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Amritsar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
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

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

# 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

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%)
Year Member Party
1952 Gurmukh Singh Musafir Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Yagya Dutt Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Durgadas Bhatia Indian National Congress
1972^ Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
1977 Baldev Prakash Janata Party
1980 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Kirpal Singh Independent
1991 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress
1996
1998 Daya Singh Sodhi Bharatiya Janata Party
1999 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Indian National Congress
2004 Navjot Singh Sidhu Bharatiya Janata Party
2007^
2009
2014 Amarinder Singh Indian National Congress
2017^ Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2019
2024

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 255,181 28.18 Decrease23.60
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 2,14,880 23.73 Increase21.39
BJP Taranjit Singh Sandhu 2,07,205 22.88 Decrease17.31
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 Decrease 0.61
Majority 40,301 4.45 Decrease 7.14
Turnout 9,05,656
Registered electors 16,11,263
INC hold Swing Decrease 23.60

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 445,032 51.78 Increase1.69
BJP Hardeep Singh Puri 3,45,406 40.19 Increase9.74
AAP Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal 20,087 2.34 Decrease12.44
CPI Daswinder Kaur 16,335 1.90 Increase0.14
NOTA None of the Above 8,763 1.02 Increase0.06
Majority 99,626 11.59 Decrease8.05
Turnout 8,60,582 57.07 Decrease13.32
INC hold Swing

By-election - 2017

Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Gurjeet Singh Aujla 508,153 50.09 Increase2.15
BJP Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina 3,08,964 30.45 Decrease7.29
AAP Upkar Singh Sandhu 1,49,984 14.78 Increase6.58
CPI Daswinder Kaur 17,886 1.76 Increase0.48
None of the Above None of the Above 9,747 0.96 Increase0.71
Majority 1,99,189 19.64 Increase9.44
Turnout 10,16,125 70.50 Increase2.31
INC hold Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amarinder Singh 482,876 47.94 Increase0.65
BJP Arun Jaitley 3,80,106 37.74 Decrease10.39
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 Decrease0.78
NOTA None of the Above 2,533 0.25 N/A
Majority 1,02,770 10.20 Increase9.36
Turnout 10,07,286 68.19 Increase2.56
INC gain from BJP Swing

General election - 2009

2009 Indian general election: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu 392,046 48.13 Decrease2.47
INC Om Parkash Soni 3,85,188 47.29 Increase5.52
BSP B. K. N. Chhibber 11,108 1.36 Decrease1.08
Independent Lavinder Kumar 8,121 1.00 N/A
Independent Naresh Singh Bhadauriya 3,357 0.41 N/A
Majority 6,858 0.84 Decrease7.99
Turnout 8,14,594 65.63 Decrease1.47
BJP hold Swing

By-election - 2007

By Election, 2007: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu 444,748 50.60 Decrease4.78
INC Surinder Singla 3,67,122 41.77 Increase1.78
BSP Surinder Arjun Pandit 21,416 2.44 Increase0.23
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 Decrease6.56
Turnout 8,78,992 67.10 Increase12.05
BJP hold Swing

General election - 2004

2004 Indian general election: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Navjot Singh Sidhu 394,223 55.38 Increase10.30
INC Raghunandan Lal Bhatia 2,84,691 39.99 Decrease10.51
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 Increase9.97
Turnout 7,11,820 55.05 Increase7.67
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election - 1999

1999 Indian general election: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Raghunandan Lal Bhatia 296,533 50.29 Increase8.37
BJP Daya Singh Sodhi 2,64,534 44.87 Decrease11.2
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 Decrease8.73
Turnout 5,89,600 47.38 Decrease6.37
INC gain from BJP Swing

General election - 1998

1998 Indian general election: Amritsar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Daya Singh Sodhi 361,133 56.07 Increase43.24
INC Raghunandan Lal Bhatia 2,69,993 41.92 Increase0.89
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 Increase9.00
Turnout 6,44,112 53.75 Decrease3.91
BJP gain from INC Swing

General election - 1996

1996 Indian general election: Amritsar
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

References

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

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