Amritsar West Assembly constituency

Amritsar West
Constituency No. 16 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
LS constituency	Amritsar
Total electors	214,073 (in 2022)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jasbir Singh Sandhu
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2022

Amritsar West is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Amritsar district, Punjab state, India. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1952	Shanoo Devi		Indian National Congress
1957	Balram Das Tandon		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962
1967	Satyapal Dang		Communist Party of India
1969
1972
1977
1980	Sewa Ram		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1992	Vimla Dang		Communist Party of India
1997	Om Parkash Soni		Independent
2002
2007			Indian National Congress
2012	Raj Kumar Verka
2017
2022	Jasbir Singh Sandhu		Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2022

Assembly Election, 2022: Amritsar West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Jasbir Singh Sandhu [3]	69,251	58.39
	INC	Raj Kumar Verka [4]	25338	21.36
	SAD	Dr. Dalbir Singh Verka	10370	8.74
	CPI	Amarjit Singh Asal	1368	1.15
	NOTA	None of the above	987	0.83
Majority			43913	37.03
Turnout			118606	55.28
Registered electors			214,073	[5]
	AAP gain from INC		Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Amritsar West ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raj Kumar Verka	52,271	50.84
	BJP	Rakesh Gill	24,424	23.82
	AAP	Balwinder Singh Sahota	24,731	23.17
	CPI	Gurnam Kaur	1,725	1.62
	BSP	Jaswant Singh	847	0.79
	APP	Satnam Singh	409	0.38
	BSP (A)	Balwinder Singh	407	0.38
Registered electors			179,766	[8]

References

1. "List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
2. "Amritsar West 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. "Amritsar West 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.

External links

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

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