Punjab Sangrur Lok Sabha bypoll results: SAD(A)'s Simranjit Mann wins by 5,800 votes

In a major setback to Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) candidate Simranjit Singh Mann won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat on Sunday by nearly 6,000 votes against AAP's Gurmail Singh.

Meanwhile, AAP conceded defeat in the bypoll, saying that it respects the mandate of the voters.

Mann, 77, is a former MP and the president of SAD (Amritsar). He was up against Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy, BJP's Kewal Dhillon and AAP's Gurmail Singh.

Counting of votes began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security arrangements.

The fate of 16 candidates, who are in the fray, was sealed during polling on 23 June.

The bypoll to Sangrur Lok Sabha seat had witnessed a low turnout of 45.30 per cent as against 72.44 per cent polling in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 76.71 per cent in 2014 polls.

There were 15.69 lakh eligible voters this time.

The bypoll was necessitated due to the resignation of Bhagwant Mann from the Lok Sabha seat after he was elected as an MLA in the state assembly elections earlier this year. 

Bhagwant Mann, who is the state's chief minister now, had won the Sangrur seat in the 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.