https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Amritsar_East_%28Vidhan_Sabha_Constituency%29 Amritsar East (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) - Revision history 2026-08-19T19:32:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amritsar_East_(Vidhan_Sabha_Constituency)&diff=182555&oldid=prev >MPGuy2824: Added infobox 2021-06-28T05:31:23Z <p>Added infobox</p> <a href="//en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amritsar_East_(Vidhan_Sabha_Constituency)&amp;diff=182555&amp;oldid=41677">Show changes</a> >MPGuy2824 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amritsar_East_(Vidhan_Sabha_Constituency)&diff=41677&oldid=prev >MPGuy2824: added AC template 2021-04-04T06:42:04Z <p>added AC template</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox constituency<br /> |name = Amritsar East (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)<br /> |type = Election<br /> |constituency_link = <br /> |parl_name = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br /> | pushpin_map = Punjab<br /> | pushpin_label_position = right<br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br /> | latd = 31.84<br /> | longd = 74.76<br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]<br /> |district_label = &lt;!-- can be State/Province, region, county --&gt;<br /> |district = [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]<br /> |region_label = &lt;!-- can be State/Province, region, county --&gt;<br /> |region = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]<br /> |population = <br /> |electorate = <br /> |towns = <br /> |future = <br /> |year = 1951<br /> |abolished_label = <br /> |abolished = <br /> |members_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]<br /> |members = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<br /> |seats = <br /> |elects_howmany = <br /> |party_label = &lt;!-- defaults to &quot;Party&quot; --&gt;<br /> |party = <br /> |local_council_label = <br /> |local_council = <br /> |next = <br /> |previous = <br /> |blank1_name = <br /> |blank1_info = <br /> |blank2_name = <br /> |blank2_info = <br /> |blank3_name = <br /> |blank3_info = <br /> |blank4_name = <br /> |blank4_info = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Amritsar East Assembly Constituency&#039;&#039;&#039; (Sl. No.: 18) is a [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] constituency in [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state, India.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Sitting and previous MLAs==<br /> <br /> * 1951: [[Sarup Singh]], [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br /> * 1957: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br /> * 1962: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br /> * 1967: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br /> * 1969: [[Gian Chand Kharbanda]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> * 1972: [[Gian Chand Kharbanda]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> * 2012: [[Navjot Kaur Sidhu]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /> * 2017: [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> <br /> ===2017 result===<br /> {{Election box begin|<br /> title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Amritsar|Amritsar East]]}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<br /> |votes = 60,477<br /> |percentage = 60.68<br /> |change = +32.47<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |candidate = Rakesh Kumar Honey<br /> |votes = 17,668<br /> |percentage = 17.73<br /> |change = -18.57<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Aam Aadmi Party<br /> |candidate = Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal<br /> |votes = 14,715<br /> |percentage = 14.76<br /> |change = &#039;&#039;N/A&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate |<br /> |party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br /> |candidate = Mandeep Singh Manna<br /> |votes = 1,863<br /> |percentage = 1.87<br /> |change =<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Communist Party of India<br /> |candidate = Baldev Singh<br /> |votes = 1,586<br /> |percentage = 1.59<br /> |change =<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br /> |candidate = Tarsem Singh<br /> |votes = 1,237<br /> |percentage = 1.24<br /> |change =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = None of the above<br /> |candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br /> |votes = 537<br /> |percentage = 0.54<br /> |change =<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority|<br /> |votes = 42,809<br /> |percentage = 42.95<br /> |change =<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout|<br /> |votes = 99,771<br /> |percentage = 64.94<br /> |change = -1.22<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link|<br /> |winner = Indian National Congress<br /> |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> |swing = +25.52<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2012 result===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Amritsar|Amritsar East]]}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link<br /> | party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> | candidate = [[Navjot Kaur Sidhu]]<br /> | votes = 33,406<br /> | percentage = 36.30<br /> | change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate|<br /> |candidate = Simarpreet Kaur<br /> |party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br /> |votes = 26,307<br /> |percentage = 28.59<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Indian National Congress<br /> |candidate = Sunil Dutti<br /> |votes = 25,964<br /> |percentage = 28.21<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Communist Party of India<br /> |candidate = Baldev Singh<br /> |votes = 3,416<br /> |percentage = 3.71<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|<br /> |party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br /> |candidate = Tarsem Singh<br /> |votes = 1,667<br /> |percentage = 1.81<br /> |change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box majority<br /> | votes = 7,099<br /> | percentage = 7.71<br /> | change = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box turnout<br /> | votes = 92,054<br /> | percentage = 66.18<br /> | change = &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box new seat win<br /> | winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br /> | swing = <br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ==Result==<br /> <br /> {|cellospacing=&quot;1&quot; cellpaddingh=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;70%&quot;<br /> !Year||A C No.||Name||Party||Votes||Runner Up||Party||Votes<br /> |-<br /> |2017||18||Navjot Singh Sidhu||INC||60477||Rajesh Kumar Honey||BJP||17668<br /> |-<br /> |2012||18||Navjot Kaur Sidhu||[[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]||33406||Simarpreet Kaur||IND||26307<br /> |-<br /> |1972||23||Gian Chand Kharbanda||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||22079||Pannalal Mhajan||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]||13336<br /> |-<br /> |1969||23||Gian Chand Kharbanda||INC||18761||Baldev Parkash||BJS||18718<br /> |-<br /> |1967||23||Baldev Parkash||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]||19750||I. Nath||INC||15124<br /> |-<br /> |1962||116||Baldev Parkash||[[Jana Sangh|JS]]||15614||Sadhu Ram||INC||14092<br /> |-<br /> |1957||71||Baldev Prakash||BJS||18254||Gain Chand||INC||13775<br /> |-<br /> |1951||90||Sarup Singh||SAD||8716||Rajinder Singh||INC||8148<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> {{Assembly constituencies of Punjab}}<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Punjab (India)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]<br /> [[Category:Amritsar district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{PunjabIN-stub}}<br /> {{India-constituency-stub}}</div> >MPGuy2824