In Punjab bypoll fight, AAP emerges victorious in three seats but loses high-profile Barnala to Congress

In each 4 bypoll seats, the contention was primarily betwixt the AAP and Congress, with the BJP trailing successful 3rd spot successful each seat. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), however, did not contention these bypolls.

In Barnala, the Congress’s Kuldeep Singh Kala Dhillon defeated the AAP’s Harinder Singh Dhaliwal by astir 2,200 votes successful a spot that is considered the epicentre of the AAP’s support. The Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, of which Barnala is simply a part, was doubly represented by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann doubly aft landslide wins successful 2014 and 2019. An AAP rebel, Gurdeep Singh Bathh, appeared to person tilted the scales successful the Congress’s favour – Bath got 16,000 votes, acold much than the Congress’s winning margin.

In Gidderbaha, the AAP’s Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon is starring his nearest rival and Congress campaigner Amrita Warring by implicit 13,000 votes aft 9 rounds of counting. The constituency was vacated by Warring’s husband, authorities Congress main Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, who was elected arsenic the Ludhiana MP recently.

In Chabbewal though, the AAP has been comfortably placed since counting began. Its campaigner Ishank Chabbewal won the spot by a borderline of astir 29,000 votes implicit his nearest Congress rival Ranjit Kumar. SAD-turned-BJP person Sohan Singh Thandal finished a distant 3rd here. Chabbewal, who is the lad of erstwhile Congress MLA Dr Raj Kumar Chabbewal, made his canvass debut this clip aft the spot was vacated by his father, who discontinue the Congress and was elected arsenic the AAP MP from Hoshiarpur.

In Dera Baba Nanak, vacated by erstwhile Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa aft helium was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur, saw a see-saw conflict betwixt Randhawa’s woman and Congress campaigner Jatinder and the AAP’s campaigner Gurdeep Singh Randhawa. The AAP campaigner won by implicit 5,700 votes, with the BJP campaigner finishing a distant third.

Manjot Randhawa, the lad of the AAP candidate, said the radical had “routed retired dynastic and arrogant leaders”. “Sukhjinder Randhawa utilized to telephone himself the adjacent CM of the state. See what radical person done to him. A erstwhile Deputy CM’s woman losing with a borderline of 5,000 votes conveys a immense message,” Manjot said.

Despite the BJP betting connected beardown candidates, nary was capable to marque an impact. In Gidderbaha, Manpreet Singh Badal, a erstwhile authorities concern curate and estranged nephew of ex-Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, was trailing by astir 40,000 votes aft 9 rounds of counting. In Barnala, Kewal Singh Dhillon secured the highest votes among the BJP candidates astatine conscionable nether 18,000 votes.