Sangrur Lok Sabha Bypoll Result 2022 LIVE: SAD-Amritsar's Simranjit Singh Mann Continues To Lead

Sangrur Lok Sabha Bypoll Result 2022 LIVE: SAD-Amritsar's Simranjit Singh Mann Continues To Lead

Sangrur Lok Sabha Bypoll Result 2022 LIVE: SAD-Amritsar's Simranjit Singh Mann Continues To Lead

Sangrur : Counting of votes for the bypoll to Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab got under way at 8 am on Sunday morning amid tight security arrangements.

According to Returning Officer Jitendra Jorwal, the counting of votes for all five Assembly segments in Sangrur district, including Sangrur, Sunam, Lehra, Dirba and Dhuri, besides the Malerkotla constituency, is under way at Desh Bhagat College, Bardwal. The authorities have made requisite arrangements at the college for The Lok Sabha seat had gone to poll on June 23, recording a low turnout of 45.30 per cent.

The bypoll was necessitated due to the resignation of Bhagwant Mann from the Lok Sabha after he was elected as an MLA in the state assembly elections earlier this year. Mann, who is the state’s chief minister now, had won the Sangrur seat in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is facing its first test of popularity after its impressive performance in the Assembly pollsthe counting.