Elections Archive

GEN · Punjab

Amritsar

Navjot Singh Sidhu (BJP) won by 6,858 votes (0.8%).

Electors
12,41,099
Votes polled
8,14,503
Valid votes
8,14,432
Turnout
65.6%
NOTA
0
Polling date
2009-04-16

Margin vs 2009 national median: 0.8% (median 7.0%). Back to Punjab · 2009 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Marginal (2–5%)Party held vs 2019
Margin · 2024
4.5%(-7.2%)
Turnout
56.2%(-2.3%)
NOTA
0.4%
Top-2 squeeze
52.1%

Winning margin over time · Amritsar

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202430%

Candidates

Candidates · Amritsar 2009
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Navjot Singh SidhuWinnerBJP3,92,04648.1%
2Om Parkash SoniINC3,85,18847.3%
3B.K.N. ChhiberBSP11,1081.4%
4Lavinder KumarIND8,1211.0%
5Naresh Singh BhadauriyaIND3,3570.4%
6Anil SinghRSP3,2060.4%
7Dr.surinder SinghDCP2,4970.3%
8Gokal ChandIND2,1710.3%
9Bal KrishanIND2,0240.2%
10Sham LalIND1,4940.2%
11Harmeet SinghLJP9510.1%
12Kanwaljit Singh ManawalaIND9400.1%
13Major G.S. GillRRD6920.1%
14Jaswant Singh RandhawaBGDT6840.1%

Showing 14 of 14 rows