Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency
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| Amritsar PB-2 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| Assembly constituencies | Ajnala Raja Sansi Majitha Amritsar North Amritsar West Amritsar Central Amritsar East Amritsar South Attari |
| Established | 1952 |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Punjab, represented since 2017 by Gurjeet Singh Aujla of the Congress party. 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]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ajnala | Amritsar | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | AAP | AAP | ||
| 12 | Raja Sansi | Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria | INC | INC | |||
| 13 | Majitha | Ganieve Kaur Majithia | SAD | SAD | |||
| 15 | Amritsar North | Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh | AAP | BJP | |||
| 16 | Amritsar West (SC) | Jasbir Singh Sandhu | AAP | INC | |||
| 17 | Amritsar Central | Ajay Gupta | AAP | BJP | |||
| 18 | Amritsar East | Jeevan Jyot Kaur | AAP | BJP | |||
| 19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Nijjar | AAP | AAP | |||
| 20 | Attari (SC) | Jaswinder Singh Ramdas | AAP | INC | |||
Members of Parliament
[edit]Most Successful parties from Amritsar Lok Sabha
INC (14 Times) (66.666%)
BJP (3 Times) (14.285%)
Janata Party (1 Time) (4.761%)
BJS (1 Time) (4.761%)
IND (1 Time) (4.761%)
INC (I) (1 time) (4.761%)
^ by-poll
Election results
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 255,181 | 28.18 |  23.60
| |
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 2,14,880 | 23.73 |  21.39
| |
| BJP | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 2,07,205 | 22.88 | 17.31
| |
| SAD | Anil Joshi | 1,62,896 | 17.99 | New | |
| SAD(A) | Emaan Singh Mann | 26,796 | 2.96 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,714 | 0.41 | 0.61
| |
| Majority | 40,301 | 4.45 | 7.14
| ||
| Turnout | 9,05,656 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,11,263 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | 23.60
|
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General election 2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 | 1.69
| |
| BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 3,45,406 | 40.19 | 9.74
| |
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 | 12.44
| |
| CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | 0.14
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | 0.06
| |
| Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | 8.05
| ||
| Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | 13.32
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
By-election - 2017
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 508,153 | 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
| |
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 9,747 | 0.96 | 0.71
| |
| Majority | 1,99,189 | 19.64 | 9.44
| ||
| Turnout | 10,16,125 | 70.50 | 2.31
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amarinder Singh | 482,876 | 47.94 | 0.65
| |
| BJP | Arun Jaitley | 3,80,106 | 37.74 | 10.39
| |
| AAP | Dr. Daljit Singh | 82,633 | 8.20 | new | |
| CPI | Amarjit Singh Asal | 12,902 | 1.28 | N/A | |
| BSP | Pardeep Singh Walia | 5,870 | 0.58 | 0.78
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,533 | 0.25 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,02,770 | 10.20 | 9.36
| ||
| Turnout | 10,07,286 | 68.19 | 2.56
| ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
General election - 2009
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 392,046 | 48.13 | 2.47
| |
| INC | Om Parkash Soni | 3,85,188 | 47.29 | 5.52
| |
| BSP | B. K. N. Chhibber | 11,108 | 1.36 | 1.08
| |
| Independent | Lavinder Kumar | 8,121 | 1.00 | N/A | |
| Independent | Naresh Singh Bhadauriya | 3,357 | 0.41 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,858 | 0.84 | 7.99
| ||
| Turnout | 8,14,594 | 65.63 | 1.47
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
By-election - 2007
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 444,748 | 50.60 | 4.78
| |
| INC | Surinder Singla | 3,67,122 | 41.77 | 1.78
| |
| BSP | Surinder Arjun Pandit | 21,416 | 2.44 | 0.23
| |
| Independent | Gurvinder Singh Shampura | 11,656 | 1.33 | N/A | |
| BSP (A) | Mukhjit Singh Bhullar | 8,938 | 1.01 | N/A | |
| Majority | 77,626 | 8.83 | 6.56
| ||
| Turnout | 8,78,992 | 67.10 | 12.05
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
General election - 2004
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 394,223 | 55.38 | 10.30
| |
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,84,691 | 39.99 | 10.51
| |
| BSP | Ram Sharan Paul | 15,796 | 2.21 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ramesh Talwar | 5,695 | 0.80 | N/A | |
| Independent | Rehmat Masih | 3,252 | 0.45 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,09,532 | 15.39 | 9.97
| ||
| Turnout | 7,11,820 | 55.05 | 7.67
| ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election - 1999
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 296,533 | 50.29 | 8.37
| |
| BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 2,64,534 | 44.87 | 11.2
| |
| SHSAD | Bhupinder Singh Mann | 17,581 | 2.98 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chaturbhuj Joshi | 2,444 | 0.41 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ramesh Talwar | 2,219 | 0.38 | N/A | |
| Majority | 31,999 | 5.42 | 8.73
| ||
| Turnout | 5,89,600 | 47.38 | 6.37
| ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
General election - 1998
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 361,133 | 56.07 | 43.24
| |
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,69,993 | 41.92 | 0.89
| |
| Independent | Durga Dass | 5,746 | 0.89 | N/A | |
| BSP (A) | Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura | 3,277 | 0.51 | N/A | |
| RJD | Kirpal Singh | 1,484 | 0.23 | N/A | |
| Majority | 91,140 | 14.15 | 9.00
| ||
| Turnout | 6,44,112 | 53.75 | 3.91
| ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election - 1996
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 268,490 | 41.03 | ||
| JD | Kirpal Singh | 2,34,818 | 35.88 | ||
| BJP | Baldev Raj Chawla | 83,981 | 12.83 | ||
| SAD(A) | 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.