Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

Amritsar Lok Sabha Election Summary

The holy city of Amritsar, one of the thirteen Parliamentary constituencies in the state of Punjab, once again witnessed a clash of titans in this general election. High-profile candidates from the two national parties fought pitched battles against each other. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley took on former Chief Minister of state, Captain Amarinder Singh of the Congress. The AAP fielded Dr. Daljit Singh, renowned eye-surgeon and literary person, as candidate from this constituency, who put up a brave fight against the two leaders, by rigorous door-to-door campaigns in the constituency. Captain Amarinder Singh won the constituency, defeating Arun Jaitley of the BJP party, by a margin of 102770 votes. Captain Amarinder Singh won 482876 votes, an impressive count. Navjot Singh Sidhu, the sitting member of Parliament from Amritsar, winning from Amritsar since 2004 general elections, had represented the SAD-BJP alliance for the last seven years.

Against the backdrop of the anti-incumbency wave which has engulfed the nation, Amritsar turned out to be fierce battleground, as the campaigns of BJP saw the ruling Badal family showing its complete support to Jaitley, as he went on to contest his life's first direct election from this constituency. As part of the Congress campaign, the Congress candidate labeled Jaitley as an 'outsider' who was unaware of the local conditions of the region. However, Chief Minister of state Parkash Singh Badal personally evinced interest in Jaitley's poll campaigns. Another factor that played a catalytic role during the BJP leader's favour, so far as campaigns are concerned, is the support he enjoyed from the Akalis, who have a dominant presence among the Sikhs in the rural regions of Amritsar. Since Sikhs constitute as much as 65% of the population in Amritsar, Jaitley's chances of a sweeping win, in spite of strong anti-incumbency against Navjot Sidhu, were seen on the cards. The Akalis projected the BJP candidate as a local boy who would bring prosperity in Punjab. In his campaigns, both Jaitley and Amarinder Singh emphasized global needs for Amritsar, such as making the city a world-class tourist hub, enhancing cross-border trade as well as industrial growth in the region. Interestingly, the AAP candidate has successfully cut into the vote-shares of both the Congress and the BJP. A win for the veteran Congress leader would help him regain his lost status after his defeat in two consecutive Assembly elections. Amritsar has once again proved that it lends its massive support to INC, as its candidate managed to secure allegiance of the local communities and the prestigious Badal family in this state.

Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency is one of the 13 constituencies of Punjab. It was formed before the 1952 elections and is a part of the Amritsar District. The Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 2) consists of 1,241,099 number of electorates in totality, of these 650,883 are males and 590,216 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests.

Quick facts for Amritsar
Assembly Constituencies		9
Ruling Party		INC
MP		Captain Amarinder Singh
Electorals 2014	Male	Female	Total
No. of Electorals	650883	590216	1241099
Polling stations	1201

It is divided into nine Vidhan Sabha segments. The city of Amritsar is the district headquarters as well as the spiritual centre of the Sikh people.

The city is home to the infamous Golden Temple, or locally known as Harmandir Sahib. Amritsar has a population of over 12,00,000 and over 52% consists of males. It has a sex ratio of 932 females for every 1,000 males. Almost 77% of the population comprises Sikhs followed by 21% Hindus and the rest of other religions.

Amritsar is located near the Wagah border, about 30 km away from the Pakistani city of Lahore. It has a literacy rate of 85% and has over 30 colleges in the city offering degree courses in various fields. The historic Grand Trunk Road or the National Highway 1 serves the city which ensures a very extensive and huge road network. Amritsar was also the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, a historic tragedy which took place on 13th April, 1919, where over hundreds of Indians were killed under the orders of Reginald Dyer of the British military.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Amritsar parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Amritsar constituency is Captain Amarinder Singh of INC.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	Winner/Current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	2	Amritsar	GEN	Captain Amarinder Singh	M	INC	482876	Arun Jaitley	M	BJP	380106
2009	2	Amritsar	GEN	Sidhu,Shri Navjot Singh	M	BJP	392046	Om Parkash Soni	M	INC	385188
2007	Bye Pol	Amritsar	GEN	Navjot Singh Sidhu	M	BJP	444748	Surinder Singla	M	INC	367122
2004	2	Amritsar	GEN	Navjot Singh Sidhu	M	BJP	394223	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	284691
1999	2	Amritsar	GEN	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	296533	Daya Singh Sodhi	M	BJP	264534
1998	2	Amritsar	GEN	Daya Singh Sodhi	M	BJP	361133	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	269993
1996	2	Amritsar	GEN	Raghnandan Lal Bhatia	M	INC	268490	Kirpal Singh	M	JD	234818
1992	2	Amritsar	GEN	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	142896	Baldev Raj Chawla	M	BJP	85543
1989	2	Amritsar	GEN	Kirpal Singh	M	IND	272427	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	149214
1985	2	Amritsar	GEN	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia Bhatia	M	INC	249303	Kushpal Singh	M	JNP	144239
1980	3	Amritsar	GEN	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	M	INC(I)	293085	Baldev Prakash	M	JNP	181401
1977	2	Amritsar	GEN	Baldev Parkash	M	BLD	238020	Raghunandan Lal Bhatia	M	INC	212979
1972	Bye Pol	Amritsar	GEN	R.L.Bhatia	M	INC	214070	G.Singh	M	SAD	76998
1971	4	Amritsar	GEN	Durga Das Bhatia	M	INC	182177	Karnail Singh	M	SAD	79236
1967	4	Amritsar	GEN	Y.D. Sharma	M	BJS	104035	S.S. Majithia	M	INC	92760
1962	17	Amritsar	GEN	Gurmukh Singh Musafir	M	INC	125033	Narinder Singh	M	AD	110617
1957	11	Amritsar	GEN	Gurmukh Singh Musafir Musafir	M	INC	113899	Krishan Lall	M	BJS	77533
1951	15	Amritsar	GEN	Gurmukh Singh Musafir Musaffar	M	INC	86382	Hukam Singh	M	SAD	54172

List of Assembly Constituencies in Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Amritsar parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Ajnala	Raja Sansi	Majitha
Amritsar North	Amritsar West (SC)	Amritsar Central
Amritsar East	Amristar South	Attari (SC)