Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency

Amritsar
PB-2
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 Gurjeet Singh Aujla
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

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:^[1]

#	Name	District	Member
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
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	Indian National Congress
1977	Baldev Prakash	Janata Party
1980	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
1989	Kirpal Singh	Independent
1991	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
1996	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	Indian National Congress
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	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

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar
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

Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar
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

2014 Indian general elections: Amritsar
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

2009 Indian general election: Amritsar
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

By Election, 2007: Amritsar
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

2004 Indian general election: Amritsar
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

1999 Indian general election: Amritsar
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

1998 Indian general election: Amritsar
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

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

References

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

External links

Amritsar lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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

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