Moga By Election 2013 Results: Live News Coverage

Published February 27, 2013 | 7:54 pm

SAD-Badal Candidate Joginder Pal Jain wins Moga By polls with 18,855 votes

The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday won the Moga assembly seat by-election in Punjab. Akali Dal candidate Joginder Pal Jain defeated his Congress rival Vijay Kumar Sathi by 18,845 votes.

Jain polled 69,265 votes against 50,420 polled by Sathi. Jain led in all rounds of counting Thursday. Over 71 percent electorate of the Moga constituency cast their franchise in Feb 23 poll.

Jain had quit the Congress party and the Moga assembly seat December last year and joined the Akali Dal.

He had been elected from the Moga cosntituency in the January 2012 assembly elections on a Congress ticket. Moga was generally considered a Congress stronghold.

The Congress, led by former chief minister Amarinder Singh, had campaigned hard for Sathi but the party lost.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal described the victory in the Moga by-poll as “a forceful mandate for the agenda of peace, development and communal harmony, and a victory of clean politics over negative tactics such as mudslinging, character assassination and issue-less policies”.

“The problem with the Congress is that it has no agenda except Akali bashing. They are refusing to learn that people want results and they want to hear about policies and programmes on development and progress of the state, and not about our personal ego clashes. People have repeatedly rejected the politics of hate and mudslinging and voted for development,” Badal said.

SAD-Badal Candidate Joginder Pal Jain leads in Moga By-Election by 17,787 votes after 13th round

SAD-Badal Candidate Joginder Pal Jain leads in Moga By-Election by 17,707 votes after 12th round

11th Round: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 16,105 votes 

Vijay Sathi  got 1871 votes lead in 11th round

Total votes in 11th round: 9877

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 3869

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 5740

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 172

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 15

Joginder Pal Jain leads with 17,443 votes

Sathi gains first time in 11 rounds, But still Joginder Pal Jain leads with 16,105 votes

10th Round: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 17,976 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 533 votes lead in 10th round

Total votes in 9th round: 10238

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5068

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 4535

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 268

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 47

Joginder Pal Jain leads with 17,443 votes

9th Round: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 17,443 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 1106 votes lead in 9th round

Total votes in 9th round: 9745

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5028

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3922

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 598

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 61

Joginder Pal Jain leads with 17,443 votes

8th Round: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 16337 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 1246 votes lead in seventh round

Total votes in second round: 8741

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 4635

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3389

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 613

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 35

Eight Rounds over: Joginder Pal Jain leads with 16,327 votes

Rural votes counting over. Now City votes counting on

SEVENTH ROUND: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 15092 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 320 votes lead in seventh round

Total votes in second round: 8681

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 4128

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3808

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 573

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 48

Counting is on: SAD-B Candidate Joginder Pal Jain leads with 15,791 votes

SIXTH ROUND: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 14,772 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 2363 votes lead in sixth round

Total votes in second round: 10241

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5875

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3512

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 567

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 71

FIFTH ROUND: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 12409 votes 

Joginder Pal Jain got 2668 votes lead in FIFTH round

Total votes in second round: 9632

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5567

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 2899

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 841

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 72

FOURTH ROUND: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 9741 votes till fourth round.

Joginder Pal Jain got 2685 votes lead in fourth round

Total votes in second round: 9813

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5829

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3144

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 490

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 96

THIRD ROUND: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 7056 votes in second round

Total votes in second round: 10075

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B” 5855

Vijay Sathi – Congress : 3211

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP: 692

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar 94

Second round results: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 4412 votes in second round, Congress Candidate Vijay Sathi at second position

Total votes in second round: 8847

Joginder Pal Jain- SAD-B”    4814

Vijay Sathi – Congress :   3113

Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal-PPP:    680

Ravinder Pal – SAD Amritsar   170

First round results: Joginder pal Jain of SAD (Badal) leads with 2711 votes in first round, Congress Candidate Vijay Sathi at second position

First round counting results  in next few minutes,

votes counting continue at bhupinder government school…Candidates with their election and counting

agents at counting station

Total 14 round for final results

first round will be oven in next 30mins

Voters silent, nobody is sure for win….

Sources says, tough fight between SAD and Congress and Margin will in hundreds only

Counting begins for Moga By election, tight security in Moga. Tough fight between SAD-Badal candidate Joginderpal Jain and Congress candidate Vijay Sathi.

Tight security in Moga.  It is expected counting will be over in 10 rounds and final results will come around 12:00pm

Braving heavy rain Saturday, over 70 percent of the electorate in Punjab’s Moga assembly seat cast their franchise.

People lined up at various polling booths to cast their votes in the by-election, officials said.

Ten candidates, including four Independents, were in the fray.

The main contest was between the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the opposition Congress. The Akali Dal fielded Joginder Pal Jain against Congress candidate Vijay Kumar Sathi.

Jain had quit the assembly seat and the Congress Dec 26 and joined the Akali Dal. He was elected from the seat on the Congress ticket in the Jan 30 assembly election last year. His resignation forced a by-election.

Jain was elected as a legislator on the Congress ticket from here twice — in 2007 and 2012.

The People’s Party of Punjab (PPP), led by former finance minister Manpreet Badal, had fielded Ravinder Singh Dhaliwal in the contest, ignoring a move by the Congress leadership to put up a joint opposition candidate.

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