Amritsar Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update


In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Amritsar Lok Sabha Election Results 2019


CandidatePartyEVM VotesMigrant VotesPostal VotesTotal Votes% of VotesStatus
Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress444052098044503251.78Winner
Hardeep Singh PuriBharatiya Janata Party3440490135734540640.191st Runner-up
Kuldip Singh DhaliwalAam Aadmi Party198000287200872.342nd Runner-up
Daswinder KaurCommunist Party Of India16278057163351.93rd Runner-up
NOTANone Of The Above871305087631.024th Runner-up
Sham Lal GandhiwadiIndependent32500132510.385th Runner-up
Sunil Kumar MattuIndependent32040032040.376th Runner-up
Shubham KumarIndependent23100123110.277th Runner-up
Surjit SinghIndependent16070216090.198th Runner-up
Lakhwinder Singh SidhuRepublican Party Of India (A)13160913250.159th Runner-up
Gagandeep KumarShivsena11860711930.1410th Runner-up
Sandeep SinghIndependent10170210190.1211th Runner-up
Mohinder SinghIndependent899029010.112th Runner-up
Satnam SinghDemocratic Party Of India (Ambedkar)7860137990.0913th Runner-up
Kawaljit Singh SahotaBahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)7330417740.0914th Runner-up
Sunil Kumar BhattiIndependent702017030.0815th Runner-up
Kewal KrishanBahujan Mukti Party6680106780.0816th Runner-up
Bal KrishanIndependent598026000.0717th Runner-up
Mohinder Singh NamdhariIndependent586015870.0718th Runner-up
Sarabjit SinghIndependent5490125610.0719th Runner-up
Harjinder SinghIndependent539025410.0620th Runner-up
Shamsher SinghIndependent508065140.0621th Runner-up
Sanjeev KumarIndependent487024890.0622th Runner-up
Kashmir SinghIndependent467024690.0523th Runner-up
Chain Singh BainkaIndependent445024470.0524th Runner-up
Suman SinghIndependent433004330.0525th Runner-up
GautamIndependent380013810.0426th Runner-up
Balwinder SinghIndependent334013350.0427th Runner-up
Jaspal SinghIndependent271002710.0328th Runner-up
Kabal SinghIndependent258022600.0329th Runner-up
Chand KumarIndependent233022350.0330th Runner-up





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
MPCaptain Amarinder Singh
Electorals 2014MaleFemaleTotal
No. of Electorals6508835902161241099
Polling stations1201
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.

YearPC No.PC NameCategoryWinner/Current MPGenderPartyVoteRunner Up MPGenderPartyVote
20142AmritsarGENCaptain Amarinder SinghMINC482876Arun JaitleyMBJP380106
20092AmritsarGENSidhu,Shri Navjot Singh MBJP392046Om Parkash SoniMINC385188
2007Bye PolAmritsarGENNavjot Singh Sidhu MBJP444748Surinder Singla MINC367122
20042AmritsarGENNavjot Singh SidhuMBJP394223Raghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC284691
19992AmritsarGENRaghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC296533Daya Singh SodhiMBJP264534
19982AmritsarGENDaya Singh SodhiMBJP361133Raghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC269993
19962AmritsarGENRaghnandan Lal BhatiaMINC268490Kirpal SinghMJD234818
19922AmritsarGENRaghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC142896Baldev Raj Chawla MBJP85543
19892AmritsarGENKirpal SinghMIND272427Raghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC149214
19852AmritsarGENRaghunandan Lal Bhatia BhatiaMINC249303Kushpal SinghMJNP144239
19803AmritsarGENRaghunandan Lal BhatiaMINC(I)293085Baldev PrakashMJNP181401
19772AmritsarGENBaldev ParkashMBLD238020Raghunandan Lal BhatiaMINC212979
1972Bye PolAmritsarGENR.L.BhatiaMINC214070G.SinghMSAD76998
19714AmritsarGENDurga Das BhatiaMINC182177Karnail Singh MSAD79236
19674AmritsarGENY.D. SharmaMBJS104035S.S. Majithia MINC92760
196217AmritsarGENGurmukh Singh MusafirMINC125033Narinder Singh MAD110617
195711AmritsarGENGurmukh Singh Musafir MusafirMINC113899Krishan Lall MBJS77533
195115AmritsarGENGurmukh Singh Musafir MusaffarMINC86382Hukam SinghMSAD54172

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
AjnalaRaja SansiMajitha
Amritsar NorthAmritsar West (SC)Amritsar Central
Amritsar EastAmristar SouthAttari (SC)

Last Updated on June 28, 2019