Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Amritsar
Established:1952
Party:Indian National Congress
Incumbent Image:Gurjeet Singh Aujla - Kolkata 2017-07-10 3378.JPG
Mp:Gurjeet Singh Aujla
Latest Election Year:2024
State:Punjab
Assembly Cons:Ajnala
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Amritsar South
Attari

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.

Assembly segments

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:[1]

NameDistrictMemberPartyLeading
11AjnalaAmritsarKuldeep Singh DhaliwalAAPAAP
12Raja SansiSukhbinder Singh SarkariaINCINC
13MajithaGanieve Kaur MajithiaSADSAD
15Amritsar NorthKunwar Vijay Pratap SinghAAPBJP
16Amritsar West (SC)Jasbir Singh SandhuAAPINC
17Amritsar CentralAjay GuptaAAPBJP
18Amritsar EastJeevan Jyot KaurAAPBJP
19Amritsar SouthInderbir Singh NijjarAAPAAP
20Attari (SC)Jaswinder Singh RamdasAAPINC

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952Gurmukh Singh Musafir
1957
1962
1967Yagya Dutt Sharma
1971Durgadas Bhatia
1972^Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
1977Baldev Prakash
1980Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress (I)
1984
1989Kirpal Singh
1991Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
1996
1998Daya Singh Sodhi
1999Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
2004Navjot Singh Sidhu
2007^
2009
2014Amarinder Singh
2017^ Gurjeet Singh Aujla
^ by-poll

Election results

General election 2019

By-election - 2017

General election 2014

General election - 2009

By-election - 2007

General election - 2004

General election - 1996

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.

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