats, AAP had also won 4 seats, Congress bagged 3 seats and BJP won only 2 seats. The vote share of the Congress party in 2014 was 33.2%, while BJP got only 8.8% votes.

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