Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Jalandhar Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab. It was formed before 1951 and has nine segments of Vidhan Sabha.

Punjab saw a polling percentage of 59 per cent in 13 seats. In Chandigarh seat, about 64 per cent turnout was registered. Maximum polling percentage was witnessed at 64.18 in Patiala and the lowest was in Amritsar at 52.47.

Santokh Singh Chaudhary of Indian National Congress, Charanjit Singh Atwal of Shiromani Akali Dal, Justice (Retd.) Jora Singh of Aam Aadmi Party, Balwinder Kumar of Bahujan Samaj Party and Subhash Goria of Shivsena are a few prominent candidates constesting Lok Sabha election for 2019 from Jalandhar Lok Sabha Constituency of Punjab.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Jalandhar Lok Sabha Constituency of Punjab.

Serial No.	Name Of Candidate	Party Affiliation
1	Santokh Singh Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
2	Charanjit Singh Atwal	Shiromani Akali Dal
3	Justice (Retd.) Jora Singh	Aam Aadmi Party
4	Balwinder Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party
5	Urmila	Ambedkar National Congress
6	Subhash Goria	Shivsena
7	Hari Mitter	Peoples Party of India (Democratic)
8	Gurupal Singh	Bharat Prabhat Party
9	Jagan Nath Bajwa	Hum Bhartiya Party
10	Tara Singh Gill	Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
11	Parkash Chand Jassal	Republican Party of India (A)
12	Baljinder Sodhi	Nationalist Justice Party
13	Ramesh Lal Kala	Bahujan Mukti Party
14	Opkar Singh Bakhshi	Independent
15	Amrish Kumar	Independent
16	Sukhdev Singh	Independent
17	Kashmir Singh Ghugshore	Independent
18	Valmikacharaya Nitya Anand	Independent
19	Neetu Shutteran Wala	Independent

The Assembly Constituencies that fall in Jalandhar parliamentary constituency are - Phillaur (SC), Nakodar, Shahkot, Kartarpur (SC), Jalandhar West (SC), Jalandhar Central, Jalandhar North, Jalandhar Cantt and Adampur (SC).

The election in this constituency was held in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha election 2019 on May 19 and counting will be held on May 23.

Santokh Singh Chaudhary of the INC was elected as the Member of Parliament from this constituency in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Chaudhary bagged 380,479 votes to defeat Pawan Kumar Tinu of the SAD who got 309,498.