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March 6, 2012

Election results 2012: SAD-BJP headed for repeat in Punjab

6 MAR, 2012, 12.42PM IS
CHANDIGARH: The SAD-BJP combine today took a march over Congress as per the early trends inPunjab polls with ruling combine winning five seats while Congress bagging another five. 

In the trends available for the remaining 107 seats so far, SAD-BJP combine is ahead in 61 seats, while Congress is leading in 43 seats. Independents are leading in three seats 

As per the results, Punjab Congress President CaptAmarinder Singh has won from his Patiala Urban constituency by a margin of 42,318 votes, defeating SAD's Surjit Singh Kohli. 

Navjot Kaur, wife of BJP MP from Amritsar Navjot Singh Sidhu, has won from Amritsar (East) constituency, defeating her nearest rival and Independent candidate Simarpreet Kaur by a margin of 7,099 votes. 

From Balachaur constituency, SAD's Nand Lal beat Shiv Ram Singh of BSP by a margin of 14,857 votes, while from Rajpura seat Hardial Singh Kamboj of Congress beat BJP's Raj Khurana by a margin of 31,510 votes. 

From Faridkot, SAD's Deep Malhotra beat Avtar Singh Brar of the Congress by a margin of 2,727 votes and SAD's Harpreet Kaur beat Madan Lal Jalalpur of Congress by a margin of 1,778 votes from Ghanaur. 

Sadhu Singh of Congress won from Nabha (SC) constituency defeating his nearest SAD rival by a margin of 22,548 votes. 

Congress' Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu bagged the Talwandi Sabo assembly seat, while O P Soni of Congress won from Amritsar Central, defeating his nearest rival Tarun Chugh of the BJP by a margin of 12,797 votes. 

SAD's Nand Lal beat Shiv Ram Singh of BSP by a margin of 14,857 votes from Balachaur assembly constituency, while Gulzar Singh Ranike of SAD beat Tarsem Singh of the Congress by a margin of 4,983 votes from Attari (SC) seat.

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