Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency

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

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
INC Om Parkash Soni
BJP Tarun Chugh
TBD
TBD
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors 147,058
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar Central
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

2012[edit]

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