Constituency
15. Amritsar North
Community mirrorPunjab · Punjab Assembly Election, 2012
PB-AMRITSAR-NORTH
BJP 55.9%won by 15.2%INC 40.7%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.7% to 15.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,63,246
Turnout
68.4%
Valid votes
1,11,603
Margin
16,980
15.21%
Candidates
13 contested · winner BJP- 1ANIL JOSHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP62,37455.9%
- 2KARAMJIT SINGH RINTUIndian National Congress · INC45,39440.7%
- 3RAM SHARN PALPPOP · PPOP1,1061.0%
- 4MANJIT SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP7280.7%
- 5VIPAN KUMARIndependent · IND7190.6%
- 6MONIKA MAHAJANIndependent · IND3710.3%
- 7ASHOK KUMAR BHATIAIndependent · IND2960.3%
- 8BAL KRISHANBCP · BCP1740.2%
- 9NIRMAL SINGHIndependent · IND1050.1%
- 10SAMSAN MASIHSSPD · SSPD960.1%
- 11DAVINDER SINGHSADM · SADM840.1%
- 12SUKHDEV SINGHIndependent · IND780.1%
- 13SURJAN SINGHBGTD · BGTD780.1%
Since 2007
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −4.5%
- BJP share
- 46.6% → 55.9%
- INC share
- 27.0% → 40.7%
- Turnout
- — → 68.4%