Amritsar East
Constituency No. 18 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictAmritsar
LS constituencyAmritsar
Total electors168,300 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2022

Amritsar East Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 18) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name Picture Party
1952 Sarup Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
1957 Baldev Prakash Bharatiya Jana Sangh"
1962
1967
1969 Gian Chand Kharbanda Indian National Congress
1972
Constituency did not exist
2012 Navjot Kaur Sidhu Bharatiya Janata Party
2017 Navjot Singh Sidhu Indian National Congress
2022 Jeevan Jyot Kaur Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Jeevan Jyot Kaur[2] 39,679 36.74 Increase21.98
INC Navjot Singh Sidhu[3] 32,929 30.49 Decrease30.19
SAD Bikram Singh Majithia 25,188 23.32 New
BJP Jagmohan Singh Raju 7,286 6.75 Decrease10.98
NOTA None of the above 690 0.64
Majority 6,750 6.25
Turnout 1,08,003 64.17 Decrease0.77
Registered electors 168,300 [4]
AAP gain from INC Swing Increase19.3

2017 result

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Amritsar East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Navjot Singh Sidhu 60,477 60.68 Increase32.47
BJP Rakesh Kumar Honey 17,668 17.73 Decrease18.57
AAP Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal 14,715 14.76 New
IND. Mandeep Singh Manna 1,863 1.87 New
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

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 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

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

  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. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 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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