The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is headed for a massive win in Punjab, with trends showing the party leading in 92 seats in the 117-member Assembly. As voting commenced showing a clear lead to AAP, which made an impact in all the three regions -- Malwa, Majha and Doaba -- party workers burst into celebrations.

AAP's Ajay Gupta won in the constituency seat against Congress' Om Parkash Soni with 40,748 votes. While the ruling Congress has been decimated in Punjab, the SAD, which contested the polls in alliance with the BSP, has failed to make much impact. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and the majority of his ministers lost in the state.

Amritsar Central is an assembly constituency in the Amritsar district, in the Majha region of the state of Punjab. The Amritsar Central legislative assembly constituency went to polls on February 20, 2022.

The assembly seat is reserved for the General category and it falls in the Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency.

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In the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections, Amritsar Central was won by Om Parkash Soni of the INC. He defeated BJP's Tarun Chugh.

Before that, in the 2012 Punjab vidhan sabha elections, the seat was held by INC's Om Parkash Soni (E).

In the 2017 assembly polls, Om Parkash Soni garnered 51,242 votes, securing 56.49 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 21,116 votes.

In percentage terms, the victory margin was 23.28 percent.

The total number of voters in the Amritsar Central constituency stands at 1,47,058 with 69,101 male voters and 77,944 female voters.

Amritsar city has a literacy level of 84.19 percent.

First Published:Mar 10, 2022 12:16 AM IST