Well do not be surprised. There are two Hans raj, two Hans (last name) and three Mohinder Singh fighting elections for Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. Here are some highlights from Jalandhar Lok Sabha 2009 election nominations:

1. Two persons named Hans Raj are in election race. Hans Raj Hans and Hans Raj Pabwa

2. Two candidates have their last name as Hans. Hans Raj Hans and Vijay Hans

3. Three persons named Mohinder Singh are in election race. Mohinder Singh, Mohinder Singh Gill and Mohinder Singh Kaypee

4. There are two candidates named Rajinder

5. No female candidate is fighting this Lok Sabha election.

6.Youngest candidate in 28 year old Nav Vikas Shimpu

7. Oldest candidate is 63 year old BSP candidate Mr. Surjit Singh.

8. Average age of a candidate is 45 years

9. There are two candidates (Vijay Hans and Ashok Kumar) from a small locality named 'Guru Nanak Pura East". Well did not know that is the political hotbed of Jalandhar Politics.

10. There are 6 independent candidates and 9 candidates with Party affiliations.

Ifyou are registered to vote in Jalandhar Cantt, then in attached file you can find your polling booth.

JALANDHAR_cantt.pdf (27.24 kb)

Today we will look into distribution of voters withinh Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. There are 9 assembly segments in Jalandhar Lok Sanha with Phillaur having the largest no of voters with 13%  share of total voters. Here is the pictorial representation of voter distribution within assembly segments of Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency

Following persons filed their nomination paers to contest Lok Sabha 2009 elections from Jalandhar:

Mr. Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Congress)

Ms. Roopali Kaypee (Congress)

Mr. Vijay Hans (DBSP)

Mr. Jagjivan Ram (Vijay Hans)

Mr. Surjit Singh (BSP)

Following persons filed their nomination paers to contest Lok Sabha 2009 elections from Jalandhar:

Mr. Rakesh Kumar (ind) Education 10th Standard, Asset: Cash 10,000 INR,Motorcycle,Mohindra Pickup Truck, 10gm Gold jewellery

Mr. Gulshan Kumar (Bhartiya Bahujan Party) Education 12th Standard, Asset: Cash 10,000 INR,Motorcycle, House in three Marla

Mr. Hansraj Pabma (Communist Part Leninvadi) Education BA, Asset:  House in One Marla

We will update you tomorrow with Mr. Kaypee's nomination

So as you might already know it seems it is mostly direct fight between Congress stalwart "Mr. Mohinder Singh Kaypee" and famous musician turned politician "Mr. Hans Raj Hans".

There are also some cndidates fighting elections for entertainment and some fighting to attract attention to their cause. We will update you with details.

For now Hans Raj Hans will fe filing nomination on April 21 and Badal will be in town so expect some rain and we do need that to get some relief from all that heat. I meant rain and cloud . As far as Mr. Parkash Singh Badal, we do not have any comments that is for you guys to decide.

 All we say is

 " Aarambh Hai Prachand,Bole Mastako Ke Jhund......

Some readers have asked us "what is an observer" and asked us to provide some more Info. So we will be providing some info in this blog.

First of all let us explain observer is there to be eyes and ears of election commissioner. He is appointed by the election commission. If the candidates or their agents have any specific complaint or problem regarding the conduct of elections they may bring the same to the notice of the Observer.

 Here are few things to watch for:

 Here is the List of Election Observers for Jalandhar. Any complaints or violation of poll conduct cam be registered with these:

Election Fever is slowly picking up in Jalandhar along with IPL fever. We urge all Jalandharies to be a better and informed citizen. Every Jalandhari if he has right should exercise his right to vote. We will try to do our part and try to bring information to our readers via this Blog and our Politics Page .

Here are some basic facts and key dates: