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Amritsar: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Captain Amarinder Singh from Indian National Congress (INC) won the elections by a margin of 102770 votes. The polling / voting in Amritsar constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 7 on 19 May. The major contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party#s Hardeep Puri and Congress Party#s Gurjit singh aujla

Amritsar 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Indian National Congress won 3 out of the 13 parliamentary seat with 33.1 percent vote share while the Shiromani Akali Dal managed to win just 4 seats with a 20.3 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Amritsar Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 68.18% Lok Sabha percent with 69.00% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 67.26% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 2533 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 23 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar, 21 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Captain Amarinder Singh of the Indian National Congress as he defeated Arun Jaitley by a margin of 102770 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Amritsar constituency in Punjab

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Bharatiya Janta Party and Indian National Congress here Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated his Indian National Congress counterpart with a difference of 6858 votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha poll, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, BJP candidate Navjot Singh Sidhu attained 394223 votes and INC's Raghunandan Lal Bhatia bagged 284691 votes.
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate with a difference of 31999 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Raghunandan Lal Bhatia attained 296533 votes and Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Daya Singh Sodhi bagged 264534 votes
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janta Party candidate had defeated Indian National Congress candidate by a margin of 91140 votes BJP candidate Daya Singh Sodhi had got 361133 while INC got Raghunandan Lal Bhatia votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated JD candidate with a difference of 33672 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Raghnandan Lal Bhatia attained 268490 votes and JD candidate Kirpal Singh bagged 234818 votes
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha poll, Independent candidate defated Indian National Congress candidate in one-sided contest. Here, IND candidate Kirpal Singh attained 272427 votes and INC's Raghunandan Lal Bhatia bagged 149214 votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated JNP candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC(I) candidate Raghunandan Lal attained 293085 votes and JNP's Baldev Prakash bagged 181401 votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, BLD candidate defeated INC candidate with a difference of 25041 votes. Here, BLD leader Baldev Parkash attained 238020 votes and INC candidate Raghunandan Lal bagged 212979 votes
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated SAD candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC candidate Durga Das Bhatia attained 182177 votes and SAD's Karnail Singh bagged 79236 votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, BJS candidate defeated INC candidate with a difference of 11275 votes. Here, BJS leader Y.D. Sharma attained 104035 votes and INC candidate S.S. Majithia bagged 92760 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated AD candidate with a difference of 14416 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Gurmukh Singh attained 125033 votes and AD candidate Narinder Singh bagged 110617 votes
• 1957 Lok Sabha Elections: In Second Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated BJS candidate with a difference of 36366 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Gurmukh Singh Musafir attained 113899 votes and BJS candidate Krishan Lall bagged 77533 votes
• 1951 Lok Sabha Elections: In India's Very First Lok Sabha Polls, Indian National Congress candidate defeated SAD candidate with a difference of 32210 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Gurmukh Singh Musaffar attained 86382 votes and SAD candidate Hukam Singh bagged 54172 votes