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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 Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Amritsar <Br>{{Small|PB-2}}
| map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Punjab/Amritsar.map}}
| map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| party = {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}
| incumbent_image = Gurjeet Singh Aujla - Kolkata 2017-07-10 3378.JPG
| mp = [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general elections|2024]]
| state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| assembly_cons = [[Ajnala Assembly Constituency|Ajnala]]<br>[[Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency|Raja Sansi]]<br>[[Majitha Assembly Constituency|Majitha]]<br>[[Amritsar North Assembly Constituency|Amritsar North]] <br>[[Amritsar West Assembly Constituency|Amritsar West]]<br>[[Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency|Amritsar Central]] <br>[[Amritsar East Assembly Constituency|Amritsar East]]<br>[[Amritsar South Assembly Constituency|Amritsar South]] <br>[[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 2017 by [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]] of the [[Congress party]].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"
!#
!Name
!District
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2"|Leading
{{small|(in 2024)}}
|-
|11
|[[Ajnala Assembly Constituency|Ajnala]]
| rowspan="9" |[[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
|[[Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal]]
|{{party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|{{party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|-
|12
|[[Raja Sansi Assembly Constituency|Raja Sansi]]
|[[Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|13
|[[Majitha Assembly Constituency|Majitha]]
|[[Ganieve Kaur Majithia]]
|{{party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|{{party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|-
|15
|[[Amritsar North Assembly Constituency|Amritsar North]]
|[[Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh]]
|{{party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=6}}
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|16
|[[Amritsar West Assembly Constituency|Amritsar West]] (SC)
|[[Jasbir Singh Sandhu]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|17
|[[Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency|Amritsar Central]]
|[[Ajay Gupta]]
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|18
|[[Amritsar East Assembly Constituency|Amritsar East]]
|[[Jeevan Jyot Kaur]]
|-
|19
|[[Amritsar South Assembly Constituency|Amritsar South]]
|[[Inderbir Singh Nijjar]]
|{{party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|-
|20
|[[Attari Assembly Constituency|Attari]] (SC)
|[[Jaswinder Singh Ramdas]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

== Members of Parliament ==
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2" |Party
|-
| [[1952 Indian general election|1952]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Gurmukh Singh Musafir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|-
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| [[Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)|Yagya Dutt Sharma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[Durgadas Bhatia]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 1972^
| [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|-
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[Baldev Prakash]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Lok Dal}}
|-
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress }}" |
|[[Indian National Congress ]]
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| Kirpal Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
| 2007^
|-
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[Amarinder Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|-
|| 2017^ || rowspan="4" | [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
|-
|| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|-
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|}
^ by-poll

==Election results==
=== 2024===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
|votes = 255,181
|percentage = 28.18
|change = {{decrease}}23.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = [[Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal]]
|votes = 214,880
|percentage = 23.73
|change = {{increase}}21.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]]
|votes = 207,205
|percentage = 22.88
|change = {{decrease}}17.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal
|candidate = [[Anil Joshi]]
|votes = 162,896
|percentage = 17.99
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)
|candidate = Emaan Singh Mann
|votes = 26,796
|percentage = 2.96
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = 3,714
|percentage = 0.41
|change = {{decrease}} 0.61
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 40,301
|percentage = 4.45
|change = {{decrease}} 7.14
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 905,656
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors =1,611,263 |ref = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{decrease}}23.60
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== General election 2019 ===
: <section begin="General Election 2019"/>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]|votes={{formatnum:445032}}|percentage=51.78|change={{increase}}1.69}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Hardeep Singh Puri]]|votes={{formatnum:345406}}|percentage=40.19|change={{increase}}9.74}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=[[Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal]]|votes={{formatnum:20087}}|percentage=2.34|change={{decrease}}12.44}}
{{Election box candidate with party link ||party=Communist Party of India |candidate=Daswinder Kaur|votes={{formatnum:16335}}|percentage=1.90|change={{increase}}0.14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the Above]]|votes={{formatnum:8763}}|percentage=1.02|change={{increase}}0.06}}
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:99626}}|percentage=11.59|change={{decrease}}8.05}}
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:860582}}|percentage=57.07|change={{decrease}}13.32}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2019"/>

==== By-election - 2017 ====
 <section begin="Bye Election 2017"/>
{{Election box begin|title=Bye-Election, 2017: Amritsar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Gurjeet Singh Aujla]]
|votes = {{formatnum:508153}}
|percentage = 50.09
|change = {{increase}}2.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina
|votes = {{formatnum:308964}}
|percentage = 30.45
|change = {{decrease}}7.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Upkar Singh Sandhu
|votes = {{formatnum:149984}}
|percentage = 14.78
|change = {{increase}}6.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Daswinder Kaur
|votes = {{formatnum:17886}}
|percentage = 1.76
|change = {{increase}}0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the Above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:9747}}
|percentage = 0.96
|change ={{increase}}0.71
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:199189}}
|percentage = 19.64
|change ={{increase}}9.44
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:1016125}}
|percentage = 70.50
|change ={{increase}}2.31
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Bye Election 2017"/>

