Amritsar East (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)

Amritsar East
Amritsar East
Constituency; for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
District	Amritsar
State	Punjab
Electorate	153,629[needs update]
Lok Sabha Constituency	Amritsar
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Indian National Congress
MLA	Navjot Singh Sidhu
Reservation	None

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Amritsar East Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 18) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

1951: Sarup Singh, Shiromani Akali Dal
1957: Baldev Prakash, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962: Baldev Prakash, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967: Baldev Prakash, Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969: Gian Chand Kharbanda, Indian National Congress
1972: Gian Chand Kharbanda, Indian National Congress
2012: Navjot Kaur Sidhu, Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Picture	Party
2017	Navjot Singh Sidhu^[3]			Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

2017 result[edit]

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu	60,477	60.68	+32.47
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar Honey	17,668	17.73	-18.57
	AAP	Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal	14,715	14.76	N/A
	IND.	Mandeep Singh Manna	1,863	1.87
	CPI	Baldev Singh	1,586	1.59
	BSP	Tarsem Singh	1,237	1.24
	NOTA	None of the Above	537	0.54
Majority			42,809	42.95
Turnout			99,771	64.94	-1.22
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+25.52

2012 result[edit]

2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Navjot Kaur Sidhu	33,406	36.30
	IND.	Simarpreet Kaur	26,307	28.59
	INC	Sunil Dutti	25,964	28.21
	CPI	Baldev Singh	3,416	3.71
	BSP	Tarsem Singh	1,667	1.81
Majority			7,099	7.71
Turnout			92,054	66.18	New
	BJP win (new seat)

Previous results[edit]

Year	A C No.	Name	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
1972	23	Gian Chand Kharbanda	INC	22079	Pannalal Mhajan	BJS	13336
1969	23	Gian Chand Kharbanda	INC	18761	Baldev Parkash	BJS	18718
1967	23	Baldev Parkash	BJS	19750	I. Nath	INC	15124
1962	116	Baldev Parkash	JS	15614	Sadhu Ram	INC	14092
1957	71	Baldev Prakash	BJS	18254	Gain Chand	INC	13775
1951	90	Sarup Singh	SAD	8716	Rajinder Singh	INC	8148

References[edit]

↑ Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
↑ "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.

Coordinates: 31°38′N 74°55′E / 31.63°N 74.92°E / 31.63; 74.92

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[electors-1] Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[2] "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[election2017-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.

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