Punjab: Congress wins Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat
At the end of the counting, it was found that Sunil Jakhar managed to get 4,99,752 votes while his opponent Swaran Salaria received 3,06,533 votes.
Aam Aadmi Party nominee Major General (Retd) Suresh Khajuria stood at the third spot with 23,579 votes.
BJP MP Vinod Khanna's death earlier this year had left the seat vacant.
The Congress party congratulated its candidate and tweeted: "Congratulations to @sunilkjakhar and @INCPunjab workers for their win in #GurdaspurByPoll."
Punjab CM Amrinder Singh also wished the winning candidate and remarked: "So it’s 1,93,219..! Not much behind my expectation of a 2 lakh victory margin for @sunilkjakhar ji. What a vindication of our policies!"
He said the result of the by-poll marked the revival of the Congress.
"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," he said.
Twitter Handle of Sunil Kakhar
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