Amritsar East Assembly Constituency
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Amritsar East | |
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Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
District | Amritsar |
State | Punjab |
Electorate | 153,629[1][needs update] |
Lok Sabha Constituency | Amritsar |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2017 |
Party | Indian National Congress |
MLA | Navjot Singh Sidhu |
Reservation | None |
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 | |
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2017 | Navjot Singh Sidhu[3] | Indian National Congress |
Election results[edit]
2017 result[edit]
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 | ||
Majority | 42,809 | 42.95 | |||
Turnout | 99,771 | 64.94 | -1.22 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing | +25.52 |
2012 result[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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