Amritsar East Assembly Constituency

Amritsar East
Constituency for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
LS constituency	Amritsar
Total electors	168,013 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Jeevan Jyot Kaur
Party	AAP
Elected year	2022

Amritsar East Assembly Constituency (Sl. No.: 18) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India. ^[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

SI No.	Year	Name	Party
1.	1952	Sarup Singh		Shiromani Akali Dal
2.	1957	Baldev Prakash		Bharatiya Jan Sangh
3.	1962
4.	1967
5.	1969	Gian Chand Kharbanda		Indian National Congress
6.	1972
Constituency did not exist
7.	2012	Navjot Kaur Sidhu		Bharatiya Janata Party
8.	2017	Navjot Singh Sidhu		Indian National Congress
9.	2022	Jeevan Jyot Kaur		Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Legislative Assembly Election, 2022:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jeevan Jyot Kaur [2]	39,679	36.74
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu [3]	32929	30.49
	SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia	25188	23.32
	BJP	Jagmohan Singh Raju	7286	6.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	690	0.64
Majority
Turnout			108003
Registered electors			168,013	[4]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017 result

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu	60,477	60.68	+32.47
	BJP	Rakesh Kumar Honey	17,668	17.73	-18.57
	AAP	Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal	14,715	14.76	N/A
	IND.	Mandeep Singh Manna	1,863	1.87
	CPI	Baldev Singh	1,586	1.59
	BSP	Tarsem Singh	1,237	1.24
Majority			42,809	42.95
Turnout			99,771	64.94	-1.22
Registered electors			153,629	[6]
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+25.52

2012 result

2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Navjot Kaur Sidhu	33,406	36.30
	IND.	Simarpreet Kaur	26,307	28.59
	INC	Sunil Dutti	25,964	28.21
	CPI	Baldev Singh	3,416	3.71
	BSP	Tarsem Singh	1,667	1.81
Majority			7,099	7.71
Turnout			92,054	66.18	New
Registered electors
	BJP win (new seat)

Previous results

Year	A C No.	Name	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes
1972	23	Gian Chand Kharbanda	INC	22079	Pannalal Mhajan	BJS	13336
1969	23	Gian Chand Kharbanda	INC	18761	Baldev Parkash	BJS	18718
1967	23	Baldev Parkash	BJS	19750	I. Nath	INC	15124
1962	116	Baldev Parkash	JS	15614	Sadhu Ram	INC	14092
1957	71	Baldev Prakash	BJS	18254	Gain Chand	INC	13775
1951	90	Sarup Singh	SAD	8716	Rajinder Singh	INC	8148

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "Vidhan Sabha 2022 Electoral Detail". Official Website of the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
5. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
6. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External link

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

Coordinates: 31°38′N74°55′E / 31.63°N 74.92°E / 31.63; 74.92