Punjab bypoll: AAP campaigner Gurdeep Singh Randhawa Saturday won the Dera Baba Nanak assembly seat, defeating Congress nominee Jatinder Kaur by a borderline of 5,699 votes, officials said.
In the fierce contention betwixt the Congress and the AAP, Randhawa secured 59,104 votes, portion Kaur polled 53,405 votes. BJP campaigner Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon trailed successful the 3rd spot, managing conscionable 6,505 votes.
Kaur was starring from the 3rd to the eighth circular of counting. But later, Randhawa maintained the pb successful the pursuing rounds. There were a full of 18 rounds of counting.
Kaur is the woman of Congress MP from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who represented this spot successful 2002, 2012, 2017 and 2022.
Bypolls to Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC) and Barnala took spot connected November 20. The bypolls were necessitated aft the incumbent legislators were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.