The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has won the Tarn Taran Assembly seat in Punjab. AAP candidate Harmeet Sandhu won by 12,091 votes, garnering a total of 42,649 votes. Harmeet Sandhu has been elected MLA from here for the fourth time.
Akali Dal candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa came in second, with 30,558 votes. Akali Dal-Waris Punjab De candidate Mandeep Singh Khalsa came in third, with 19,620 votes. The Congress came in fourth, with 15,078 votes. The BJP candidate failed to even reach the 10,000 mark, garnering 6,239 votes.
Regarding this victory, Arvind Kejriwal said that this historic victory in the Tarn Taran by-election clearly demonstrates that the people of Punjab value the politics of work and the honest leadership of Bhagwant Mann. Punjab has once again reposed its trust in the AAP. This victory is the victory of the people, and of every hardworking worker.
Counting began at 8 a.m. at the International College of Nursing in Tarn Taran. Ballot papers were counted first, followed by the counting of votes through EVM machines. A total of 16 rounds were conducted.
Akali Dal candidate leaves counting center
Akali Dal candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa took the lead in the first three rounds. Sukhwinder had a lead of 625 votes in the first round. This lead increased to 1,480 in the second round. However, in the next round, i.e., the third round, her lead narrowed to 374. After this, she slipped to second place in the fourth round.
AAP's Harmeet Sandhu's lead steadily increased from the fourth round onwards. Ultimately, this lead exceeded 10,000. Meanwhile, Sukhwinder failed to come close to her even once. Seeing the growing lead, Sukhwinder Randhawa left the counting center and went home.
Amritpal's party candidate finished third.
Mandeep Singh Khalsa, a member of the pro-Khalistan party of the Akali Dal-Waris Punjab, came in third. Mandeep was in fourth place for the first seven rounds, but in the eighth round, he overtook the Congress.
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After this, he remained ahead of the Congress until the final round. Meanwhile, in a media interaction, he said that the entire Akali Dal should unite. Only then will they be able to achieve something in 2027.
