Amritsar Central Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India
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Amritsar Central Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 17) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.[1]
| Amritsar Central | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 17 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Amritsar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Amritsar |
| Total electors | 147,058 (in 2022) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
Most successful parties from Amritsar Central Vidhan Sabha
- INC (8 Times) (50.0%)
- BJP (3 Times) (18.8%)
- BJS (2 Times) (12.5%)
- AAP (1 Time) (6.25%)
- JP (1 Time) (6.25%)
- INC (I) (1 Time) (6.25%)
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Amir Chand Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
Amritsar City Civil Lines constituency | |||
| 1957 | Sarup Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Jai Inder Singh | ||
Amritsar Central constituency | |||
| 1967 | Balram Das Tandon | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Partap Chand | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Balram Das Tandon | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Darbari Lal | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1992 | Laxmi Kanta Chawla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1997 | |||
| 2002 | Darbari Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | Laxmi Kanta Chawla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2012 | Om Parkash Soni | Indian National Congress | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Ajay Gupta | Aam Aadmi Party | |
Election results
2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | |||||
| AD (WPD) |  | ||||
| INC | |||||
| SAD | | ||||
| BJP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Ajay Gupta[3] | 40,837 | 46.83 | ||
| INC | Om Parkash Soni[4] | 26,811 | 30.74 | ||
| BJP | Ram Chawla | 13,551 | 15.54 | ||
| BSP | Dalvir Kaur | 4,016 | 4.61 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 697 | 0.76 | ||
| Majority | 14,026 | 16.09 | |||
| Turnout | 87,205 | ||||
| Registered electors | 147,058 | [5] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Om Parkash Soni | 51,242 | 53.86 | ||
| BJP | Tarun Chugh | 34,560 | 36.32 | ||
| AAP | Ajay Gupta | 7171 | 7.54 | ||
| BSP | rajesh kumar | 500 | 0.53 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 919 | 0.97 | ||
| Majority | 21,116 | 23.50 | |||
| Turnout | 89,789 | 66.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 135,954 | [5] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Om Parkash Soni | 47,357 | 55.32 | ||
| BJP | Tarun Chugh | 30126 | 40.37 | ||
| CPI(M) | Vijay Kumar Misra | 1212 | 1.42 | ||
| BSP | Jagdish Raj | 808 | 0.94 | ||
| Independent | Rakesh Kumar | 737 | 0.86 | ||
| Independent | Baldev Bhardwaj | 304 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Narinder Shekhar Luthra | 180 | 0.21 | ||
| Independent | Om Prakash | 166 | 0.19 | ||