Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Amritsar
Amritsar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Gurjeet Singh Aujla
Parliamentary Party	Indian National Congress
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
State	Punjab
Assembly Constituencies	Ajnala; Raja Sansi; Majitha; Amritsar North ; Amritsar West; Amritsar Central ; Amritsar East; Amritsar South ; Attari

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.

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

Assembly segments[edit]

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

Constituency number	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Current MLA
11	Ajnala	None	Amritsar	Harpartap Singh Ajnala	Indian National Congress
12	Raja Sansi	None	Amritsar	Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria	Indian National Congress
13	Majitha	None	Amritsar	Bikram Singh Majithia	Shiromani Akali Dal
15	Amritsar North	None	Amritsar	Sunil Kumar	Indian National Congress
16	Amritsar West	SC	Amritsar	Raj Kumar Verka	Indian National Congress
17	Amritsar Central	None	Amritsar	Om Parkash Soni	Indian National Congress
18	Amritsar East	None	Amritsar	Navjot Singh Sidhu	Indian National Congress
19	Amritsar South	None	Amritsar	Inderbir Singh Bolaria	Indian National Congress
20	Attari	SC	Amritsar	Tarsem Singh D.C.	Indian National Congress

Old assembly segments[edit]

These are the assembly segments which underwent boundary delimitation

Verka[edit]

2002 Raj Kumar Verka

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election	Member
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	Indian National Congress
1977	Baldev Prakash	Janata Party
1980	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
1989	Kirpal Singh	Independent
1991	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
1996	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
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	Gurjeet Singh Aujla

Election results[edit]

General Election - 2019[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
style="background-color: Template:Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)\|Template:Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)/meta/shortname]]	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

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Amritsar lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab

Coordinates: 31°40′N 74°52′E / 31.66°N 74.87°E / 31.66; 74.87

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

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