The Lok Sabha 2024 elections are scheduled for June 1 and the results will be published on June 4
Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency, one of the 13 parliamentary constituencies in Punjab, includes parts of Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur district, and Kapurthala district. This constituency was reserved for the SC category, it consists of nine assembly seats: Sri Hargobindpur (SC), Bholath, Phagwara (SC), Mukerian, Dasuya, Urmar, Sham Chaurasi (SC), Hoshiarpur, and Chabbewal (SC). The constituency has a literacy rate of 73.21%.
In the 2019 General Election, BJP candidate Som Parkash won with a margin of 48,530 votes, securing 4,21,320 votes. He defeated Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal of the INC, who received 3,72,790 votes. Voter turnout was 61.69% in 2019.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 are scheduled for June 1 and the results will be published on June 4, 2024. The BJP fielded Anita Som Parkash, the wife of the sitting MP and Union Minister of State Som Parkash. She is a well-known social activist in Hoshiarpur who gained recognition for her efforts during the pandemic. Som Parkash, an IAS officer from the 1988 batch, had an extensive political career, having been elected as the Hoshiarpur MP in 2019 after serving as the MLA of Phagwara.
The Congress candidate for 2024 was Yamini Gomar, a 49-year-old graduate with a strong presence in Punjab politics. Joins the duo, is the AAP candidate Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, a veteran politician and current member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Chabbewal has a history with the INC, having joined in 2009 and served in various capacities before switching to AAP.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting for the last phase of Lok Sabha elections in Hoshiarpur to support the BJP candidate Anita Som Prakash. Since Punjab goes to polls on June 1 in the final phase, people are keenly waiting to choose their leader in their reserved Lok Sabha constituency with a 34 per cent Dalit population which is a hub of the Ravidassia community.
According to the reports, PM Narendra Modi said that Guru Ravidas ji yearned for a society with no discrimination, achieving everything people want and having basic home needs like fresh water, electricity and gas connections. People have to work throughout their life to live 100 years construing the importance of work and a healthy lifestyle.
PM Modi also praised The Valmiki and Sikh communities, highlighting that the Sikhs were among the earliest fighters for the Ram Temple, which has now been constructed. He encouraged the Hoshiarpur voters to set new records by turning out in large numbers for the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections which is going to pitch on June 1.
