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{{short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
| Name = Amritsar
| image =
| caption =
| Existence = 1952
| CurrentMPParty = [[Indian National Congress]]
| CurrentMP = [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
| ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]
| State = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|Electorate=
|Successful Party= [[Indian National Congress]]
| AssemblyConstituencies =
[[Ajnala Assembly Constituency|Ajnala]] [[Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency|Raja Sansi]] [[Majitha Assembly Constituency|Majitha]] [[Amritsar North Assembly Constituency|Amritsar North]] [[Amritsar West Assembly Constituency|Amritsar West]] [[Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency|Amritsar Central]] [[Amritsar East Assembly Constituency|Amritsar East]] [[Amritsar South Assembly Constituency|Amritsar South]] [[Attari Assembly Constituency|Attari]]
}}
'''Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 13 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], represented since the 2014 general election by [[Amarinder Singh]] of the Congress party. Before that, it had been held by [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] since 2004.

The Minister of Finance of India(2014-2019), [[Arun Jaitley]], unsuccessfully contested this constituency for the BJP in 2014.

==Assembly segments==
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments, which are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ceopunjab.nic.in/English/ElectoralRolls/ACPCROERO/PCACLIST.html|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable" width="500px"
|-
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Constituency
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
!Current MLA
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|11
|[[Ajnala Assembly Constituency|Ajnala]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|Harpartap Singh Ajnala
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|12
|[[Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency|Raja Sansi]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria]]
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|13
|[[Majitha Assembly Constituency|Majitha]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Bikram Singh Majithia]]
| style="background:#f93;"| ||[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|-
|15
|[[Amritsar North Assembly Constituency|Amritsar North]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|Sunil Kumar
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|16
|[[Amritsar West Assembly Constituency|Amritsar West]]
|SC
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Raj Kumar Verka]]
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|17
|[[Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency|Amritsar Central]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Om Parkash Soni]]
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|18
|[[Amritsar East Assembly Constituency|Amritsar East]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|19
|[[Amritsar South Assembly Constituency|Amritsar South]]
|None
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Inderbir Singh Bolaria]]
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|20
|[[Attari Assembly Constituency|Attari]]
|SC
|[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|Tarsem Singh D.C.
| style="background:#0df;"| ||[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

===Old assembly segments===
These are the assembly segments which underwent [[boundary delimitation]]

===Verka===
*2002 [[Raj Kumar Verka]]

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!Member
!colspan="2" |Party
|-
| [[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir|Sardar Gurmukh Singh Musafir]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|-
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)|Yagya Dutt Sharma]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[Durgadas Bhatia]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 1972 (By Poll)
| [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[Baldev Prakash]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| Kirpal Singh
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| 2007 (By Poll)
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[Capt. Amarinder Singh]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|| 2017 (By Poll) || rowspan="2" | [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|-
|}

==Election results==

===General Election - 2019===

{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]|votes=4,45,032|percentage=51.78|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Hardeep Singh Puri]]|votes=3,45,406|percentage=40.19|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal|votes=20,087|percentage=2.34|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link ||party=Communist Party of India |candidate=Daswinder Kaur|votes=16,335|percentage=1.90|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes=8,763|percentage=1.02|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=99,626|percentage=11.59|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,60,582|percentage=57.07|change=-13.32}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Bye-Election - 2017 ===
{{Election box begin|title=Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
|votes = 5,08,153
|percentage = 50.09
|change = +2.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina
|votes = 3,08,964
|percentage = 30.45
|change = -7.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Upkar Singh Sandhu
|votes = 1,49,984
|percentage = 14.78
|change = +6.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Daswinder Kaur
|votes = 17,886
|percentage = 1.76
|change = +0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 9,747
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,99,189
|percentage = 19.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,16,125
|percentage = 70.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===General Election 2014===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Captain Amarinder Singh]]
|votes = 4,82,876
|percentage = 47.94
|change = +0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Jaitley]]
|votes = 3,80,106
|percentage = 37.74
|change = -10.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = [[Daljit Singh (ophthalmologist)|Dr. Daljit Singh]]
|votes = 82,633
|percentage = 8.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Amarjit Singh Asal
|votes = 12,902
|percentage = 1.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pardeep Singh Walia
|votes = 5,870
|percentage = 0.58
|change = -0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 2,533
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,02,770
|percentage = 10.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,07,286
|percentage = 68.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election - 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 3,92,046
|percentage = 48.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Om Parkash Soni]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,85,188
|percentage = 47.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[B. K. N. Chhibber]]
|votes = 11,108
|percentage = 1.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lavinder Kumar
|votes = 8,121
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Naresh Singh Bhadauriya
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,357
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,858
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,14,594
|percentage = 65.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==== By-Election - 2007 ====
{{Election box begin | title=By Election, 2007: Amritsar}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 4,44,748
|percentage = 50.60
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Surinder Singla
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,67,122
|percentage = 41.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Surinder Arjun Pandit
|votes = 21,416
|percentage = 2.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gurvinder Singh Shampura
|votes = 11,656
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mukhjit Singh Bhullar
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
|votes = 8,938
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 77,626
|percentage = 8.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,78,992
|percentage = 67.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election - 2004 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 3,94,223
|percentage = 55.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,84,691
|percentage = 39.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ram Sharan Paul
|votes = 15,796
|percentage = 2.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ramesh Talwar
|votes = 5,695
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rehmat Masih
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,252
|percentage = 0.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,09,532
|percentage = 15.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,11,820
|percentage = 55.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election - 1999 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|votes = 2,96,533
|percentage = 50.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|votes = 2,64,534
|percentage = 44.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal|SHSAD]]
|candidate = Bhupinder Singh Mann
|votes = 17,581
|percentage = 2.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chaturbhuj Joshi
|votes = 2,444
|percentage = 0.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ramesh Talwar
|votes = 2,219
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,999
|percentage = 5.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,89,600
|percentage = 47.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election - 1998 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1998 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|votes = 3,61,133
|percentage = 56.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|votes = 2,69,993
|percentage = 41.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Durga Dass
|votes = 5,746
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
|candidate = Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura
|votes = 3,277
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Kirpal Singh
|votes = 1,484
|percentage = 0.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91,140
|percentage = 14.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,44,112
|percentage = 53.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General Election - 1996 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|votes = 2,68,490
|percentage = 41.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Kirpal Singh]]
|votes = 2,34,818
|percentage = 35.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Baldev Raj Chawla]]
|votes = 83,981
|percentage = 12.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)
|candidate = Daljit Singh Sandhu
|votes = 19,980
|percentage = 3.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
|candidate = Kewal Krishan
|votes = 12,430
|percentage = 1.90
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Rehmat Masih
|votes = 11,669
|percentage = 1.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 33,672
|percentage = 5.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,54,439
|percentage = 57.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Amritsar district]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/punjab/amritsar/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Amritsar lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Punjab}}

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Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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