INDIA
Polling in all the 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab were held in the last phase of the general elections.
Jasbir Singh Gill of the Congress defeated his SAD rival Bibi Jagir by 140573 votes. While Gill got 4,59,710 (43.95%) votes, Kaur earned 319137 (30.51%) votes.
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.
Khadoor Sahib constituency comprises of nine assembly segments which include Jandiala (SC), Tarn Taran Khemkaran, Patti, Khadoor Sahib, Baba Bakala (SC), Kapurthala, Sultanpur and Lodhi Zira.
SAD: Bibi Jagir Kaur
Congress: Jasbir Singh Gill
AAP: Manjinder Singh Sidhu
2014
Winning candidate: Ranjit Singh Brahmpura (SAD)
Losing candidate: Harminder Singh Gill (Congress)
2009
Winning candidate: Dr Rattan Singh (SAD)
Losing candidate: Rana Gurjeet Singh (Congress)
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.