Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Punjab, India
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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.
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesAjnala
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Amritsar South
Attari
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Amritsar South
Attari
Established1952
| 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 | INC |
| Alliance | INDIA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Assembly segments
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 | INC | ||||
| 17 | Amritsar Central | Ajay Gupta | BJP | ||||
| 18 | Amritsar East | Jeevan Jyot Kaur | |||||
| 19 | Amritsar South | Inderbir Singh Nijjar | AAP | ||||
| 20 | Attari (SC) | Jaswinder Singh Ramdas | INC | ||||
Members of Parliament
^ by-poll
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 255,181 | 28.18 | ||
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 214,880 | 23.73 | ||
| BJP | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 207,205 | 22.88 | ||
| SAD | Anil Joshi | 162,896 | 17.99 | New | |
| SAD(A) | Emaan Singh Mann | 26,796 | 2.96 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,714 | 0.41 | ||
| Majority | 40,301 | 4.45 | |||
| Turnout | 905,656 | ||||
| Registered electors | 1,611,263 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
General election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 445,032 | 51.78 | ||
| BJP | Hardeep Singh Puri | 345,406 | 40.19 | ||
| AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 20,087 | 2.34 | ||
| CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 16,335 | 1.90 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 8,763 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | |||
| Turnout | 860,582 | 57.07 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
By-election - 2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 508,153 | 50.09 | ||
| BJP | Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina | 308,964 | 30.45 | ||
| AAP | Upkar Singh Sandhu | 149,984 | 14.78 | ||
| CPI | Daswinder Kaur | 17,886 | 1.76 | ||
| None of the Above | None of the Above | 9,747 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 199,189 | 19.64 | |||
| Turnout | 1,016,125 | 70.50 | |||
| 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 380,106 37.74
10.39AAP 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
0.78NOTA None of the Above 2,533 0.25 N/A Majority 102,770 10.20
9.36Turnout 1,007,286 68.19
2.56INC 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 385,188 47.29
5.52BSP B. K. N. Chhibber 11,108 1.36
1.08Independent Lavinder Kumar 8,121 1.00 N/A Independent Naresh Singh Bhadauriya 3,357 0.41 N/A Majority 6,858 0.84
7.99Turnout 814,594 65.63
1.47BJP 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 367,122 41.77
1.78BSP Surinder Arjun Pandit 21,416 2.44
0.23Independent 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
6.56Turnout 878,992 67.10
12.05BJP hold Swing
General election - 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 394,223 | 55.38 | ||
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,84,691 | 39.99 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 7,11,820 | 55.05 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election - 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 296,533 | 50.29 | ||
| BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 2,64,534 | 44.87 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 5,89,600 | 47.38 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
General election - 1998
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Daya Singh Sodhi | 361,133 | 56.07 | ||
| INC | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | 2,69,993 | 41.92 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Turnout | 6,44,112 | 53.75 | |||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
General election - 1996
| 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 | ||||
