Amritsar is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Majha of Punjab and is located in North India. Amritsar Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 76.54%. There are 14,77,262 voters of which 7,79,164 are male and 6,98,076 are female and 22 voters of the third gender.
Captain Amarinder Singh of INC (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. INC polled 4,82,876 of the total of 10,07,196 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Amritsar goes to the polls in the 7st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 19, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 68.19%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 2 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 9 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,77,262 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,79,164 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,98,076 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | BJP |
| Turnout % | 68.19% | 65.64% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,02,770 | 6,858 |
| Margin of Victory % | 10.2% | 0.84% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | BJP |
| Turnout % | 68.19% | 65.64% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,02,770 | 6,858 |
| Margin of Victory % | 10.2% | 0.84% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 444052 | 51.84% | Gurjeet Singh AujlaWinner |
| BJP | 344049 | 40.16% | Hardeep Singh Puri |
| AAAP | 19800 | 2.31% | Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal |
| CPI | 16278 | 1.90% | Daswinder Kaur |
| NOTA | 8713 | 1.02% | Nota |
| IND | 3250 | 0.38% | Sham Lal Gandhiwadi |
| IND | 3204 | 0.37% | Sunil Kumar Mattu |
| IND | 2310 | 0.27% | Shubham Kumar |
| IND | 1607 | 0.19% | Surjit Singh |
| RPI(A) | 1316 | 0.15% | Lakhwinder Singh Sidhu |
| SHS | 1186 | 0.14% | Gagandeep Kumar |
| IND | 1017 | 0.12% | Sandeep Singh |
| IND | 899 | 0.10% | Mohinder Singh |
| DPI(A) | 786 | 0.09% | Satnam Singh |
| BSP(A) | 733 | 0.09% | Kawaljit Singh Sahota |
| IND | 702 | 0.08% | Sunil Kumar Bhatti |
| BMP | 668 | 0.08% | Kewal Krishan |
| IND | 598 | 0.07% | Bal Krishan |
| IND | 586 | 0.07% | Mohinder Singh Namdhari |
| IND | 549 | 0.06% | Sarabjit Singh |
| IND | 539 | 0.06% | Harjinder Singh |
| IND | 508 | 0.06% | Shamsher Singh |
| IND | 487 | 0.06% | Sanjeev Kumar |
| IND | 467 | 0.05% | Kashmir Singh |
| IND | 445 | 0.05% | Chain Singh Bainka |
| IND | 433 | 0.05% | Suman Singh |
| IND | 380 | 0.04% | Gautam |
| IND | 334 | 0.04% | Balwinder Singh |
| IND | 271 | 0.03% | Jaspal Singh |
| IND | 258 | 0.03% | Kabal Singh |
| IND | 233 | 0.03% | Chand Kumar |
