Overview

• Mann announced the nomination at a Tarn Taran rally held to launch rural link road works, telling the crowd that Sandhu was their choice.
• The seat became vacant following the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June.
• The Election Commission has not issued the timetable for the bypoll.
• Sandhu previously won the seat in 2002 as an independent and in 2007 and 2012 for SAD, lost in 2017 and 2022, and joined AAP in July after resigning from SAD last year.
• SAD has fielded Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa and the BJP has named Harjit Singh Sandhu, while other parties are yet to declare nominees.