=== General election 2014 ===
: <section begin="General Election 2014"/>{{Election box begin|title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[ Amarinder Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:482876}}
|percentage = 47.94
|change = {{increase}}0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Jaitley]]
|votes = {{formatnum:380106}}
|percentage = 37.74
|change = {{decrease}}10.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = [[Daljit Singh (ophthalmologist)|Dr. Daljit Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:82633}}
|percentage = 8.20
|change =''new''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Amarjit Singh Asal
|votes = {{formatnum:12902}}
|percentage = 1.28
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pardeep Singh Walia
|votes = {{formatnum:5870}}
|percentage = 0.58
|change = {{decrease}}0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2533}}
|percentage = 0.25
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = {{formatnum:102770}}
|percentage = 10.20
|change ={{increase}}9.36
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = {{formatnum:1007286}}
|percentage = 68.19
|change ={{increase}}2.56
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2014"/>

=== General election - 2009 ===
: <section begin="General Election 2009"/>{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 3,92,046
|percentage = 48.13
|change ={{decrease}}2.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Om Parkash Soni]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,85,188
|percentage = 47.29
|change = {{increase}}5.52
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[B. K. N. Chhibber]]
|votes = 11,108
|percentage = 1.36
|change = {{decrease}}1.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lavinder Kumar
|votes = 8,121
|percentage = 1.00
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Naresh Singh Bhadauriya
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,357
|percentage = 0.41
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,858
|percentage = 0.84
|change = {{decrease}}7.99
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,14,594
|percentage = 65.63
|change = {{decrease}}1.47
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2009"/>

==== By-election - 2007 ====
: <section begin="Bye Election 2007"/> {{Election box begin | title=By Election, 2007: Amritsar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 4,44,748
|percentage = 50.60
|change ={{decrease}}4.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Surinder Singla]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,67,122
|percentage = 41.77
|change = {{increase}}1.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Surinder Arjun Pandit
|votes = 21,416
|percentage = 2.44
|change = {{increase}}0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gurvinder Singh Shampura
|votes = 11,656
|percentage = 1.33
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mukhjit Singh Bhullar
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
|votes = 8,938
|percentage = 1.01
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 77,626
|percentage = 8.83
|change = {{decrease}}6.56
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,78,992
|percentage = 67.10
|change = {{increase}}12.05
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="Bye Election 2007"/>

=== General election - 2004 ===
: <section begin="General Election 2004"/>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 3,94,223
|percentage = 55.38
|change ={{increase}}10.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 2,84,691
|percentage = 39.99
|change = {{decrease}}10.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Ram Sharan Paul
|votes = 15,796
|percentage = 2.21
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ramesh Talwar
|votes = 5,695
|percentage = 0.80
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rehmat Masih
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 3,252
|percentage = 0.45
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,09,532
|percentage = 15.39
|change = {{increase}}9.97

}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,11,820
|percentage = 55.05
|change = {{increase}}7.67

}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}<section end="General Election 2004"/>

=== General election - 1999 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1999 Indian general election]]: [[Amritsar]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|votes = 2,96,533
|percentage = 50.29
|change ={{increase}}8.37
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|votes = 2,64,534
|percentage = 44.87
|change ={{decrease}}11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = [[Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal|SHSAD]]
|candidate = Bhupinder Singh Mann
|votes = 17,581
|percentage = 2.98
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chaturbhuj Joshi
|votes = 2,444
|percentage = 0.41
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ramesh Talwar
|votes = 2,219
|percentage = 0.38
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 31,999
|percentage = 5.42
|change ={{decrease}}8.73
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,89,600
|percentage = 47.38
|change ={{decrease}}6.37
}}
{{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 winning candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Daya Singh Sodhi]]
|votes = 3,61,133
|percentage = 56.07
|change ={{increase}}43.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Raghunandan Lal Bhatia]]
|votes = 2,69,993
|percentage = 41.92
|change ={{increase}}0.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Durga Dass
|votes = 5,746
|percentage = 0.89
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar)
|candidate = Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura
|votes = 3,277
|percentage = 0.51
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Kirpal Singh
|votes = 1,484
|percentage = 0.23
|change =''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 91,140
|percentage = 14.15
|change ={{increase}}9.00
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,44,112
|percentage = 53.75
|change ={{decrease}}3.91
}}
{{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 winning 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 (Amritsar)
|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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency}}
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