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Assembly constituency 17 · Punjab

Amritsar Central is assembly constituency number 17 in Punjab, in Amritsar district, and one of the segments of the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Ajay Gupta of the Aam Aadmi Party won with 46.8% of the vote, 14,026 votes ahead of Om Parkash Soni (INC).

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Amritsar Central · 2022AC 17
  1. 01
    Ajay Gupta
    AAP
    40,837
    46.83%
  2. 02
    Om Parkash Soni
    INC
    26,811
    30.74%
  3. 03
    Dr. Ram Chawla
    BJP
    13,551
    15.54%
  4. 04
    Dalvir Kaur
    BSP
    4,016
    4.61%
  5. 05
    Ramesh Chand @ Mahant Rameshanand
    APNJBP
    664
    0.76%
  6. 1 other candidate · 629 votesNOTA · 697 (0.80%)

Margin 14,026 votes · 16.08% of valid votes

1,47,190
Registered electors
2022 election
59.3%
Turnout
-7.5 pts vs 2017
14,026
Victory margin
16.1% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 87,205 valid votes, NOTA included.

Amritsar Central 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ajay GuptaMale · 61 yrsAAP40,837
46.83%
2Om Parkash SoniMale · 64 yrsINC26,811
30.74%
3Dr. Ram ChawlaMale · 51 yrsBJP13,551
15.54%
4Dalvir KaurFemale · 60 yrs · SCBSP4,016
4.61%
—NOTANOTA697
0.80%
5Ramesh Chand @ Mahant RameshanandMale · 68 yrsAPNJBP664
0.76%
6Onkar SinghMale · 33 yrs · SCSAD(M)629
0.72%
Past results

The seat changed hands: INC won in 2017, AAAP in 2022.

0%20%40%60%201220172022AAP 46.8%INC 30.7%BJP 15.5%CPI(M) 1.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Ajay GuptaAAP · 46.8% · margin 14,026Turnout59.3%
2017Om Parkash SoniINC · 56.5% · margin 21,116Turnout66.8%
2012Om Parkash Soni (e)INC · 55.3% · margin 12,797Turnout64.4%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Amritsar Central result 2017

Amritsar Central 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Om Parkash SoniINC51,242
56.49%
2Tarun ChughBJP30,126
33.21%
3Ajay GuptaAAP7,171
7.91%
—NOTANOTA919
1.01%
4Rajesh KumarBSP500
0.55%
5Avtar SinghIndependent182
0.20%
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6SikanderIndependent164
0.18%
7Ashok KumarDEMSWP162
0.18%
8Keshav KohliAPPA134
0.15%
9Om ParkashIndependent108
0.12%

Amritsar Central result 2012

Amritsar Central 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Om Parkash Soni (e)INC47,357
55.32%
2Tarun ChughBJP34,560
40.37%
3Vijay Kumar MisraCPI(M)1,212
1.42%
4Jagdish RajBSP808
0.94%
5Rakesh KumarIndependent737
0.86%
6Baldev BhardwajIndependent304
0.36%
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7Vijay ThakurBCP278
0.32%
8Narinder Shekhar LuthraIndependent180
0.21%
9Om ParkashIndependent166
0.19%
Map

Amritsar Central outlined in orange among the other Punjab seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Amritsar district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

AAPINCSADBJPBSPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Amritsar Central is one of the assembly segments of Amritsar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Amritsar candidates.

  • Taranjit Singh Sandhu SamundriBJP35,572 44.8%
  • Gurjeet Singh AujlaINC24,878 31.3%
  • Kuldeep Singh DhaliwalAAP11,255 14.2%
  • Anil JoshiSAD4,905 6.2%
  • Emaan Singh MannSAD(M)445 0.6%

In the assembly election AAAP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 10,694 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Amritsar Central.

Who won the Amritsar Central assembly seat in 2022?

Ajay Gupta of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAAP) won Amritsar Central in the 2022 Punjab assembly election with 40,837 votes, which was 46.83% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Amritsar Central?

The margin was 14,026 votes (16.08% of valid votes). The runner-up was Om Parkash Soni of the Indian National Congress with 26,811 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Amritsar Central in 2022?

Turnout was 59.28%: 87,259 of 1,47,190 registered electors voted, across 163 polling stations. That is 7.5 points lower than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Amritsar Central part of?

Amritsar Central is an assembly segment of the Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Amritsar Central a reserved constituency?

No. Amritsar Central is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Amritsar Central?

The Punjab assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Punjab assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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