Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Amritsar PB-2
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
Assembly constituencies	Ajnala Raja Sansi Majitha Amritsar North Amritsar West Amritsar Central Amritsar East Amritsar South Attari
Established	1952
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Gurjeet Singh Aujla
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		Leading (in 2024)
11	Ajnala	Amritsar	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal		AAP		AAP
12	Raja Sansi		Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria		INC		INC
13	Majitha		Ganieve Kaur Majithia		SAD		SAD
15	Amritsar North		Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh		AAP		BJP
16	Amritsar West (SC)		Jasbir Singh Sandhu		AAP		INC
17	Amritsar Central		Ajay Gupta		AAP		BJP
18	Amritsar East		Jeevan Jyot Kaur		AAP		BJP
19	Amritsar South		Inderbir Singh Nijjar		AAP		AAP
20	Attari (SC)		Jaswinder Singh Ramdas		AAP		INC

Members of Parliament

Most Successful parties from Amritsar Lok Sabha

1. INC (14 Times) (66.7%)
2. BJP (3 Times) (14.3%)
3. Janata Party (1 Time) (4.76%)
4. BJS (1 Time) (4.76%)
5. IND (1 Time) (4.76%)
6. INC (I) (1 time) (4.76%)

Year	Member	Party
1952	Gurmukh Singh Musafir		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Yagya Dutt Sharma		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Durgadas Bhatia		Indian National Congress
1972^	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia
1977	Baldev Prakash		Janata Party
1980	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Kirpal Singh		Independent
1991	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia		Indian National Congress
1996
1998	Daya Singh Sodhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia		Indian National Congress
2004	Navjot Singh Sidhu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2007^
2009
2014	Amarinder Singh		Indian National Congress
2017^	Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2019
2024

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gurjeet Singh Aujla	255,181	28.18	23.60
	AAP	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal	214,880	23.73	21.39
	BJP	Taranjit Singh Sandhu	207,205	22.88	17.31
	SAD	Anil Joshi	162,896	17.99	New
	SAD(A)	Emaan Singh Mann	26,796	2.96	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,714	0.41	0.61
Majority			40,301	4.45	7.14
Turnout			905,656
Registered electors			1,611,263
	INC hold		Swing	23.60

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gurjeet Singh Aujla	445,032	51.78	1.69
	BJP	Hardeep Singh Puri	3,45,406	40.19	9.74
	AAP	Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal	20,087	2.34	12.44
	CPI	Daswinder Kaur	16,335	1.90	0.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,763	1.02	0.06
Majority			99,626	11.59	8.05
Turnout			8,60,582	57.07	13.32
	INC hold		Swing

By-election - 2017

Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gurjeet Singh Aujla	508,153	50.09	2.15
	BJP	Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina	3,08,964	30.45	7.29
	AAP	Upkar Singh Sandhu	1,49,984	14.78	6.58
	CPI	Daswinder Kaur	17,886	1.76	0.48
	None of the Above	None of the Above	9,747	0.96	0.71
Majority			1,99,189	19.64	9.44
Turnout			10,16,125	70.50	2.31
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Amarinder Singh	482,876	47.94	0.65
	BJP	Arun Jaitley	3,80,106	37.74	10.39
	AAP	Dr. Daljit Singh	82,633	8.20	new
	CPI	Amarjit Singh Asal	12,902	1.28	N/A
	BSP	Pardeep Singh Walia	5,870	0.58	0.78
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,533	0.25	N/A
Majority			1,02,770	10.20	9.36
Turnout			10,07,286	68.19	2.56
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election - 2009

2009 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Navjot Singh Sidhu	392,046	48.13	2.47
	INC	Om Parkash Soni	3,85,188	47.29	5.52
	BSP	B. K. N. Chhibber	11,108	1.36	1.08
	Independent	Lavinder Kumar	8,121	1.00	N/A
	Independent	Naresh Singh Bhadauriya	3,357	0.41	N/A
Majority			6,858	0.84	7.99
Turnout			8,14,594	65.63	1.47
	BJP hold		Swing

By-election - 2007

By Election, 2007: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Navjot Singh Sidhu	444,748	50.60	4.78
	INC	Surinder Singla	3,67,122	41.77	1.78
	BSP	Surinder Arjun Pandit	21,416	2.44	0.23
	Independent	Gurvinder Singh Shampura	11,656	1.33	N/A
	BSP (A)	Mukhjit Singh Bhullar	8,938	1.01	N/A
Majority			77,626	8.83	6.56
Turnout			8,78,992	67.10	12.05
	BJP hold		Swing

General election - 2004

2004 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Navjot Singh Sidhu	394,223	55.38	10.30
	INC	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	2,84,691	39.99	10.51
	BSP	Ram Sharan Paul	15,796	2.21	N/A
	Independent	Ramesh Talwar	5,695	0.80	N/A
	Independent	Rehmat Masih	3,252	0.45	N/A
Majority			1,09,532	15.39	9.97
Turnout			7,11,820	55.05	7.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election - 1999

1999 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	296,533	50.29	8.37
	BJP	Daya Singh Sodhi	2,64,534	44.87	11.2
	SHSAD	Bhupinder Singh Mann	17,581	2.98	N/A
	Independent	Chaturbhuj Joshi	2,444	0.41	N/A
	Independent	Ramesh Talwar	2,219	0.38	N/A
Majority			31,999	5.42	8.73
Turnout			5,89,600	47.38	6.37
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election - 1998

1998 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Daya Singh Sodhi	361,133	56.07	43.24
	INC	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	2,69,993	41.92	0.89
	Independent	Durga Dass	5,746	0.89	N/A
	BSP (A)	Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura	3,277	0.51	N/A
	RJD	Kirpal Singh	1,484	0.23	N/A
Majority			91,140	14.15	9.00
Turnout			6,44,112	53.75	3.91
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election - 1996

1996 Indian general election: Amritsar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	268,490	41.03
	JD	Kirpal Singh	2,34,818	35.88
	BJP	Baldev Raj Chawla	83,981	12.83
	SAD(A)	Daljit Singh Sandhu	19,980	3.05
	AIIC(T)	Kewal Krishan	12,430	1.90
	Independent	Rehmat Masih	11,669	1.78
Majority			33,672	5.15
Turnout			6,54,439	57.66
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Amritsar district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha