Lok Sabha Election Result for Punjab to be out today
Voting in Punjab took place in the seventh and the final phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 19. The counting of votes will be taken up today.
Lok Sabha election results for the state of Punjab will be out today.
Punjab was among the last states to vote in the Lok Sabha elections in the seventh and last phase on May 19. The counting of votes will be taken up today.
The northen state sends 13 Members of Parliament to Lok Sabha, from Anandpur Sahib, Firozpur, Khadoor Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Bathinda, Sangrur, Patiala, Jalandhar and Faridkot seats.
Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Faridkot seats are reserved for scheduled castes.
Punjab has over 2.07 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise to elect 13 MPs from 278 candidates.
Prominent candidates from the state include SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and Union ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Puri.
Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann are also among other prominent candidates in the race to Parliament from Punjab.