Know your state this LS poll: Punjab
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State: PUNJAB
Election date: April 30
[Know your states this LS poll]
Number of Lok Sabha constituencies: 13
Name of the constituencies: Amritsar, Anandpur Sahib, Bhatinda, Faridkot (SC), Fatehgarh Sahib (SC), Ferozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur (SC), Jalandhar (SC), Khadoor Sahib, Ludiahana, Patiala, Sangrur.
2009 result (seats): Congress 8, Siromani Akali Dal (SAD) 4, BJP 1
2009 party-wise vote-share:
Total voters this year: 1.97 crore (19.7 million)
Polling booths: 21,957
First-time voters: 4.8 lakh (0.48 million)
Fact: The contest between BJP's Arun Jaitley and Congress's Captain Amarinder Singh will be the most absorbing contest in this election.
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