Counting of votes in Sangrur seat LIVE: The first trend of Lok Sabha by-election will come in a while; CM Bhagwant Mann’s stronghold seat

Who will be the new MP of Sangrur Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, its decision will come today. For this, the counting of votes for the Sangrur by-election has started. Polling was held here on June 23. Sangrur seat has been a stronghold of Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. He won elections from here by a record margin for 2 consecutive times. At the same time, the credibility of the 100-day-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Punjab is also at stake regarding the Sangrur election results.

Bhagwant Mann was elected MP from Sangrur for 2 consecutive times. This time he resigned from Dhuri seat after winning the assembly elections and the party getting majority.

Lowest turnout after 31 years, concerns of leaders increased
Sangrur seat recorded the lowest voter turnout after 31 years at 45.50%. Earlier in 1991, 10.9% voting was done. The concern of the leaders has increased regarding this. Especially, when Bhagwant Mann won elections from here for 2 consecutive times, the voter turnout was 77.21% in 2014 and 72.40% in 2019. This time due to low voting, everyone is worried that who will have to bear the loss of less voting.

Musewala massacre remained a shadow, Simarjit Mann became the challenge
The murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala dominated the Sangrur seat by-election. Opposition parties blamed the AAP government led by CM Bhagwant Mann for this. Moosewala was supposed to campaign for Simarjit Singh Mann of SAD (Amritsar) in this election. For this reason, leaving the youth of the AAP in Sangrur seat, kept promoting Mann. For this reason, you are likely to face a tough competition from Simarjeet Mann.

Reality of Akali Dal’s Panthak agenda will also be seen
The Akali Dal (Badal), which saw a crushing defeat in two consecutive assembly elections in Punjab, had played a stake in the Panthak agenda here. He contested the elections in the name of release of captive Sikhs. At the same time, Kamaldeep Kaur, sister of Balwant Rajoana, convicted in the Beant murder case, was nominated as the candidate.