MLA of Amritsar Central 2022


Amritsar Central constituency is one of the 117 seats of Punjab Vidhan Sabha and its constituency number is 17. During the recently held assembly elections in Punjab, the voting for the election of MLA of Amritsar Central was held on 20th February 2022. As per the latest updates available, Ajay Gupta of AAP has won from this seat with a margin of 14026 votes and is elected as the new MLA of Amritsar Central in 2022. Om Parkash Soni of Congress has lost the elections and secured the second place.

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Amritsar MLA List
This constituency is located in Amritsar district of Punjab and comes under the Amritsar lok sabha seat. Here it may be noted that there are total thirteen lok sabha seats and twenty three districts in Punjab. In the previous assembly elections held in 2017, Om Parkash Soni of Congress won from this Vidhan Sabha seat and elected as the new MLA of Amritsar Central. He won the last assembly elections held in 2017 by defeating its nearest opponent Tarun Chugh of BJP with a margin of 21116 votes.
For the last assembly elections, the voting was held on 4th Feb 2017 and the results were declared on 11 Mar 2017.

Voters in Amritsar Central constituency

As per the voter list for 2017 assembly elections, the total number of voters in Amritsar Central constituency is 135869. During these elctions, the election commission established 135 polling stations, situated at 63 different locations across this assembly segment. During the 2017 elections, the total number of votes cast in this constituency was 90453 and the voting percentage was recorded at 66.57%, which was less than the state average of 77.4%.

Amritsar Central Candidates

The last assembly elections in Punjab were held in February 2017. On this page, we have given details of candidates from Amritsar Central belonging to all major political parties including Shiromani Akali Dal, AAP, BJP and Congress candidates. Some details about these candidates like age, education and contact number is also given here.
AAP Candidate : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its candidate from this seat and has given ticket to Dr. Ajay Gupta for the coming assembly elections. His age is 56 years and level of education is MBBS. The contact number of Dr. Ajay Gupta is 9815819606. For a complete list of AAP candidates, check this page - AAP Candidate List 2017 Punjab
BJP Candidate : BJP is having an alliance with Akali Dal and has nominated Tarun Chugh as its MLA candidate from this constituency. He is 45 years old and his educational qualification is M.B.A.. If you want to contact him, you can call at 9814004436. He was the BJP candidate from this assembly seat in previous elections also, but lost to Om Parkash Soni of Congress party. For the complete list of BJP candidates, check this page BJP Candidate List 2017 Punjab.
Congress Candidate : Congress party is contesting the elections under the leardership of Captain Amrinder Singh and has declared Om Parkash Soni as its MLA candidate from this constituency. Some more details about Om Parkash Soni are as follows: Age - 60 years, Education - Higher Secondry. For a phone call, his contact number is 9814418866. He is also a sitting MLA from this constituency. In previous assembly elections, he/she won from this seat by defeating nearest opponent Tarun Chugh of BJP party. You would also like our page containing Congress candidates list 2017 Punjab.

Amritsar Central MLA 2012

In 2012 elections, Shri Om Parkash Soni became MLA from Amritsar Central and He is associated with INC. He was elected as MLA from this vidhan sabha seat in the previous assembly elections by winning with a margin of 12793 votes. Tarun Chugh of BJP was the trailing candidate.
He was born on 03-07-1957 at Bhilowal Pakka, District Amritsar. Name of his father is Shri Jagat Mittar Soni. The following table shows some more information about him:

Shri Om Parkash Soni
Father's NameShri Jagat Mittar Soni
Date of Birth03-07-1957
Place of BirthBhilowal Pakka, District Amritsar
Name of wifeSmt. Suman Soni
Address115, Rani Ka Bagh, Amritsar
Educational QualificationGraduate
Study AtAmritsar


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