Amritsar Central Assembly constituency

Amritsar Central
Constituency No. 17 for the Punjab Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StatePunjab
DistrictAmritsar
LS constituencyAmritsar
Total electors147,058 (in 2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Punjab Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2022

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Name[2] Party
1952 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
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 Assembly election, 2022: Amritsar Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Ajay Gupta[3] 40,837 46.83
INC Om Parkash Soni[4] 26,811 30.74
BJP Ram Chawla 13,551 15.54
BSP Dalvir Kaur 4,016 4.61
NOTA None of the above 697 0.76
Majority 14,026 16.09
Turnout 87,205
Registered electors 1,47,058 [5]
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017

Punjab Assembly election, 2017: 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
NOTA None of the above 919 0.97
Registered electors 135,954 [8]

2012

[9]
Punjab Assembly election, 2012: 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. ^ "Punjab General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 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.

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