Overview
- Counting is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. on November 14 at Mai Bhago International College of Nursing in Piddi village under ECI supervision.
- Authorities have deployed heavy security inside and outside the counting centre to ensure a peaceful and transparent process.
- Two halls are set for the count with 14 EVM counters and seven postal-ballot tables staffed by three-member teams across 16 rounds.
- Fifteen candidates are in the fray, including AAP’s Harmeet Singh Sandhu, Congress’s Karanbir Singh, SAD’s Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa, BJP’s Harjit Singh Sandhu, and independent Mandeep Singh backed by Amritpal Singh’s networks.
- Tarn Taran recorded 60.95% turnout on November 11, lower than in 2022, as observers frame the contest as a barometer of public sentiment.