PHILLAUR
Constituency no. 5 in Punjab · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Lok Sabha seat contested 12 times since 1962.
Punjab also has an assembly constituency called PHILLAUR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 1999
Santosh Chowdhary
INC
Elections held
12
1962–2004
Most successful party
INC
won 6 of 12
Margin, 1999
26,578
4.33% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
DBSMSatnam Singh Kainth
- Votes
- 2,36,962
- Vote share
- 38.61%
- Behind by
- 26,578
Electors
11,44,089
Total votes polled
6,13,664
Valid votes
6,13,664
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
53.6%
Full result, 1999
7 candidates · 6,13,664 valid votes
Santosh ChowdharyINCwon
2,63,540
43.0%
Satnam Singh KainthDBSM
2,36,962
38.6%
Avinash ChanderBSP
94,163
15.3%
Shiv KumarIND
11,864
1.9%
Jagdish MehmiAIGC
4,861
0.8%
Vijay Kumar HansBSPA
1,302
0.2%
Kashmir Singh AliwalIND
972
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 12 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | CHARANJIT SINGH ATWAL | SAD | 3,24,512 | 44.91% | SANTOSH CHOWDHARY | 98,884 |
| 1999 | Santosh Chowdhary | INC | 2,63,540 | 42.95% | Satnam Singh Kainth | 26,578 |
| 1998 | SATNAM SINGH KAINTH | IND | 3,43,856 | 52.04% | HARBHAJAN LAKHA | 68,053 |
| 1996 | HARBHAJAN LAKHA | BSP | 2,95,868 | 48.01% | SANTOSH CHAUDHARY | 49,867 |
| 1991 | SANTOSH CHAUDHARY (W) | INC | 99,385 | 40.20% | HARBHAJAN LAKHA | 5,784 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the PHILLAUR constituency in 2004?
CHARANJIT SINGH ATWAL (SAD) won PHILLAUR in 2004, by a margin of 98,884 votes.
Which party has won PHILLAUR the most times?
INC, with 6 of the 12 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has PHILLAUR gone to the polls?
12 times, from 1962 to 2004.
Who has won PHILLAUR the most times?
HARBHAJAN LAKHA, with 2 wins between 1989 and 1996.
