Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab state in northern India.
Current Minister of Finance of India Arun Jaitley, contested this constituency for the BJP in the 2014 general election, but was defeated by the Congress candidate.
Assembly segments
Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments, which are:[1]
Ajnala
Bonny Amarpal Singh
Raja Sansi
Majitha
Amritsar North
Amritsar West
Amritsar Central
Amritsar East
Navjot Sidhu
Amristar South
Inderbir Singh Bularia
Attari
Old assembly segments
These are the assembly segments which underwent boundary delimitation
Verka
- 2002 Raj Kumar Verka
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sardar Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Sardar Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Sardar Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Yagya Dutt Sharma | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1971 | Durgadas Bhatia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Baldev Prakash | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | Indian National Congress (Indira) | |
| 1984 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Kirpal Singh | Independent | |
| 1991 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1996 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | Daya Singh Sodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1999 | Raghunandan Lal Bhatia | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2009 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014 | Amarinder Singh | Indian National Congress | |
See also
- Amritsar district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
- ↑ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab website.
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