Amargarh Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Amargarh

| mla = Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra

| party = Aam Aadmi Party

| latest_election_year = 2022

| state = Punjab

| district = Malerkotla

| loksabha_cons = Fatehgarh Sahib

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:165909}} (in 2022){{update after|2027|02}}

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 106

}}

Amargarh Assembly constituency (Sl. No.: 106) is a Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency in Malerkotla district, Punjab state, India.{{Cite web |agency=Press Trust of India |date=14 May 2021|title=Adjoining Amargarh will also form part of Punjab's 23rd district, according to the announcement at a state-level event on Eid-ul-Fitr.|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/punjab-cm-declares-state-s-only-muslim-majority-town-malerkotla-as-district-on-eid-1802664-2021-05-14|url-status=live|access-date=2022-02-07|website=India Today|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514124539/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/punjab-cm-declares-state-s-only-muslim-majority-town-malerkotla-as-district-on-eid-1802664-2021-05-14 |archive-date=14 May 2021 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

2012

| Iqbal Singh Jhundan

|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}

2017

| Surjit Singh Dhiman

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2022

| Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra

|{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}

Election results

= 2022 =

{{Election box begin | title=Assembly Election, 2022: Amargarh }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra

|votes=44523 |percentage=34.28

|change={{increase}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)|candidate =Simranjit Singh Mann|votes=38480

|percentage =29.63|change= {{increase}}

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Iqbal Singh Jhundan|votes=26068

|percentage= 20.07|change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Smit Singh{{cite news |title=Punjab Elections 2022: Full list of Congress Candidates and their Constituencies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/punjab-elections-2022-full-list-of-congress-candidates/2407341/ |access-date=18 February 2022 |work=FE Online |agency=The Indian Express Group |issue=The Financial Express (India) |date=February 18, 2022}}|votes=16923

|percentage=13.03|change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Punjab Lok Congress|candidate=Sardar Ali|votes=1342

|percentage= 1.03|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=595

|percentage= 0.46|change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 6043

|percentage = 4.65

|change = {{decrease}}

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 129868

|percentage = 77.95

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:165909}}

|ref={{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

=2017=

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2017: Amargarh{{cite web |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/members/detail/16|title= Ajnala Assembly election result, 2012|accessdate= 13 January 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Surjit Dhiman

|votes = 50994

|percentage = 39.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Shiromani Akali Dal

|candidate = Iqbal Singh Jhundan

|votes = 39115

|percentage = 29.95

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Aam Aadmi Party

|candidate = Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra

|votes = 36063

|percentage = 27.61

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Communist Party of India

|candidate = Pritam Singh

|votes = 696

|percentage = 0.53

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 850

|percentage = 0.65

|change =

}}

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = {{formatnum:156256}}

|ref={{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Shiromani Akali Dal |swing = }}

{{Election box end}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin | title=Punjab Assembly election, 2012: Amargarh }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

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|candidate = Iqbal Singh Jhundan

|votes = 38915

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Surjit Singh Dhiman

|votes = 34489

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See also

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