Overview
- Polling ran from 7 am to 6 pm and officials reported a peaceful vote in the border constituency.
- The Chief Electoral Officer reported 60.95% turnout by 6 pm with final figures to be updated after data consolidation, below the 65.81% recorded in 2022.
- About 2,500 security personnel were deployed, including 12 BSF companies and 500 BSF jawans at polling stations, with sensitive booths under CRPF webcasting.
- Shiromani Akali Dal alleged police intimidation of workers and said it would complain to the Election Commission, which last week ordered the suspension of SSP Ravjot Kaur Grewal for alleged interference.
- The seat fell vacant after the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal, with AAP’s Harmeet Singh Sandhu, SAD’s Sukwinder Kaur Randhawa, BJP’s Harjit Singh Sandhu, Congress’s Karanbir Singh Burj and independent Mandeep Singh backed by Amritpal-linked groups in the fray.