The resounding victory, that too in the Congress bastion, has given AAP in general and Mann in particular a much-needed boost in the run-up to 2014 Lok Sabha elections due next year.
A Congress stronghold, Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat remained with the Congress since 1999. This reserved seat fell vacant after Congress' Member of Parliament (MP), Santokh Singh Chaudhary (76), died of a heart attack during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this January.
Congress stronghold, Jalandhar seat fell vacant after Congress' Member of Parliament (MP) Santokh Singh Chaudhary, 76, died of a heart attack during Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this January.
The voting for a four-cornered electoral contest began at 8 am. The poll percentage was 5.21 per cent till 9 am. It went up to 17.07 per cent by 11 am.
