Chandigarh, July 17: Mohinder Bhagat, the newly elected AAP MLA from Jalandhar West, was administered oath as a legislator by Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Wednesday here. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also present on the occasion. Punjab Assembly By-Election Result 2024: AAP's Mohinder Bhagat Wins Jalandhar West Seat by Defeating BJP's Sheetal Angural.

Bhagat defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sheetal Angural by a margin of 37,325 votes to win the assembly seat in the bypoll, which was held on July 10. The result for the by-election was announced on July 13. The bypoll was necessitated after the seat fell vacant following the resignation of Angural as the AAP legislator. He joined the BJP in March. Opposition Parties Spreading 'disinformation' Against AAP Govt in Punjab: Sanjay Singh.

Mohinder Bhagat Administered Oath by Speaker 

Bhagat had polled 55,246 votes, while Angural secured 17,921 votes. Bhagat, son of former minister and BJP MLA Bhagat Chunni Lal, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after quitting the saffron party last year. He had unsuccessfully contested from this seat in 2017 and 2022 assembly elections on BJP tickets.