Gurdaspur Bypoll Result: Counting of votes has begun, results to be declared by 12
All necessary arrangements for the counting of votes for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll have been made and the results will be out today. The bypoll, held on October 11, is seen as a barometer for the popularity of the six-month-old Congress government in the state.
"The counting has started at 8 am today morning, and the results will be declared by 12 noon.
The Gurdaspur parliamentary seat has nine assembly segments -- Bhoa, Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Dinanagar, Qadian, Fathegarh Churian, Dera Baba Nanak, Sujanpur and Batala.
Counting centres have been set up at Sukhjindra College Gurdaspur for the six assembly constituencies and for the rest three constituencies of Pathankot district, it has been set up at the SD College in Pathankot.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a complete prohibition on sale and supply of liquor in Gurdaspur.
As per the ECI directive, all liquor shops here would remain closed. No hotel, restaurant, liquor shop or any eating joint, even with a license, would be allowed to serve or sell liquor today.
The high-stakes Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll recorded a 56 per cent voter turnout on Wednesday, lower than 70.03 per cent recorded in the 2014 general elections. Voting at 1,781 polling stations passed off peacefully, officials said.
The seat was contested by Congress's Punjab unit chief Sunil Jakhar, BJP's Swaran Salaria and AAP's Major General (retd) Suresh Khajuria.
It had fallen vacant following the demise of BJP MLA Vinod Khanna in April.
