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Polling in all the 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab was held in the last phase.
Updated : May 23, 2019, 09:05 PM IST
Ravneet Singh Bittu retained the Ludhiana seat for Congress. Bittu defeated the seat by defeating Simarjeet Singh Bains of the Lok Insaaf Party by a margin of 76,372 votes. Bittu got 3,83,795 votes with 36.66% of the votes while Bains got 3,07,423 votes. SAD's MS Grewal got 2,99,435 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.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, while the SAD-BJP combine had won six seats, AAP and the Congress had bagged four and three seats, respectively.
Ludhiana constituency comprises of nine assembly segments which include Ludhiana East, Ludhiana South, Atam Nagar, Ludhiana Central, Ludhiana West, Ludhiana North, Gill (SC), Dakha and Jagraon (SC).
Being a textile hub, Ludhiana city is well known for woolen clothes, and manufacturing of readymade garments which are exported worldwide. Therefore, the interests of the business community is going to be a major poll issue apart from the development agenda.
SAD: Mahesh Inder Grewal
Congress: Ravneet Singh Bittu
AAP: Tejpal Singh
2014
Winning candidate: Ravneet Singh Bittu (Congress)
Losing candidate: Harvinder Singh Phoolka (AAP)
2009
Winning candidate: Manish Tewari (Congress)
Losing candidate: Gurcharan Singh Galib (SAD)
2004
Winning candidate: Sharanjit Singh Dhillion (Congress)
Losing candidate: Manish Tewari (SAD)
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.
Lok Sabha election 2019 is being held in 7 phase. Voting in the first six phases have already got over while the 7th and the last phase will go to polls on May 19. Counting of votes will be held on May 23.