Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal registered her fourth consecutive Lok Sabha victory on Tuesday. The SAD leader won from the Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency, which she has been representing since 2009.
According to the Election Commission of India data, Badal, the wife of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, won with a margin of 49,656 votes. She received a total of 376,558 votes, defeating her competitors Gurmeet Singh Khudian (AAP), Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu (Congress), and Parampal Kaur Sidhu (Bhartiya Janta Party). The AAP candidate garnered 326,902 votes, the Congress candidate received 202,011 votes, and the BJP candidate had to settle with 110,762 votes.
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Meanwhile, results for 13 parliamentary seats in Punjab were declared on Tuesday, revealing a mixed outcome for the various political parties.
The Congress party emerged as the frontrunner, securing seven seats out of the total. Notable victories for the Congress include Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa in Gurdaspur, Gurjeet Singh Aujla in Amritsar, Charanjit Singh Channi in Jalandhar, and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring in Ludhiana, among others.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed victory on three seats, with Raj Kumar Chabbewal in Hoshiarpur, Malvinder Singh Kang in Anandpur Sahib, and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in Sangrur emerging as the winning candidates.
Meanwhile, independent candidates also made their mark in the election results, with Amritpal Singh, a pro-Khalistani separatist, winning the Khadoor Sahib seat, and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, the elder son of Beant Singh, one of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassins, registering a victory in Faridkot.
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