New Delhi: AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is inching in the direction of victory within the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-poll with a margin of greater than 48,000 votes over his nearest rival and Congress nominee Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary, in keeping with the newest tendencies. Out of 8.87 lakh votes polled, the counting of greater than 7.10 lakh votes has been accomplished to this point, the tendencies on the Election Commission web site confirmed.
Aam Aadmi Party supporters had been already in a celebratory temper in Jalandhar as they had been assured of the victory of their candidate Rinku. Rinku has to this point polled 2,43,285 votes, whereas Chaudhary has secured 1,94,805 votes. (Also Read: Zomato CEO’s Car Collections – Check Out List)
BJP nominee Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal was on the third spot, whereas Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi, who can also be backed by the Mayawati-led BSP, was on the fourth third spot, the tendencies confirmed. (Also Read: Lingayat Effect: BJP Trailing In North Karnataka)
Atwal to this point polled 1,20,913 votes and Sukhi 1,13,534 votes.
The bypoll, voting for which was held on May 10, was necessitated following the demise of Karamjit Kaur’s husband and Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary in January.
Nineteen candidates contested the bypoll, which recorded a voter turnout of 54.70 per cent. The turnout was effectively under the 63.04 per cent recorded within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The ruling AAP is hoping to mark its presence within the Lok Sabha by registering a victory within the bypoll. A win shall be a lift for the social gathering, which had confronted a drubbing within the Lok Sabha bypoll in Sangrur, simply three months after it stormed to energy in March 2022.
The bypoll can also be being seen as a take a look at of the Bhagwant Mann-led authorities, which has been selling its schemes to offer free electrical energy and jobs to the youths, and regularise providers of contractual staff and open mohalla clinics amongst others.
The Congress is trying to retain Jalandhar — thought of to be a standard stronghold for the social gathering — the place it has remained undefeated seat since 1999.
The stakes are additionally excessive for the BJP and the SAD. The two events had been allies in Punjab earlier than the SAD broke off ties over the now-repealed farm legal guidelines in 2020.
