Gurjeet Singh Aujla
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox politician
| name = Gurjeet Singh Aujla
| image = Gurjeet Singh Aujla - Kolkata 2017-07-10 3378.JPG
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|30 October 1972}}
| birth_place = Amritsar, Punjab, India
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start = 11 March 2017
| predecessor = Captain Amarinder Singh
| constituency = Amritsar
| party = Indian National Congress
| profession = Agriculturist, Builder
| education = Higher Secondary Educated at C.L.H. Sr. Secondary School, Amritsar, Punjab
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = August
| year = 2021
| native_name = ਗੁਰਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਔਜਲਾ
| native_name_lang = pa
}}
Gurjeet Singh Aujla (born 30 October 1972) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress and current member of Parliament for Amritsar in Punjab, India.{{cite web |url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/gurjeet-singh-aujla-71616.html|title=Gurjeet Singh Aujla Biography |publisher=oneindia.com |accessdate=28 Aug 2021}}
Political career
On 11 March 2017 he won the by-poll to the Lok Sabha seat which was necessitated due to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh in 2016. Gurjeet Singh Aujla defeated BJP nominee Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina by a margin of 197,491 votes. AAP candidate Upkar Singh Sandhu secured 149,160 votes to finish third.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/elections/punjab-assembly-elections-2017/congress-retains-amritsar-ls-seat-4566077/|title=Congress retains Amritsar LS seat |work=The Indian Express|date=12 March 2017 |access-date=2017-03-26}}
Gurjeet Singh Aujla again won Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general election defeating Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Aujla got 444,052 (51.78%) votes while Puri finished second with 344,049 (40.19%) votes.{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-amritsar-lok-sabha-election-result-2019-punjab-bjp-s-hardeep-puri-loses-to-cong-s-gurjit-singh-aujla-2750848|publisher=DNA India|title=Amritsar Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 Punjab: BJP's Hardeep Puri loses to Cong's Gurjit Singh Aujla|date=23 May 2019|accessdate= 28 Aug 2021}}
In 2023, some criminals stormed the Parliament when he was inside. Him and security officers grabbed an object from one of the criminals. During an interview, he also told The Indian Express that: "A Punjabi never runs away from danger.{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/parliament-security-breach-amritsar-mp-gurjeet-singh-aujla-9067143/ | title=Parliament security breach: A Punjabi never runs away from danger, says Amritsar MP who snatched smoke canister from attacker | date=13 December 2023 }}
==Electoral performance ==
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{{#section:Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)|General Election 2019}}
References
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