Amritsar East Assembly Constituency

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

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
AAP gain from INC Swing

2017 result

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election: Amritsar East
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