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Voting has begun for the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll. The voting which started at 8 am will continue till 6 pm. Earlier, EVMs were checked by mock polling at 1972 polling booths. 1972 polling stations have been set up in this Lok Sabha seat consisting of 9 assembly constituencies, on which 16 lakh 21 thousand voters of the district will elect the new MP.
Jalandhar MP Santokh Singh Chowdhary died of a heart attack in January this year during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo visit. After which the by-election is being held here. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.
Model polling station set up for voting in Jalandhar.
Congress has a challenge to save its stronghold in this by-election because Congress has been winning from here continuously for the last 4 times. Santokh Singh Chowdhary was also elected MP from here for two consecutive terms. This time Congress has given ticket to his wife Karmjit Kaur.
The challenge before the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is to save its image. They have lost the Sangrur elections after forming the government in the state. In such a situation, if we lose here too, questions will be raised on the functioning of the government. In view of this, AAP has given ticket to former Congress MLA Sushil Rinku by joining the party.
Candidates of all four major parties in Jalandhar by-election.
It is a big challenge before the BJP to remove the displeasure that arose after the farmer’s movement. For this reason, former Akali MLA Inder Iqbal Atwal has been inducted into the party and made a candidate.
The challenge before the Akali Dal is to save its existence as it has lost two consecutive assembly elections in Punjab. If lost here too, it may become difficult for the Lok Sabha elections to be held after 11 months next year. The Akali Dal has also got the support of the BSP in the elections.
542 sensitive 16 vulnerable polling booths
542 sensitive polling booths have been identified in Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. Of these, 16 have been made hypersensitive. Apart from this, 30 polling booths are expenditure sensitive, that is, there is a possibility of more expenditure here. 166 places have more than 3 polling stations. More cameras have been installed here.
15 male, 4 female candidates in the fray
A total of 19 candidates are in the fray for the Jalandhar seat. Of these, there are 15 male and 4 female candidates. Among the women candidates, Congress’ Karmjit Kaur Chowdhary is prominent, who has been given the ticket after the death of MP husband Santokh Singh Chowdhary. Out of these 19 candidates, 3 are from national party, 1 from regional party, 7 from unrecognized party and 8 are independent candidates.
73 NRI and 41 transgender voters too
There are total 16 lakh 21 thousand 759 voters in Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat. Out of which 8 lakh 44 thousand 904 are male and 7 lakh 76 thousand 855 are female voters. Apart from these, there are 10 thousand 286 Divyang voters. The count of service voters is 1850. There are 73 NRI and 41 transgender voters.
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