Amritsar East Assembly constituency
Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amritsar East Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 18) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India.[1]
| Amritsar East | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 18 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Amritsar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Amritsar |
| Total electors | 168,300 (in 2022) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Punjab Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Aam Aadmi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sarup Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 1957 | Baldev Prakash | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Gian Chand Kharbanda | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | |||
1977-2012 : Constituency defunct | |||
| 2012 | Navjot Kaur Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Jeevan Jyot Kaur | Aam Aadmi Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Jeevan Jyot Kaur[3] | 39,679 | 36.74 |  21.98 | |
| INC | Navjot Singh Sidhu[4] | 32,929 | 30.49 |  30.19 | |
| SAD | Bikram Singh Majithia | 25,188 | 23.32 | New | |
| BJP | Jagmohan Singh Raju | 7,286 | 6.75 | 10.98 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 690 | 0.64 | ||
| Majority | 6,750 | 6.25 | |||
| Turnout | 1,08,003 | 64.17 | 0.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 168,300 | [5] | |||
| AAP gain from INC | Swing | 19.3 |
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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 | 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 | [7] | |||
| 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) | |||||
References
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