Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency

Amritsar Central
Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
LS constituency	Amritsar
Total electors	147,058 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Ajay Gupta
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2022

Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 17) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India. ^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name [2]	Party
1951	Amir Chand Gupta	Indian National Congress
1967	Balram Das Tandon	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969
1972	Partap Chand	Indian National Congress
1977	Balram Das Tandon	Janata Party
1980	Darbari Lal	Indian National Congress (Indira)
1985		Indian National Congress
1992	Laxmi Kanta Chawla	Bharatiya Janata Party
1997
2002	Darbari Lal	Indian National Congress
2007	Laxmi Kanta Chawla	Bharatiya Janata Party
2012	Om Parkash Soni	Indian National Congress
2017
2022	Ajay Gupta	Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Ajay Gupta [3]
	INC	Om Parkash Soni [4]
	BJP	Tarun Chugh
		TBD
		TBD
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors			147,058	[5]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar Central ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Om Parkash Soni	51,242	53.86
	BJP	Tarun Chugh	34,560	36.32
	AAP	ajay gupta	7171	7.54
	BSP	rajesh kumar	500	0.53
	Independent	avtar singh	182	0.19
	Independent	Shander Singh	164	0.17
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	162	0.17
	APP	Keshav Kohli	134	0.14
	Independent	Om Parkash	108	0.11
		none of the above	919	0.97
Registered electors			135,954	[8]

2012

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2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Om Parkash Soni	47,357	55.32
	BJP	Tarun Chugh	30126	40.37
	CPI(M)	Vijay Kumar Misra	1212	1.42
	BSP	Jagdish Raj	808	0.94
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar	737	0.86
	Independent	Baldev Bhardwaj	304	0.36
	Independent	Narinder Shekhar Luthra	180	0.21
	Independent	Om Prakash	166	0.19

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Amritsar Central Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Punjab Election 2022: Complete List of AAP Candidates, Check Names HERE". www.india.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. "Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies". FE Online. No. The Financial Express (India). The Indian Express Group. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
5. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
6. "Amritsar Central Assembly election result, 2012" . Retrieved 13 January 2017.
7. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
8. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
9. "Amritsar Central Assembly election result, 2012" . Retrieved 13 January 2017.

External link

• "Record of all Punjab Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

Coordinates: 31°38′N74°52′E / 31.63°N 74.87°E / 31.63; 74.87