Punjab’s Tarn Taran seat bypoll counting has so far shown Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate, Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa, leading with a margin of 374 votes against her nearest rival and ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Harmeet Singh Sandhu, as per initial trends.
Randhawa was leading with 7,348 votes against the AAP nominee, who had 6,974 votes in the third round of counting. Randhawa maintained the lead in the first three rounds of counting.
Meanwhile, Congress’ Karanbir Singh Burj claimed the third spot with 4,090 votes, and Independent candidate Mandeep Singh was at the fourth position with 2,736 votes. The BJP candidate came in the fifth spot with 693 votes.
The counting of votes for Punjab’s Tarn Taran bypoll began at 8 am on Friday amid tight security arrangements made at the counting centre set up at the International College of Nursing, Piddi.
The polling, which was held on Tuesday, has 15 candidates in the fray and saw a voter turnout of 60.95 per cent.
The counting will be completed in 16 rounds, officials said.
The Tarn Taran assembly seat fell vacant after the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June.
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