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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency<br />
|name = Amritsar East<br />
|parl_name = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|district = [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]<br />
|state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
|electorate = {{formatnum:153629}}<ref name=electors>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>{{update after|2022|02}}<br />
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amritsar]]<br />
|year = [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<br />
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|mla = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<br />
|reserved = None<br />
|map4 = <br />
|map_size = <br />
|established = 1951<br />
}}<br />
'''Amritsar East Assembly Constituency''' (Sl. No.: 18) is a [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] constituency in [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Members of the Legislative Assembly==<br />
* 1951: [[Sarup Singh]], [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br />
* 1957: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
* 1962: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
* 1967: [[Baldev Prakash]], [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
* 1969: [[Gian Chand Kharbanda]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
* 1972: [[Gian Chand Kharbanda]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
* 2012: [[Navjot Kaur Sidhu]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
!Picture<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]] <br />
| [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<ref name=election2017/> ||<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
===2017 result===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Amritsar|Amritsar East]]<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]<br />
|votes = 60,477<br />
|percentage = 60.68<br />
|change = +32.47<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar Honey<br />
|votes = 17,668<br />
|percentage = 17.73<br />
|change = -18.57<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = Sarabjot Singh Dhanjal<br />
|votes = 14,715<br />
|percentage = 14.76<br />
|change = ''N/A''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate |<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|candidate = Mandeep Singh Manna<br />
|votes = 1,863<br />
|percentage = 1.87<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Baldev Singh<br />
|votes = 1,586<br />
|percentage = 1.59<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Tarsem Singh<br />
|votes = 1,237<br />
|percentage = 1.24<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 42,809<br />
|percentage = 42.95<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 99,771<br />
|percentage = 64.94<br />
|change = -1.22<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = +25.52<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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===2012 result===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Amritsar|Amritsar East]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| candidate = [[Navjot Kaur Sidhu]]<br />
| votes = 33,406<br />
| percentage = 36.30<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|<br />
|candidate = Simarpreet Kaur<br />
|party = [[Independent (politician)|IND.]]<br />
|votes = 26,307<br />
|percentage = 28.59<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Sunil Dutti<br />
|votes = 25,964<br />
|percentage = 28.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Baldev Singh<br />
|votes = 3,416<br />
|percentage = 3.71<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Tarsem Singh<br />
|votes = 1,667<br />
|percentage = 1.81<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
| votes = 7,099<br />
| percentage = 7.71<br />
| change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
| votes = 92,054<br />
| percentage = 66.18<br />
| change = ''New''<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box new seat win<br />
| winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
| swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==Previous results==<br />
{|cellospacing="1" cellpaddingh="1" border="1" width="70%"<br />
!Year||A C No.||Name||Party||Votes||Runner Up||Party||Votes<br />
|-<br />
|1972||23||Gian Chand Kharbanda||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||22079||Pannalal Mhajan||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]||13336<br />
|-<br />
|1969||23||Gian Chand Kharbanda||INC||18761||Baldev Parkash||BJS||18718<br />
|-<br />
|1967||23||Baldev Parkash||[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]||19750||I. Nath||INC||15124<br />
|-<br />
|1962||116||Baldev Parkash||[[Jana Sangh|JS]]||15614||Sadhu Ram||INC||14092<br />
|-<br />
|1957||71||Baldev Prakash||BJS||18254||Gain Chand||INC||13775<br />
|-<br />
|1951||90||Sarup Singh||SAD||8716||Rajinder Singh||INC||8148<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Amritsar district]]<br />
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