Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Punjab, represented since the 2014 general election by Amarinder Singh of the Congress party. Before that, it had been held by Navjot Singh Sidhu since 2004.

Amritsar
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentGurjeet Singh Aujla
Parliamentary PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2019 General Election
Constituency Details
Established1952
StatePunjab
Assembly Constituencies
  • Ajnala
  • Raja Sansi
  • Majitha
  • Amritsar North
  • Amritsar West
  • Amritsar Central
  • Amritsar East
  • Amritsar South
  • Attari

The Minister of Finance of India(2014-2019), Arun Jaitley, unsuccessfully contested this constituency for the BJP in 2014.

Assembly segments

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:[1]

Ajnala, Raja Sansi, Majitha, Amritsar North, Amritsar West, Amritsar Central, Amritsar East, Amristar South & Attari.

Assembly Constituency Current MLA of Punjab Legislative Assembly Party
Ajnala Harpartap Singh Ajnala Indian National Congress
Raja Sansi Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria Indian National Congress
Majitha Bikram Singh Majithia

Shiromani Akali Dal

Amritsar North Sunil Kumar Indian National Congress
Amritsar West Raj Kumar Verka Indian National Congress
Amritsar Central Om Parkash Soni Indian National Congress
Amritsar East Navjot Singh Sidhu Indian National Congress
Amritsar South Inderbir Singh Bolaria Indian National Congress
Attari Tarsem Singh D.C. Indian National Congress

Old assembly segments

These are the assembly segments which underwent boundary delimitation

Verka

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1952 Sardar Gurmukh Singh Musafir Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Yagya Dutt Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Durgadas Bhatia Indian National Congress
1972 (By Poll) Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
1977 Baldev Prakash Janata Party
1980 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Kirpal Singh Independent
1991 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Daya Singh Sodhi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress
2004 Navjot Singh Sidhu Bharatiya Janata Party
2007 (By Poll)
2009
2014 Capt. Amarinder Singh Indian National Congress
2017 (By Poll)Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2019

Election results

General Election - 2019
2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 4,45,032 51.78
BJP Hardeep Singh Puri 3,45,406 40.19
AAP Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal 20,087 2.34
CPI Daswinder Kaur 16,335 1.90
NOTA None of the Above 8,763 1.02
Majority 99,626 11.59
Turnout 8,60,582 57.07 -13.32
INC hold Swing

Bye-Election - 2017
Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar
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
NOTA 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
2014 Indian general elections: Amritsar
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
2009 Indian general election: Amritsar
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
By Election, 2007: Amritsar
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
2004 Indian general election: Amritsar
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
1999 Indian general election: Amritsar
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
1998 Indian general election: Amritsar
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
1996 Indian general election: Amritsar
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 (M) 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

References
  1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.

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