Jalandhar West Bypoll Result 2024: AAP's Mohinder Bhagat Wins by Over 37,000 Votes, Party Leaders Celebrate

Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Mohinder Bhagat won the Jalandhar West Assembly bypoll by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sheetal Angural by a margin of 37,325 votes. The counting of votes for the Jalandhar West bypoll result was held on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

There were a total of 15 candidates in the fray to be elected as the next Jalandhar West MLA. Byelection for this Assembly constituency was necessitated because of resignation of Sheetal Angural.

Celebrations broke out at the AAP office in Chandigarh as the party won Jalandhar West. “The people of Jalandhar West have stamped their approval on the development work of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann by making the AAP candidate Mohinder Bhagat victorious with a huge margin,” the party posted on X (previously Twitter).

ABOUT

34. Jalandhar West is an Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency in Punjab. This constituency is located in Jalandhar district and Doaba region of Punjab. Jalandhar West Assembly seat can be classified as: Urban. The reservation status of this seat is: Scheduled Caste. Jalandhar West is part of the 4. Jalandhar (Scheduled Caste) Lok Sabha constituency. There are a total of 117 seats in the Punjab state Assembly.

CONTESTING CANDIDATES

In the July 2024 Assembly bypoll, there were a total of 15 contesting candidates, while in the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections there were 12 candidates for this seat.

List of candidates contesting in the 2024 byelection: Sheetal Angural (BJP), Surjit Kaur (SAD), Surinder Kaur (INC), Binder Kumar Lakha (BSP), Mohinder Bhagat (AAP), Sarabjit Singh Khalsa (SADSSM), Ajay Kumar Bhagat (IND), Ajay Pal Valmiki (IND), Aarti (IND), Inderjit Singh (IND), Deepak Bhagat (IND), Neetu Shatran Wala (IND), Raj Kumar Saqi (IND), Varun Klair Vari (IND), Vishal (IND).

List of candidates who contested in the 2022 Assembly election: Sheetal Angural (AAP), Sushil Kumar Rinku (INC), Mohinder Bhagat (BJP), Anil Meenia (BSP), Jasbir Singh Mann (SADM), Subhash Goria (IND), Neelam (IND), Karam Chand (IND), Balwinder Kumar (ASPKR), Vipan Kumar (IND), Amrish Bhagat (IND), Baljinder Sodhi Advocate (NATJUP).

PAST ELECTION RESULTS

In the 2022 Punjab Assembly election, Sheetal Angural of AAP defeated Sushil Kumar Rinku of INC by a margin of 4,253 votes which was 3.66% of the total votes polled. A total of 116,247 votes were polled in the election, of which AAP got 39,213 votes which was 33.73% of the total votes polled.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, in the Jalandhar West Assembly segment of Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency, Charanjit Singh Channi lead by 1,557 votes which was 1.41% of the total votes polled in this Assembly segment. Charanjit Singh Channi (INC) won the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat.

POLL DATES

The gazette notification for the Jalandhar West bypoll was issued on June 14, 2024 (Friday), the last date of scrutiny of nominations was June 24, 2024 (Monday) and the last date of withdrawal of nominations was June 26, 2024 (Wednesday). This constituency voted on on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 and the counting of votes is happening on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

In the 2022 Assembly elections the counting of votes was held on Thursday, March 10, 2022.

ELECTORATE

In the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, Jalandhar West had an total electorate of 171,691 voters, of which 89,727 were male, 81,957 female and 7 voters of the third gender.

VOTER TURNOUT

On July 10, 2024 Jalandhar West constituency reported a voter turnout of 54.90%. This is 12.81% lower than what was recorded for this seat during the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, in which this constituency reported a voting percentage of 67.71%.

LOCATION & EXTENT

Jalandhar West Assembly constituency comprises of the following areas of the Jalandhar district of Punjab: Ward Nos. 18 to 21, 33 to 35, 37 to 39 and 41 to 44 in Jalandhar (Municipal Corporation) of Jalandhar-I Tehsil..

The geographic coordinates of this constituency is: 31°17’24.4″N 75°35’02.0″E.