13 May, 16:38 (IST)

The Aam Aadmi Party or AAP has won the Jalandhar by-election. AAP candidate Sushil Rinku defeated Congress nominee Karamjit Kaur and bagged the grand old party's traditional stronghold. Rinku, 47, trounced Kaur, the wife of Santokh Chaudhary, whose death during the Bharat Jodo Yatra necessitated the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll in Punjab.

13 May, 13:38 (IST)

As per the latest news updates on Jalandhar by-election result in Punjab, AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is poised to win. Sushil Rinku has secured 3,00,344 votes so far and is leading by a margin of more than 57,000 votes. Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur has received 2,42,372 votes.

13 May, 11:14 (IST)

According to Jalandhar by-election result latest news updates, AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is now leading against Congress candidate Karanjit Kaur by more than 38,000 votes. As per the Election Commission, Sushil Rinku has secured 1,93,852 votes so far, whereas Karamjit Kaur 1,55,111.

13 May, 09:55 (IST)

AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is currently leading with nearly 70,000 votes, according to Jalandhar by-election result latest news updates. Congress candidate Karanjit Kaur has got more than 61,000 votes so far.

13 May, 09:02 (IST)

According to Jalandhar by-election result latest news updates, AAP candidate Sushil Rinku is now leading. Congress candidate Karanjit Kaur, who had taken initial lead, is now trailing behind. Here it may be recalled that the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary.

13 May, 08:40 (IST)

Congress candidate Karamjit Kaur is reportedly leading in Jalandhar by-election in Punjab. Kaur is followed by AAP nominee Sushil Rinku. Catch Jalandhar by-election result 2023 live news updates here.

13 May, 08:00 (IST)

Counting of votes for Jalandhar by-election result 2023 in Punjab is scheduled to start from 8 am today. The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary. Stay here to catch live news updates on Jalandhar by-election result to know who wins the bypoll.

Jalandhar, May 13:  The counting of votes for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-poll 2023 is underway. By-election to the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat took place on Wednesday. Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said Jalandhar recorded a voter turnout of 54.5 per cent, nearly 8 per cent lower than 62.36 per cent it recorded in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, and about 14 per cent lower than 67.21 per cent and 67.11 per cent in 2014 and 2009, respectively. Catch Jalandhar By-Election Result 2023 live news updates here.

The Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary due to a cardiac arrest during his party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in January. The Aam Aadmi Party, Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal are vying to outdo each other in the Dalit stronghold. Jalandhar Lok Sabha By-Election 2023: Voting Begins for High-Stakes Parliamentary Bypoll in Punjab.

The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded former MLA Sushil Rinku who quit the Congress to join the Punjab's ruling party while the Congress has shown its faith in Karamjit Kaur, Santokh Chaudhary's wife. Jalandhar By-Election 2023: Siddhu Moosewala's Father Balkaur Singh Announces to Campaign Against AAP in Upcoming Bypolls.

The BJP has fielded Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, a Dalit Sikh, who quit the Shiromani Akali Dal to join the saffron party. Atwal is the son of former Punjab Vidhan speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal who had also joined the BJP.

The SAD has fielded its two-time MLA from Banga seat Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi, who is a doctor. The SAD candidate is backed by its ally, the Bahujan Samaj Party. The Simranjit Singh Mann-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has fielded Gurjant Singh.

The bypoll was seen as a test of the one-year performance of the Bhagwant Mann-led government which has promised providing free electricity, jobs to youth, regularising services of contractual employees, action against corruption and opening of mohalla clinics among others. Political experts have predicted that the the seat is likely to witness an intense battle between AAP, BJP, Congress, and Shiromani Akali Dal.