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
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictAmritsar
LS constituencyAmritsar
Total electors168,013 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJeevan Jyot Kaur
PartyAAP
Elected year2022

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

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 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

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East[5]
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

2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East
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

YearA C No.NamePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotes
197223Gian Chand KharbandaINC22079Pannalal MhajanBJS13336
196923Gian Chand KharbandaINC18761Baldev ParkashBJS18718
196723Baldev ParkashBJS19750I. NathINC15124
1962116Baldev ParkashJS15614Sadhu RamINC14092
195771Baldev PrakashBJS18254Gain ChandINC13775
195190Sarup SinghSAD8716Rajinder SinghINC8148

References

  1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017". Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  6. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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