Amritsar East Assembly constituency

Amritsar East
Constituency No. 18 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
LS constituency	Amritsar
Total electors	168,300 (in 2022)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jeevan Jyot Kaur
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2022

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1952	Sarup Singh		Shiromani Akali Dal
1957	Baldev Prakash		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962
1967
1969	Gian Chand Kharbanda		Indian National Congress
1972
1977-2012 : Constituency defunct
2012	Navjot Kaur Sidhu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2017	Navjot Singh Sidhu		Indian National Congress
2022	Jeevan Jyot Kaur		Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Punjab Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jeevan Jyot Kaur [3]	39,679	36.74	21.98
	INC	Navjot Singh Sidhu [4]	32,929	30.49	30.19
	SAD	Bikram Singh Majithia	25,188	23.32	New
	BJP	Jagmohan Singh Raju	7,286	6.75	10.98
	NOTA	None of the above	690	0.64
Majority			6,750	6.25
Turnout			1,08,003	64.17	0.77
Registered electors			168,300	[5]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing	19.3

2017 result

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Amritsar East ^[6]

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	New
	IND.	Mandeep Singh Manna	1,863	1.87	New
	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	[7]
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	+25.52

2012 result

Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 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)

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Amritsar East 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. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. Election Commission of India. "Punjab General Legislative Election 2017" . Retrieved 26 June 2021.
7. Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab. "Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2021.

External links

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

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