Overview
- Harjinder Singh Dhami won a fifth straight term as SGPC president at Teja Singh Samundri Hall in Amritsar, defeating Mitthu Singh Kahneke 117–18, with one invalid vote recorded.
- Giani Harpreet Singh’s breakaway SAD faction formally contested through Kahneke but lacked the numbers after Sukhbir Singh Badal backed Dhami as the party’s nominee.
- Raghujit Singh Virk, Baldev Singh Kalyan and Sher Singh Mandwala were elected senior vice-president, junior vice-president and general secretary, and 11 executive members were named.
- Leaders of Akali Dal (Amritsar) protested outside the venue, alleging the poll was illegal because SGPC general elections have not been held for about 14 years, leaving vacancies.
- Parties cast the outcome as relevant to the upcoming Tarn Taran assembly bypoll, with the Badal-led SAD backing Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa and the breakaway camp supporting Mandeep Singh.