Constituency
16. Amritsar West
Community mirrorPunjab · Punjab Assembly Election, 2017
PB-AMRITSAR-WEST
INC 48.6%won by 25.0%BJP 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.1% to 25.0%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.4% to 59.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
1,79,766
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
1,07,550
Margin
26,847
24.96%
Candidates
12 contested · winner INC- 1RAJ KUMAR VERKAIndian National Congress · INC52,27148.6%
- 2RAKESH GILLBharatiya Janata Party · BJP25,42423.6%
- 3BALWINDER SINGH SAHOTAAam Aadmi Party · AAP24,73123.0%
- 4GURNAM KAURCommunist Party of India · CPI1,7251.6%
- 5JASWANT SINGHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8470.8%
- 6None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA8100.8%
- 7SATNAM SINGHABSD · ABSD4090.4%
- 8BALWINDER SINGHDEMSWP · DEMSWP4070.4%
- 9LAKHBIR SINGHSLDP · SLDP2920.3%
- 10KULWANT SINGHAPPA · APPA2550.2%
- 11ANKUSHIndependent · IND2020.2%
- 12SHAM LAL GANDHIWADIDCP · DCP1770.2%
Since 2012
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- +12.8%
- INC share
- 48.0% → 48.6%
- BJP share
- 35.8% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- 57.4% → 59.8%