JALANDHAR: Congress on Thursday conveniently won the Shahkot by-election and within the process achieved a two-thirds majority within the Punjab meeting. Of the 117 seats within the House, the Amarinder Singh-led executive now has 78 seats.
Congress candidate Hardev Singh 'Laddi' Sherowalia defeated his nearest opponent, Shiromani Akali Dal's Naib Singh Kohar, by way of a margin of 38,802 votes. This is a big achievement for the reason that Shahkot is observed as a Panthic seat which SAD had no longer lost in 41 years. Congress had won the seat in 1992 however at the moment SAD was once no longer within the fray as all Akali teams had boycotted the election.
Congress's win will also be attributed to your complete decimation of AAP this time. While Akalis' vote share dipped handiest by way of 2,668 votes, AAP lost 39,110 votes compared to the election in 2017.
AAP's candidate, Ratan Singh Kakkar Kalan could muster up simply 1,900 this time. AAP's candidate in 2017, Amarjit Singh Thind, had polled around 41,000 votes however these kind of appeared to have shifted away from the celebration in only one 12 months. Thind too has joined SAD now.
Congress candidate Hardev Singh 'Laddi' Sherowalia defeated his nearest opponent, Shiromani Akali Dal's Naib Singh Kohar, by way of a margin of 38,802 votes. This is a big achievement for the reason that Shahkot is observed as a Panthic seat which SAD had no longer lost in 41 years. Congress had won the seat in 1992 however at the moment SAD was once no longer within the fray as all Akali teams had boycotted the election.
Congress's win will also be attributed to your complete decimation of AAP this time. While Akalis' vote share dipped handiest by way of 2,668 votes, AAP lost 39,110 votes compared to the election in 2017.
AAP's candidate, Ratan Singh Kakkar Kalan could muster up simply 1,900 this time. AAP's candidate in 2017, Amarjit Singh Thind, had polled around 41,000 votes however these kind of appeared to have shifted away from the celebration in only one 12 months. Thind too has joined SAD now.
Congress sweeps Shahkot, gets 2/3rd majority in House
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