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===== Electoral performance of pro-Khalistan parties and candidates =====
{{see also|2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency|2024 Indian general election in Punjab}}
In the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], the [[Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)]], a splinter group of the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]], and the only pro Khalistan party in India,<ref name="Only pro">{{Cite web |date=2022-01-22 |title=Not one of its leaders elected since 1999, SAD (Amritsar) still contests polls demanding Khalistan |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/not-one-of-its-leaders-elected-since-1999-sad-amritsar-still-contests-polls-demanding-khalistan-7736135/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |quote=Headed by former MP Simranjit Singh Mann, a retired IPS officer, SAD (Amritsar) is the only party which still contests the elections in Punjab with demand for a separate Khalistan.}}</ref> contested 81 out of the 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and received 386,176 votes or 2.48% of the vote share. SAD(A) received 49,260 votes (0.3% of the vote share) in the [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017 Legislative Assembly election]]. 

Simranjit Singh Mann, head of the SAD(A), won the Sangrur [[Lok Sabha]] [[Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency|by-election]] held in June 2022, receiving 253,154 votes in the constituency or 35.61% of the vote share. However, Mann went on to lose the [[Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency|2024 Sangrur Lok Sabha election]], receiving 187,246 votes or 18.55% of the vote share.

In the [[2024 Indian general election in Punjab]], thirteen parliamentary constituencies were contested. Two MP candidates associated with the Khalistan movement, Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa,<ref name="PKS">{{Cite news |last=Takkar |first=Jatin |date=2024-06-04 |title=Pro-Khalistan separatists Amritpal and Sarabjeet lead over rivals |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/pro-khalistan-separatists-amritpal-and-sarabjeet-lead-over-rivals/articleshow/110696255.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> won in their respective constituencies and were subsequently elected as Indian Members of Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sethi |first=Chitleen K. |date=2024-06-05 |title=Amritpal, Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa — Sikh radicals' poll victories pose challenge for Mann govt |url=https://theprint.in/politics/amritpal-sarabjeet-singh-khalsa-sikh-radicals-poll-victories-pose-challenge-for-mann-govt/2117825/ |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |quote=Amritpal Singh won from Khadoor Sahib by biggest margin this election in Punjab & Beant Singh's son Khalsa won in Faridkot. But, Simranjit Singh Mann lost his Sangrur seat.}}</ref> SAD(A) ran candidates in 12 out of 13 constituencies, but did not win any race. They received over 500,000 votes in the election. 
{| class="wikitable"
|+Electoral performance of pro Khalistan candidates/parties in the 2024 Indian general election in Punjab 
!Candidate/Party
!Affiliation
!Constituency
!Won/Lost
!Votes
!%
!Notes
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|Amritpal Singh
|Independent
|Khadoor Sahib
|Won
|404,430<ref name="ECI2024">{{Cite web |title=General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies: Trends & Results June-2024 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/partywiseresult-S19.htm |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref>
|38.62
|Incarcerated pro-Khalistan activist.<ref name="PKS"/>
|-
|Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa
|Independent
|Faridkot
|Won
|298,062<ref name="ECI2024"/>
|29.38
|Son of the [[Beant Singh (assassin)|assassin]] of former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-06 |title=Father didn't care and laid down his life, Sikh community pulled family through troubled times: Sarabjit Singh Khalsa |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/father-didnt-care-and-laid-down-his-life-sikh-community-pulled-family-through-troubled-times-sarabjit-singh-khalsa/articleshow/110768223.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-10-12 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |quote=Six-year-old Sarabjit when his father Beant Singh, a Delhi police SI who was part of the PM’s security detail, along with another of her bodyguards, Satwant Singh, assassinated Indira Gandhi in October 1984.}}</ref>
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| colspan="2" |Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|Contested 12 out of the 13 parliamentary constituencies 
|Lost in all 12 constituencies
|517,024<ref name="ECI2024"/>
|~3.82% of total vote share
|Only pro-Khalistan party in India.<ref name="Only pro"/>
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|'''Total vote count of pro-Khalistan candidates'''
|'''1,219,516'''
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|'''Total votes in general election'''
|'''~13,530,000'''
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|'''% of vote'''
|'''~9%'''
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