Punjab Bypolls Results LIVE: AAP takes lead in Barnala, Chabbewal, Giddherbaha, Congress in Dera Baba Nanak

AAP's candidate Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon is leading in Giddherbaha by a margin of 805 votes against his nearest rival the Congress's Amrita Warring. Stay tuned to indiatvnews.com.

INC candidate Jatinder Kaur Randhawa is leading in Dera Baba Nanak by a margin of 805 votes, as per the official EC trends. 

AAP candidate Dr. Ishank Kumar is leading from Chabbewal Assembly by-elections by a margin of 1571 votes, as per the official EC trends. Stay tuned to indiatvnews.com for latest updates.

AAP candidate Harinder Singh Dhaliwal was leading in the bypoll to Barnala assembly segment against his nearest rival the Congress' Kuldeep Singh Dhillon, the initial trend showed. Dhaliwal was leading by 634 votes while BJP's Kewal Dhillon was in the third spot.

Counting of votes will take place in 18 rounds in Dera Baba Nanak, 15 rounds in Chabbewal, 13 rounds in Gidderbaha and 16 rounds in Barnala, as per officials.

The bypoll had witnessed a voter turnout of 63.91 per cent. The Gidderbaha segment saw the highest voting of 81.90 per cent, followed by Dera Baba Nanak at 64.01 per cent, Barnala at 56.34 per cent and Chabbewal at 53.43 per cent.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) stayed away from the bypolls. The party took the decision not to participate in the bypolls after Sukhbir Singh Badal, who has now resigned as the SAD president, failed to get any temporary relief from the Akal Takht, which declared him 'tankhaiya' (person guilty of religious misconduct), for the "mistakes" committed by his party and government from 2007 to 2017.

From the Gidderbaha seat, Congress' Amrita Warring, BJP's Manpreet Singh Badal and AAP's Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon were in the fray.

In Punjab, the counting process for four constituencies—Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC), and Barnala—is in process. The exact figure will be cleared after sometime. Stay tuned to Indiatvnews.com for latest updates.

Punjab bypolls countings for four constituency seats have been started. The Aam Aadmi Party , Congress and BJP are looking to register victories in these seats.

Bypoll results counting will be soon started at 8 am.

Among the key contestants in the fray were former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Kewal Singh Dhillon, Sohan Singh Thandal and Ravikaran Singh Kahlon (BJP), Amrita Warring and Jatinder Kaur (Congress), and Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon and Ishank Kumar Chabbewal (AAP). Amrita is the wife of Punjab Congress chief and Ludhiana MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. Jatinder Kaur is the spouse of Gurdaspur MP and former deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa.

Counting centres have been set up at Sukhjinder Group of Institutes in Gurdaspur for Dera Baba Nanak, Rayat and Bahra Group of Institutes in Hoshiarpur for Chabbewal, Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) Bharu Road for Gidderbaha and S D College of Education for Barnala segment.

According to the officials, Foolproof security arrangements have been implemented at the counting centres.

The Aam Aadmi Party, Congress and BJP are looking to register victories in four constituency seats in Punjab.

In Punjab, polling took place for four assembly seats on Wednesday, November 20. The by-polls were necessitated after the incumbent legislators were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year. The polls are important for Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, whose government completed two-and-a-half years in office.

The Bypolls for four assembly constituency seats (Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Barnala) in Punjab took place on Wednesday, November 20.

The Gidderbaha segment in Punjab saw the highest turnout of 81.90 per cent. 

A voter turnout of 63.91 per cent was recorded in the Punjab bypolls.

Vote counting for four assembly seats in Punjab will begin at 8.00 am today, November 23.