Amritsar Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Highlights: Amritsar, one of Punjab’s 13 Lok Sabha constituencies, participated in the seventh and final phase of the general elections on June 1. Historically dominated by Congress, the outcome of this crucial seat remains eagerly anticipated. This year’s contest featured Gurjeet Singh Aujla from Congress, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from AAP, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Anil Joshi and BJP’s Taranjit Singh Sandhu. Notably, the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal are contesting independently for the first time since 1996. The Sukhbir Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal left the NDA in 2020 over the now-repealed farm laws. Meanwhile, the Congress and AAP have fielded their own candidates.
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Amritsar Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Stay tuned with Financial Express for latest updates on who is winning and who is trailing from this constituency
Congress candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla has won from the Amritsar seat by a margin of over 40,000 votes.
Congress candidate is currently leading over the BJP and AAP candidates. However, running close in second is BJP candidate and former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu. AAP’s Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal is on the third position.
Congress party is currently leading on 7 seats in Punjab. The party’s candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla is still leading from the Amritsar seat by 7817 votes. Congress is leading on the following seats:
Congress candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla is currently leading from the Amritsar constituency. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from AAP is trailing by 4366 votes. Shiromani Akali Dal’s Anil Joshi is trailing by 10,202 votes and BJP’s Taranjit Singh Sandhu is trailing by 3,824 votes. (Image: ECI)
Early trends as per News18 shows BJP‘s Taranjit Singh Sandhu is leading from the Amritsar seat.
According to the Election Commission of India, there were a total of 1,507,875 electors in this constituency in 2019.
As per the 2011 Census, the entire district of Amritsar had a population of 2,490,656, with 53.6 percent residing in urban areas.
In terms of demographics, Sikhs make up the majority in the district at 68.94 percent, followed by Hindus at 27.74 percent, Christians at 2.18 percent, and Muslims at 0.5 percent, among others.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Amritsar seat was secured by Congress candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla, with BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri finishing second. In the 2014 General Elections, Congress candidate Captain Amarinder Singh won the Amritsar constituency, while BJP candidate Arun Jaitley was the runner-up.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Congress leader Gurjeet Singh Aujla clinched victory in Amritsar with 4,45,032 votes, surpassing BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri who secured 3,45,406 votes. The voting turnout for the 2019 election stood at 56.34%. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress’s Amarinder Singh emerged triumphant in Amritsar, defeating BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley by a significant margin of over one lakh votes.