Overview
- The Election Commission’s final tally shows Harmeet Singh Sandhu at 42,649 votes to SAD’s Sukhwinder Kaur at 30,558 after 16 rounds of counting.
- Independent Mandeep Singh, backed by Amritpal Singh’s Waris Punjab De and allied panthic groups, finished third with 19,620 votes, with Congress fourth at 15,078 and BJP fifth at 6,239, losing its deposit.
- Counting took place under ECI supervision at the Mai Bhago International College of Nursing in Piddi with tight security and separate halls for EVM and postal ballots.
- Sukhwinder Kaur led the early rounds before AAP overtook and maintained a steady lead through the remainder of the count.
- Turnout was 60.95% and the seat was vacated by the June death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal; the result lifts AAP’s Assembly strength to 94 and marks six wins in seven Punjab bypolls since 2022.