Gurdaspur Bypoll Live Updates: Sunil Jakhar takes the lead with 1,82,160 votes
12:26 pm: Sunil Jakhar reaches DC office to receive his winning certificate. 12:11 pm : Round 13- Congress leads with 182160 votes. Congress 456250 votes, BJP 274090, AAP gets 21509 votes. 12:05 pm: Round 12, Congress is all set to win with a lead of 170488 11:58 am: Round 170488 total lead for congress candidate 11:55 am : Captain Amarinder Wishes Sunil Jakhar for the win on twitter https://twitter.com/capt_amarinder/status/919446218576502784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ptcnews.tv%2Fcapt-amarinder-singh-wishes-sunil-jakhar-impressive-win%2F https://twitter.com/ANI/status/919444598396559360 11:30 am: In Round 10, congress candidate maintains the pride with a lead of 143538. Congress caters 323860 votes, BJP - 188048, while AAP is struggling with 18421. Counting underway. 11:20 am: AAP seems to be giving up in the race with 18,421 votes approximately, till now 10:55 am: Round 7 - congress lead by 92061, while in round 8 Congress leads with 108230. 10:47 am: 12 rounds in Pathankot, Congress maintains the lead with 8710 votes 10:33 am: Sunil Jakhar takes the lead with 94161 votes 10:30 am: The ninth round has begun, the votes are likely to reach a high of one lakh for Jakhar. 10:25 am: Without a single spec of doubt, Jakhar is leading in all nine Assembly segments by 57,000 votes over BJP’s Swaran Salaria. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/919408731066023936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 10:18 am: Overall 61172 lead for Congress already 10:15 am: 6th round, Congress 3341, BJP with 1465 and AAP with 201 10:09 am: Sunil Jakhar of Congress lead now more than 56,643 votes. 10:02 am: SK Khajuria, AAP raises questions on the polling machines not working properly during voting. 9:45 am: Congress’s Sunil Jakhar has extended his lead margin to 42,718 votes. After the fifth round, Congress ahead by 13872 votes. Congress ahead with 6759 votes in Sujhanpur seventh round. 9:32 am: After completion of first round of counting for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar leading by 14,316 votes, as per reports 9:26 am: Sujanpur fourth round Congress ahead of 4435 votes 9:08 am: Counting of votes has begun for Gurdaspur Lok Sabha Bypoll. Nearly 56 per cent of the 15.22 lakh registered voters had exercised their franchise for the seat on October 11. The voter turnout was much lower than the over 70 per cent polling in the 2014 general elections. 8:51 am: There is tight security outside the two counting centres in the state. As per the Election Commission directive, all liquor shops in Gurdaspur would remain closed. No hotel, restaurant, liquor shop or any eating joint, even with a licence, would be allowed to serve or sell liquor today. 8:40 am: Dera Baba Nanak - Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar who is also president Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PPCC) in ahead of the two parties with a total of 7000 votes. Candidate Major General(retd) SK Khajuria, AAP caters about 17 votes only from Dera Baba Nanak. 8:30 am :Pathankot first round - Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar who is also president Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee(PPCC) in ahead of the two parties with a total of 3992 votes. While BJP candidate Swaran Salaria is racing with 2662 votes. AAP candidate Major General(retd) SK Khajuria is lacking behind, on number 3rd with 158 votes in all. The counting process for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll seat, which is witnessing a three- cornered race among the BJP, the Congress and the AAP, was underway here today Two counting centres have been set up for the counting of votes. The Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat has nine Assembly segments -- Bhoa, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Dinanagar, Qadian, Fathegarh Churian, Dera Baba Nanak, Sujanpur and Batala. Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll witnessed a three-cornered race contest among major political parties -- the Congress, the BJP and the AAP.
