Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India, represented since the 2014 general election by Amarinder Singh of the Congress party. Before that, it had been held by Navjot Singh Sidhu of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2004.
The current Minister of Finance of India, Arun Jaitley, unsuccessfully contested this constituency for the BJP in 2014.
Contents
Assembly segments
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:[1]
Ajnala
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
navjot kaur sidhu
Amristar South
Attari
Old assembly segments
These are the assembly segments which underwent boundary delimitation
Verka
- 2002 Raj Kumar Verka
Members of Parliament
Election results
2014 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amarinder Singh | 4,82,876 | 48.00 | ||
| BJP | Arun Jaitley | 3,80,106 | 37.78 | ||
| AAP | Dr. Daljit Singh | 82,633 | 8.21 | ||
| CPI | Amarjit Singh Asal | 12,902 | 1.28 | ||
| BSP | Pardeep Singh Walia | 5,870 | 0.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,533 | 0.25 | ||
| Majority | 1,02,770 | 10.22 | |||
| Turnout | 10,05,965 | ||||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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