Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting date, results, candidates, main parties and schedule

2024 Lok Sabha election in Punjab. File photo of Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal.

Gurdaspur, with its nine assembly seats, has been a pivotal battleground for various political parties. Its proximity to the India-Pakistan border highlights its strategic significance from a security standpoint. Over the years, the constituency has witnessed remarkable electoral battles, with both the Congress and the BJP asserting their dominance at different times.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidate Sunny Deol clinched victory with 558,719 votes, triumphing over Congress's Sunil Kumar Jakhar, who secured 476,260 votes. The Aam Aadmi Party's candidate, Peter Masih, secured the third position with 27,744 votes. Prior to Sunny Deol's win, Gurdaspur had been a stronghold for the Congress, with Sunil Jakhar's record-breaking victory margin of 193,219 votes in the 2017 by-elections following the demise of MP Vinod Khanna. Khanna, a renowned actor, had won Gurdaspur's seat four times consecutively from 1998 to 2014. However, his passing in 2017 necessitated the by-elections, resulting in Sunil Jakhar's landslide triumph.

The Gurdaspur Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab, one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, will hold elections this year. The final schedule for the voting and result of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha election was announced by the Election Commission of India on March 16. The date of voting for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Constituency Election 2024 is April 19 (Phase 1), and the results will be announced on June 4.

Below are the candidates contesting for Gurdaspur’s Lok Sabha 2024 seat:

The notification of the election schedule kick-starts the process of filing nominations by candidates fielded by all major parties as well as Independents. While some political parties announced their candidate lists ahead of the announcement of polls, others declared candidates as the elections progressed across phases. The confirmed candidate so far is Dinesh Singh "Babu" from the BJP. The candidate list will be updated as more candidates are announced.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Sunny Deol of the BJP won the Gurdaspur seat with 558,719 votes, while Sunil Jakhar of the INC received 476,260 votes, losing by a margin of 82,459 votes. Gurdaspur continues to be a significant and competitive constituency, reflecting the dynamic political landscape of Punjab.