Amritsar East Assembly Constituency
Amritsar East Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 18) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.[1]
| Amritsar East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Amritsar |
| LS constituency | Amritsar |
| Total electors | 168,013 (in 2022) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | Jeevan Jyot Kaur |
| Party | AAP |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Member of Legislative Assembly
| SI No. | Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1952 | Sarup Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 2. | 1957 | Baldev Prakash | Bharatiya Jan Sangh | |
| 3. | 1962 | |||
| 4. | 1967 | |||
| 5. | 1969 | Gian Chand Kharbanda | Indian National Congress | |
| 6. | 1972 | |||
| Constituency did not exist | ||||
| 7. | 2012 | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 8. | 2017 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Indian National Congress | |
| 9. | 2022 | Jeevan Jyot Kaur | Aam Aadmi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Jeevan Jyot Kaur[2] | 39,679 | 36.74 | ||
| INC | Navjot Singh Sidhu[3] | 32929 | 30.49 | ||
| SAD | Bikram Singh Majithia | 25188 | 23.32 | ||
| BJP | Jagmohan Singh Raju | 7286 | 6.75 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 690 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 108003 | ||||
| Registered electors | 168,013 | [4] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2017 result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 60,477 | 60.68 | +32.47 | |
| BJP | Rakesh Kumar Honey | 17,668 | 17.73 | -18.57 | |
| AAP | Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal | 14,715 | 14.76 | N/A | |
| IND. | Mandeep Singh Manna | 1,863 | 1.87 | ||
| CPI | Baldev Singh | 1,586 | 1.59 | ||
| BSP | Tarsem Singh | 1,237 | 1.24 | ||
| Majority | 42,809 | 42.95 | |||
| Turnout | 99,771 | 64.94 | -1.22 | ||
| Registered electors | 153,629 | [6] | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | +25.52 | |||
2012 result
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | 33,406 | 36.30 | ||
| IND. | Simarpreet Kaur | 26,307 | 28.59 | ||
| INC | Sunil Dutti | 25,964 | 28.21 | ||
| CPI | Baldev Singh | 3,416 | 3.71 | ||
| BSP | Tarsem Singh | 1,667 | 1.81 | ||
| Majority | 7,099 | 7.71 | |||
| Turnout | 92,054 | 66.18 | New | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP win (new seat) | |||||
Previous results
| Year | A C No. | Name | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 23 | Gian Chand Kharbanda | INC | 22079 | Pannalal Mhajan | BJS | 13336 |
| 1969 | 23 | Gian Chand Kharbanda | INC | 18761 | Baldev Parkash | BJS | 18718 |
| 1967 | 23 | Baldev Parkash | BJS | 19750 | I. Nath | INC | 15124 |
| 1962 | 116 | Baldev Parkash | JS | 15614 | Sadhu Ram | INC | 14092 |
| 1957 | 71 | Baldev Prakash | BJS | 18254 | Gain Chand | INC | 13775 |
| 1951 | 90 | Sarup Singh | SAD | 8716 | Rajinder Singh | INC | 8148 |
References
- "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
External link
- "Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
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