The results for one of Punjab’s 13 seats have been announced, bringing good news for Congress. Former CM Charanjit Singh Channi has won the Jalandhar seat. Channi’s primary competitor was Sushil Kumar Rinku of the BJP, who joined the party before the election.
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He won with over 1.75 lakh votes 🔥 #ElectionsResults pic.twitter.com/uahaV6f8YD
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Other notable candidates for this seat were Shiromani Akali Dal’s Mohinder Singh KP, BSP’s Balwinder Kumar, and AAP’s Pawan Kumar Tinu. Jalandhar is a reserved seat, historically dominated by Congress from 1999 to 2019, until AAP won in the last election with Sushil Kumar Rinku, who is now with BJP.
Voting for the Jalandhar seat took place on June 1 in the final phase, with a turnout of 59.70 percent, which is lower than the previous election’s turnout of 63.04 percent in 2019.