Gurdaspur LS bypoll: AAP candidate received 23,579 votes

The Aam Aadmi Party nominee Major General (Retd) Suresh Khajuria received only 23,579 votes in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypoll.

Congress candidate Sunil Jakhar won the bypoll by defeating his nearest rival, BJP nominee Swaran Salaria with a margin of 1,93,219 votes.

Jakhar polled 4,99,752 votes while Salaria polled 3,06,533 votes..

The seat had fallen vacant after the death of BJP MP Vinod Khanna in April this year.

The Congress won this seat after the 2009 Lok Sabha poll when Congress candidate Partap Singh Bajwa had won this seat by defeating BJP candidate Vinod Khanna.

Khanna was four-time MP from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. The actor had won this seat in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2014.

Khajuria also accused the Congress of using 'undemocratic means' in the bypoll.

"Ruling party used undemocratic means in these elections. People were scared and youth was almost absent in the bypoll. If they (Congress) win then that victory will not be a respectable one," Khajuria alleged.

(With agency inputs)