Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party has won 92 seats out of the 117 assembly seats. The Congress has managed to secure only 18 seats, while Akali Dal just won only three seats. Likewise, BJP also performed poor in Punjab and won two seats.
-AAP’s Chief Minister face Bhagwant Mann wins from Dhuri constituency. He triumphs with a thumping margin of 55165 votes.
-Celebrations began at AAP Chief Minister candidate Bhagwant Mann’s home.
-CM Charanjit Singh Channi continues to trail from Chamkaur Sahib; AAP – 32,860, INC – 30,880
-The voice of the people is the voice of God …. Humbly accept the mandate of the people of Punjab …. Congratulations to Aap !!!, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted.
-AAP candidate Ajit Pal Singh Kohli defeated former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh by a margin of 13,000 votes from Patiala seat.
-AAP candidate Aman Arora wins from Sunam constituency.
-Congress’ Rana Gurjeet Singh wins from Kapurthala
-इस इंक़लाब के लिए पंजाब के लोगों को बहुत-बहुत बधाई (Many congratulations to the people of Punjab for this inquilab.)। https://t.co/BIJqv8OnGa, said AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
-Aam Aadmi Party took a big lead in Punjab and is ahead in 90 seats out of 117 with several heavyweights, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, former CM Parkash Singh Badal trailing behind its nominees in many seats.
-In Jalandhar Cantt after 8th round
AAP’s Sodhi: 19626 votes
Congress Pargat Singh: 17536 votes
-Sukhbir Singh Badal President of Shiromani Akali Dal trailing in his Jalalabad constituency.
– Congress candidate Vikramjeet Singh Chaudhary leading in Phillaur, gets 10457 votes.
-AAP candidate Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra leading in Amargarh.
– Jeevan Jyot Kaur, AAP candidate from Amritsar East is leading with 200 votes, Navjot Sidhu is on second with 5800 votes.
– Rana Inder Partap Singh is leading in Sultanpur Lodhi. He gets 17784 votes. Congress MLA Navtej Singh trailing by around 4000 votes in Sultanpur Lodhi constituency.
– Initial Trends of Punjab at 10am – Total seats: 117
Aam Aadmi Party: 83
Congress: 18
SAD-BSP: 8
BJP: 3
Independent: 1
-AAP Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is leading by 12, 000 votes.
– Kapurthala
Rana Gurjit Singh – 16553
AAP – 11047
-AAP leading at 90 seats across Punjab.
-Sukhbir Singh Badal trailing from Jalalabad, AAP ahead
– Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi trailing in both seats, Amarinder Singh trailing by 8,000 votes
-Five time chief minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal is trailing in the first phase out of total 13 phases in the counting on Thursday.
Akali leader Badal got 3215 votes while AAP leader Gurmeet Singh got 4631 votes in the first phase in Lambi constituency.
Similarly, singer turned politician Sidhu Moosewala is behind AAP candidate as he got 2393 votes against 6800 votes by AAP candidate Dr Vijay Singla.
Meanwhile, AAP is leading at 40 seats across the Punjab in first phase.