# 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.

## Assembly segments

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

## Members of Parliament

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

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Gurjeet Singh Aujla | 255,181 | 28.18 | 23.60 |
| | AAP | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal | 2,14,880 | 23.73 | 21.39 |
| | BJP | Taranjit Singh Sandhu | 2,07,205 | 22.88 | 17.31 |
| | SAD | Anil Joshi | 1,62,896 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 40,301 | 4.45 | 7.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,05,656 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,11,263 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 23.60 | |

### General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 99,626 | 11.59 | 8.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,60,582 | 57.07 | 13.32 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

#### By-election - 2017

Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,99,189 | 19.64 | 9.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,16,125 | 70.50 | 2.31 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### General election 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,02,770 | 10.20 | 9.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,07,286 | 68.19 | 2.56 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### General election - 2009

2009 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,858 | 0.84 | 7.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,14,594 | 65.63 | 1.47 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

#### By-election - 2007

By Election, 2007: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 77,626 | 8.83 | 6.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,78,992 | 67.10 | 12.05 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### General election - 2004

2004 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,09,532 | 15.39 | 9.97 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,11,820 | 55.05 | 7.67 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election - 1999

1999 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,999 | 5.42 | 8.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,89,600 | 47.38 | 6.37 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### General election - 1998

1998 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 91,140 | 14.15 | 9.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,44,112 | 53.75 | 3.91 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | | |

### General election - 1996

1996 Indian general election: Amritsar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 33,672 | 5.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,54,439 | 57.66 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |