Patiala Urban Election Result 2022: Amarinder Singh loses to AAP's Ajit Kohli

In a historic development, former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and leader of newly found Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) lost Patiala constituency to Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Ajit Pal Singh Kohli. Capt. was able to secure 20,105 against Kohli who bagged 33,142 votes to defeat former on his home turf. It is worth ting that Patiala was considered a stronghold of Capt Amarinder as he had won constituency in four consecutive elections - 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017. His wife Preneet Kaur had also registered a win in 2014 after former won Patiala Lok Sabha seat, defeating BJP veteran Arun Jaitley by a margin of more than 1,02,000 votes. 

Patiala seat was up for grabs between 15 or candidates that include Vishnu Sharma (INC), Naunihal Singh (SADASM), Pankaj Mohindru (IND), Makhan Singh (IND), Malwinder Singh (IND), Ravinder Singh (IND), Gurmukh Singh (IND), Paramjit Singh (LIP), Yogesh Kumar (JAPA), Sonu (IND), Jasbir Singh (IND), Harpal Juneja (SAD), Jagdish Kumar (IND), Jyoti Tiwari (IND), and Davinder Singh (IND).

AAP registers landslide victory in Punjab

Punjab will see a new government henceforth as Kejriwal’s AAP registered a landslide victory by bagging 89 seats out of 117 in total. Indian National Congress (INC), emerged as runner-up as it mand to win just 18 seats. INC was followed by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) each of which bagged six and two seats, respectively. state will w see Bhagwat Mann as ir new Chief Minister as he was recently anunced as next leader by Arvind Kejriwal. 

It is worth mentioning that Punjab elections this year saw a voter turut of  63.58%, which is about 3.5% lower than previous elections held in 2017. state completed polls on February 20 and counting of votes began today starting at 8 am. 

Punjab CM trails from Chamkaur Sahib

Outgoing Punjab Chief Minister andINC candidate Charanjit Singh Channi, on or hand, is trailing AAP candidate Charanjit Singh by 2,473 votes. With a 43.4% vote share, Channi has gained 34,604 votes whereas AAP’s Singh has gained 37,077 votes with a 46.5% vote share.

Im: PTI