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Jalandhar: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Santokh Singh Chaudhary from Indian National Congress (INC) won the elections by a margin of 70981 votes. The polling / voting in Jalandhar constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 7 on 19 May. The major contest is between Shiromani Akali Dal#s Charanjit Singh Atwal and Congress Party#s Santokh singh chaudhary

Jalandhar 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Indian National Congress won 3 out of the 13 parliamentary seat with 33.1 percent vote share while the Shiromani Akali Dal managed to win just 4 seats with a 20.3 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Jalandhar Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 67.08% Lok Sabha percent with 65.83% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 68.44% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 5436 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 24 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jalandhar, 21 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Santokh Singh Chaudhary of the Indian National Congress as he defeated Pawan Kumar Tinu by a margin of 70981 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Jalandhar constituency in Punjab

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Shiromani Akali Dal candidate with a difference of 36445 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Mohinder Singh Kaypee attained 408103 votes and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Hans Raj Hans bagged 371658 votes
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Shiromani Akali Dal candidate with a difference of 33463 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Rana Gurjeet Singh attained 344619 votes and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Naresh Gujral bagged 311156 votes
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Shiromani Akali Dal candidate with a difference of 34566 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Balbir Singh attained 267209 votes and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Prabhjot Kaur bagged 232643 votes
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha poll, JD candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, JD candidate Inder Kumar Gujral attained 380785 votes and INC's Umrao Singh bagged 249769 votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha election, Shiromani Akali Dal candidate defeated Indian National Congress candidate with a difference of 18555 votes. Here, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Darbara Singh attained 276897 votes and Indian National Congress candidate Umrao Singh bagged 258342 votes
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha election, JD candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 80358 votes JD candidate I.K.Gujral had got 262032 while INC got Rajinder Singh votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated JNP candidate by a margin of 72321 votes INC(I) candidate Rajinder Singh Sparrow had got 214386 while JNP got Sarar Sarup Singh votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha poll, Shiromani Akali Dal candidate defated INC candidate in one-sided contest. Here, SAD candidate Iqbal Singh Dhillon attained 261558 votes and INC's Swaran Singh bagged 143450 votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated SAD candidate by a margin of 93469 votes INC candidate Swaran Singh had got 170164 while SAD got Iqbal Singh Dhillon votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated SWA candidate with a difference of 31480 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader S. Singh attained 122923 votes and SWA candidate S.P. Singh bagged 91443 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated SWA candidate by a margin of 69081 votes INC candidate Swaran Singh had got 150474 while SWA got Kartar Singh votes.
• 1957 Lok Sabha Elections: In Second Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated SCF candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC candidate Swaran Singh attained 255545 votes and SCF's Chanan Ram bagged 154583 votes.
• 1951 Lok Sabha Elections: In India's Very First Lok Sabha Polls, Indian National Congress candidate defeated SAD candidate with a difference of 34458 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Amar Nath attained 100103 votes and SAD candidate Ajit Singh bagged 65645 votes