Punjab bypolls: AAP’s Gurdeep Randhawa wins Dera Baba Nanak seat

AAP's Randhawa secured 59,104 votes, while Congress nominee Jatinder Kaur polled 53,405 votes

Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, Updated At : 02:12 PM Nov 23, 2024 IST

AAP candidate Gurdeep Singh Randhawa. File photo

AAP candidate Gurdeep Singh Randhawa won the Dera Baba Nanak Assembly seat in Punjab on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee Jatinder Kaur Randhawa by a margin of 5,722 votes, according to officials.

From being the Sarpanch of Shahpur Jajjan, his native village, to becoming an MLA; it has been a long haul for Gurdeep Randhawa.

In the fierce contest between the Congress and the AAP, Randhawa secured 59,104 votes, while Kaur polled 53,405 votes. BJP candidate Ravi Karan Singh Kahlon trailed in the third spot, managing just 6,505 votes.

Kaur was leading from the third to the eighth round of counting. But later, Randhawa maintained the lead in the following rounds. There were a total of 18 rounds of counting.

Kaur is the wife of Congress MP from Gurdaspur Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who represented this seat in 2002, 2012, 2017 and 2022.

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