Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Punjab, represented since 2017 by Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress party. The Minister of Finance of India (2014–2019), Arun Jaitley, unsuccessfully contested this constituency for the BJP in 2014.
Amritsar | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
Assembly constituencies | Ajnala Raja Sansi Majitha Amritsar North Amritsar West Amritsar Central Amritsar East Amritsar South Attari |
Established | 1952 |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2019 |
Assembly segments edit
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:[1]
# | Name | District | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Ajnala | Amritsar | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | AAP | |
12 | Raja Sansi | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | INC | ||
13 | Majitha | Ganieve Kaur Majithia | SAD | ||
15 | Amritsar North | Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh | AAP | ||
16 | Amritsar West (SC) | Jasbir Singh Sandhu | AAP | ||
17 | Amritsar Central | Ajay Gupta | AAP | ||
18 | Amritsar East | Jeevan Jyot Kaur | AAP | ||
19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Nijjar | AAP | ||
20 | Attari (SC) | Jaswinder Singh Ramdas | AAP |
Members of Parliament edit
^ by-poll
Election results edit
2024 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | ||||
BJP | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | ||||
AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | ||||
SAD | Anil Joshi | ||||
SAD(A) | Emaan Singh Mann | ||||
Independent | |||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
General election 2019 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 | 1.69 | |
BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 3,45,406 | 40.19 | 9.74 | |
AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 | 12.44 | |
CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | 0.14 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | 0.06 | |
Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | |||
Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | 13.32 | ||
INC hold | Swing |
By-election - 2017 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 5,08,153 | 50.09 | +2.15 | |
BJP | Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina | 3,08,964 | 30.45 | -7.29 | |
AAP | Upkar Singh Sandhu | 1,49,984 | 14.78 | +6.58 | |
CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 17,886 | 1.76 | +0.48 | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 9,747 | 0.96 | ||
Majority | 1,99,189 | 19.64 | |||
Turnout | 10,16,125 | 70.50 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
General election 2014 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Captain Amarinder Singh | 4,82,876 | 47.94 | +0.65 | |
BJP | Arun Jaitley | 3,80,106 | 37.74 | -10.39 | |
AAP | Dr. Daljit Singh | 82,633 | 8.20 | ||
CPI | Amarjit Singh Asal | 12,902 | 1.28 | ||
BSP | Pardeep Singh Walia | 5,870 | 0.58 | -0.78 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,533 | 0.25 | ||
Majority | 1,02,770 | 10.20 | |||
Turnout | 10,07,286 | 68.19 | |||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
General election - 2009 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 3,92,046 | 48.13 | ||
INC | Om Parkash Soni | 3,85,188 | 47.29 | ||
BSP | B. K. N. Chhibber | 11,108 | 1.36 | ||
Independent | Lavinder Kumar | 8,121 | 1.00 | ||
Independent | Naresh Singh Bhadauriya | 3,357 | 0.41 | ||
Majority | 6,858 | 0.84 | |||
Turnout | 8,14,594 | 65.63 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
By-election - 2007 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 4,44,748 | 50.60 | ||
INC | Surinder Singla | 3,67,122 | 41.77 | ||
BSP | Surinder Arjun Pandit | 21,416 | 2.44 | ||
Independent | Gurvinder Singh Shampura | 11,656 | 1.33 | ||
BSP (A) | Mukhjit Singh Bhullar | 8,938 | 1.01 | ||
Majority | 77,626 | 8.83 | |||
Turnout | 8,78,992 | 67.10 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
General election - 2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 3,94,223 | 55.38 | ||
INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,84,691 | 39.99 | ||
BSP | Ram Sharan Paul | 15,796 | 2.21 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Talwar | 5,695 | 0.80 | ||
Independent | Rehmat Masih | 3,252 | 0.45 | ||
Majority | 1,09,532 | 15.39 | |||
Turnout | 7,11,820 | 55.05 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
General election - 1999 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,96,533 | 50.29 | ||
BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 2,64,534 | 44.87 | ||
SHSAD | Bhupinder Singh Mann | 17,581 | 2.98 | ||
Independent | Chaturbhuj Joshi | 2,444 | 0.41 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Talwar | 2,219 | 0.38 | ||
Majority | 31,999 | 5.42 | |||
Turnout | 5,89,600 | 47.38 | |||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
General election - 1998 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 3,61,133 | 56.07 | ||
INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,69,993 | 41.92 | ||
Independent | Durga Dass | 5,746 | 0.89 | ||
BSP (A) | Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura | 3,277 | 0.51 | ||
RJD | Kirpal Singh | 1,484 | 0.23 | ||
Majority | 91,140 | 14.15 | |||
Turnout | 6,44,112 | 53.75 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
General election - 1996 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,68,490 | 41.03 | ||
JD | Kirpal Singh | 2,34,818 | 35.88 | ||
BJP | Baldev Raj Chawla | 83,981 | 12.83 | ||
SAD(A) | Daljit Singh Sandhu | 19,980 | 3.05 | ||
AIIC(T) | Kewal Krishan | 12,430 | 1.90 | ||
Independent | Rehmat Masih | 11,669 | 1.78 | ||
Majority | 33,672 | 5.15 | |||
Turnout | 6,54,439 | 57.66 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.