Punjab Lok Sabha Election 2019 An Analysis

Punjab since independence has conducted 17th Lok Sabha elections in accordance with the Constitution of India. Punjab once a time when there was only two party competition but triangular competition has been fought since the AAP has emerged as third party in Punjab with maximum seats in 2014 Lok Sabha Election. But in these Parliamentary elections of Punjab, the older order of bipolarity has returned to the State, the oldest regional parties were the main competitors. But on the other hand, Congress has become the ruling party by defeating its main opposing party SAD with its ally BJP and got maximum seats. The AAP, which emerged as the main Opposition party in the 2017 Assembly election, had to be satisfied with only one seat and 7% of the vote share. The Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance improved their vote shares by seven and two percentage points, respectively. This Paper is an attempt to analysis the various aspects of Punjab General Election 2019. Further it reflects the dominant issues that played a pivotal role in these Elections.