Chandigarh, July 13: AAP candidate for the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll Mohinder Bhagat was leading against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Surinder Kaur, according to initial trends. Bhagat was ahead of Kaur by 6,336 votes after two rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here. Himachal Pradesh Assembly By-Elections Results 2024: Vote Counting for 3 Assembly Seats; Fate of CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s Wife Kamlesh Thakur To Be Decided.

BJP candidate Sheetal Angural was at the third spot, according to the trends. The bypoll was necessitated after the seat fell vacant following the resignation of Angural as the AAP legislator. He joined the BJP in March. West Bengal Assembly By-Elections Results 2024: Counting Begins for 4 Assembly Seats Amid Tight Security Arrangements, Says EC.

Polling in the seat took place on Wednesday and a voter turnout of 54.98 per cent was recorded, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent the assembly segment saw in the 2022 state elections. --

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