Constituency
338. Amritsar
Community mirrorPunjab · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-AMRITSAR
BJP 48.1%won by 0.8%INC 47.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.4% to 0.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 10.6% to 65.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,41,099
Turnout
65.6%
Valid votes
8,14,479
Margin
6,858
0.84%
Candidates
14 contested · winner BJP- 1NAVJOT SINGH SIDHUBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,92,04648.1%
- 2OM PARKASH SONIIndian National Congress · INC3,85,18847.3%
- 3B.K.N. CHHIBERBahujan Samaj Party · BSP11,1081.4%
- 4LAVINDER KUMARIndependent · IND8,1211.0%
- 5NARESH SINGH BHADAURIYAIndependent · IND3,3570.4%
- 6ANIL SINGHRashtriya Sarvajan Party · RSP3,2060.4%
- 7DR.SURINDER SINGHDCP · DCP2,4970.3%
- 8GOKAL CHANDIndependent · IND2,1710.3%
- 9BAL KRISHANIndependent · IND2,0240.2%
- 10SHAM LALIndependent · IND1,4940.2%
- 11HARMEET SINGHLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP9510.1%
- 12KANWALJIT SINGH MANAWALAIndependent · IND9400.1%
- 13MAJOR G.S. GILLRRD · RRD6920.1%
- 14JASWANT SINGH RANDHAWABGTD · BGTD6840.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −14.5%
- BJP share
- 55.4% → 48.1%
- INC share
- 40.0% → 47.3%
- Turnout
- 55.1% → 65.6%