The Congress party won the by-election for Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, as its candidate Sunil Jakhar wrested the seat by a…
Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar along with Navjot Singh Sidhu and other party leaders after winning Gurdaspur seat in the on Sunday. (Photo: IANS)
The Congress party won the by-election for Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, as its candidate Sunil Jakhar wrested the seat by a margin of over 1.9 lakh votes, said media reports on Sunday.
The BJP’s Swaran Salaria was second, while the AAP’s Major General (retd) Suresh Khajuria came third, said media reports.
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh congratulated Sunil Jakhar on his victory.
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Congratulations to @sunilkjakhar ji for his impressive win in #Gurdaspur bypoll, it’s a victory for @INCPunjab policies & development agenda
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) October 15, 2017
Punjab Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said in a tweet that Congress party “assures that all hat every single promise made by Sunil Jakharwill be fulfilled and all development works will be fast-tracked.”
Assure people of #Gurdaspur that every single promise made by @sunilkjakhar will be fulfilled and all development works will be fast-tracked
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) October 15, 2017
Punjab CM also said that Gurdaspur by-poll win marks the “revival” of Congress party.
The #Gurdaspur by-election marks another major step in the revival of @INCIndia, it’s clear that party is on upswing ahead of 2019 LS polls
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) October 15, 2017
Earlier, Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar, who is also Punjab Congress Chief, was leading is leading in all the nine assembly constituencies, as per initial trends available.
The counting had begun at 8 am.
Two counting centres were set up for the counting of votes.
For six assembly constituencies of Gurdaspur district, counting center were set up at Sukhjindra College Gurdaspur and for three assembly constituencies of Pathankot district, counting centre were set up at the SD College in Pathankot.
The Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat has nine Assembly segments — Bhoa, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Dinanagar, Qadian, Fathegarh Churian, Dera Baba Nanak, Sujanpur and Batala.
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