Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India, represented since the 2014 general election by Amarinder Singh of the Congress party. Before that, it had been held by Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2004.
The current Minister of Finance of India, 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:[1]
Ajnala
Bonny Amarpal Singh
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Amristar South
Attari
Old assembly segments
These are the assembly segments which underwent boundary delimitation
Verka
- 2002 Raj Kumar Verka
Members of Parliament
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Captain Amarinder Singh | 4,82,876 | 47.94 | ||
| BJP | Arun Jaitley | 3,80,106 | 37.74 | ||
| AAP | Dr. Daljit Singh | 82,633 | 8.20 | ||
| CPI | Amarjit Singh Asal | 12,902 | 1.28 | ||
| BSP | Pardeep Singh Walia | 5,870 | 0.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,533 | 0.25 | ||
| Majority | 1,02,770 | 10.20 | |||
| Turnout | 10,07,196 | 68.18 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
| 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. Chhiber | 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 | 8,14,479 | 65.62 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
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