Amber Assembly constituency

Amber
Constituency No. 47 for the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaipur
Lok Sabha constituency	Jaipur Rural
Established	1951
Total electors	289,646[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prashant Sharma
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023

Amber is one of the 200 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Rajasthan state in India.^[2][3] It is in Jaipur district and is one of the eight assembly segments of Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1952	Maha Rawal Sangram Singh		Independent
	Kuwar Tej Singh		Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad
1954 (bypoll)[4]	Angad Ram		Indian National Congress
	Kamla Beniwal		Indian National Congress
1957	Hari Shankar S. Shastri		Indian National Congress
	Shahdeo		Indian National Congress
1962	Man Singh		Swatantra Party
1967	Shahdeo		Swatantra Party
1972	Shakuntla		Indian National Congress
1977	Pushpa		Janata Party
1980	Pushpa		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 (bypoll)	R.P.Katariya		Indian National Congress
1990	Gopi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Gopi Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998	Shahdev Sharma		Indian National Congress
2003	Lal Chand Kataria
2008	Ganga Sahay Sharma
2013	Naveen Pilania		National People's Party
2018	Satish Poonia		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	Prashant Sharma		Indian National Congress

Election Results

1951 Vidhan Sabha

• Kr. Tej Singh (RRP) : 10,666 votes. For one of the two members to be elected from Amber.
• (Losing candidate) Ram Niwas (INC) : 9,202 ^[5]

1985 Vidhan Sabha

• Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (BJP) : 42,674 votes ^[6]
• Tara Chand Chandel (INC) : 28,036

1985 Bypoll

• R.P.Katariya (INC) : 30,334 votes
• G.Ram (BJP) : 27,949

2018

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Amber^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satish Poonia	93,132	46.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	1678	0.84
Majority
Turnout

See also

• List of constituencies of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• Jaipur district

References

1. "State Election,2023 to the legislative assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "New Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). ceorajasthan.nic.in. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. "Details of Assembly By- Elections since 1952 (Year-Wise)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
5. "Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1951". Elections in India.
6. "Rajasthan Assembly Election Results in 1985". Elections in India.
7. "Statistical Data of Rajasthan LA (Legislative Assembly Election) 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

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