22 per cent polling till 1pm in Sangrur parliamentary bypoll
Prominent among those who cast their vote were Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema and AAP candidate Gurmail Singh
Nearly 22 per cent polling was recorded till 1pm in the bypoll to the Punjab’s Sangrur Lok Sabha seat on Thursday.
Voting began at 8am for the parliamentary seat, where the ruling AAP is facing its first test of popularity after its impressive performance in the Assembly elections earlier this year.
By 1pm, around 22 per cent polling was recorded, officials said. They said the polling would continue till 6pm and the counting would be taken up on June 26.
Sixteen candidates, including three women, are in the fray.
Prominent among those who cast their vote were Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema and AAP candidate Gurmail Singh. Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy and BJP candidate Kewal Singh Dhillon also cast their vote.
The main opposition Congress has fielded former Dhuri MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy while the BJP has made former Barnala MLA Kewal Dhillon its candidate.
Kamaldeep Kaur, the sister of Balwant Singh Rajoana, a convict in former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh’s assassination case, has been fielded by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann is also in the fray.
The Sangrur Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Bhagwant Mann resigned as an MP after being elected to the state Assembly from Dhuri seat earlier this year.
The CM had won the Sangrur seat in 2014 and 2019 parliamentary elections.
Of the remaining 12 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, the Congress has eight, while two each are with the BJP and SAD.
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