The Aam Aadmi Party candidate Sushil Rinku on Saturday won the bypoll from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency which was considered a Congress stronghold for the past 24 years.
The Aam Aadmi Party candidate on Saturday won the bypoll from the Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency which was considered a Congress stronghold for the past 24 years.
Slain Odisha Minister Naba Kishore Das's daughter Dipali Das, who the Biju Janata Dal's (BJD) fielded in the constituency of her father, emerged victorious with a margin of 48,721 votes in the Jharsuguda by-election.
The bypoll, voting for which was held on May 10, was necessitated following the death of Karamjit Kaur's husband and Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary on January 14 this year following a cardiac arrest while taking part in the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
The byelection for Jalandhar Lok Sabha, one of the 13 LS constituencies in Punjab was warranted after sitting MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary of Congress passed away on 14 January this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the voters to come out in large numbers and participate in bypolls for four assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Meghalaya and one Lok sabha seat in Punjab on Wednesday.