Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 2014

Amritsar

Parliamentary constituency 2 (GEN) · Punjab

State boardPunjab 2014

[01]Result · 2014

#2 · GEN

Poll date30 Apr 2014

Contestants23Candidate lines

Electors14,77,262

Votes polled10,07,196

Turnout68.2%

NOTA2,5330.2% of votes

WinnerCaptain Amarinder SinghIndian National Congress4,82,87647.9% of votes

MARGIN1,02,770 votes · 10.2 pp4,82,876 − 3,80,106

Runner-upArun Jaitley Bharatiya Janata Party3,80,10637.7% of votes

INC 56.0% of top-two votesBJP 44.0%

All candidates 23

01 Captain Amarinder SinghINC4,82,876 47.9%
02 Arun JaitleyBJP3,80,106 37.7%
03 Dr. Daljit SinghAAP82,633 8.2%
04 Amarjit Singh AsalCPI12,902 1.3%
05 Arun Kumar JoshiIND9,023 0.9%
06 Pardeep Singh WaliaBSP5,870 0.6%
07 Rattan Singh RandhawaIND4,350 0.4%
08 Gagandeep KumarIND3,294 0.3%
09 Dr. InderpalIND3,083 0.3%
10 Bal Krishan SharmaIND2,878 0.3%
11 Sham Lal GandhiwadiIND2,691 0.3%
12 Surinder Kumar KhoslaIND2,396 0.2%
13 Bhagwant SinghIND2,303 0.2%
14 Kanwaljit Singh SahotaIND2,123 0.2%
15 Rehmat MasihIND1,214 0.1%
16 Amarinder SinghIND1,151 0.1%
17 Mohinder SinghIND1,140 0.1%
18 Buta SinghBSPA941 0.1%
19 Yusaf MohammadSP922 0.1%
20 Surinder SinghDCP833 0.1%
21 Balbir SinghBGTD827 0.1%
22 Gurdial Singh GillDBSP604 0.1%
23 Krishan SharmaNBDP503 0.0%

Turnout 68.2%

Male 7.79 lakh52.7% Female 6.98 lakh47.3%

Share of 14,77,262 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males896
NOTAcounted within the total2,533 · 0.2%
State median turnoutmedian of 13 seats, 201470.5%
ReconciliationΣ 23 candidates = 10,04,663Verified

Seat history 2024–1969

2024
4.4 pp
Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress
2019
11.6 pp
Gurjeet Singh AujlaIndian National Congress
2014
10.2 pp
Captain Amarinder SinghIndian National Congress
2009
0.8 pp
Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
2007
8.8 pp
Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
2004
15.4 pp
Navjot Singh SidhuBharatiya Janata Party
1999
5.4 pp
Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1998
14.0 pp
Daya Singh SodhiBharatiya Janata Party
1996
5.0 pp
Raghnandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1992
24.3 pp
Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1991
23.2 pp
Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1989
20.9 pp
Kirpal SinghIndependent
1985
20.7 pp
Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1984
19.7 pp
Raghunandan Lal BhatiaIndian National Congress
1980
22.3 pp
Raghunandan LalIndian National Congress
1977
5.2 pp
Baldev ParkashBharatiya Lok Dal
1969
27.6 pp
G.SinghShiromani Akali Dal

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 27.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 85.7% of votes; the other 21 candidates 14.1% between them.
(4,82,876 + 3,80,106) ÷ 10,07,196 = 85.7% · 1,41,681 ÷ 10,07,196 = 14.1%
Turnout of 68.2% was 2.3 pp below the state's median seat (70.5%).
68.2 − 70.5 = −2.3
The margin widened from 0.8 pp in 2009 to 10.2 pp.
10.2 − 0.8 = +9.4 pp
The seat changed hands: BJP in 2009, INC in 2014.
2009 BJP · 2014 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 23 candidate lines10,04,663
NOTAcounted within the total2,533
Published totalVotes polled10,07,196
Checkcandidates + NOTA = totalHolds

Candidate votes plus NOTA equal the published total.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 2014 · Punjab · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates23 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 13 seats on the Punjab Lok Sabha 2014 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database