National Conference candidate Choudhary Talib Hussain was declared elected from Jammu parliamentary constituency on Wednesday evening. Hussain defeated his nearest rival Nirmal Singh of BJP by a margin of 55,489 votes, according to Returning Officer Rohit Kansal.
Hussain was polled 2,53,891 votes while Singh got 1,98,402.
The bye-poll to Jammu Lok Sabha constituency on February 21 was necessitated following the death of MP Vishnu Dutt.
Bureau Report