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Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll: Congress' Sunil Jakhar wins by huge margin

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Oct 15, 2017, at 07:01 pm

#Gurdaspur #GurdaspurLokSabhaBypolls #CongressWins #SunilJakhar

Gurdaspur, Oct 15 (IBNS): Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar emerged as the winner of the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll as counting ended on Sunday.

Jakhar, who is the Congress' chief in Punjab, won the bypolls by a margin of 1.9 lakh votes.

The election witnessed a fight amongst Congress, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Congress emerged as the winner by a huge margin even as the seat has been a stronghold of the BJP.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh congratulated Jakhar on his massive win.

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

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

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

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