The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has won all three seats in Mohali district amid a major setback to former Punjab cabinet minister and Congress leader from Mohali, Balbir Singh Sidhu, who lost to former mayor Kulwant Singh.
The state’s richest candidate and AAP nominee Kulwant Singh defeated three-time MLA Sidhu by 34,097 votes. Kulwant Singh polled 77,134 votes, while Sidhu bagged 43,037 votes.
In Kharar, first-time candidate Anmol Gagan Mann of the AAP won the seat by 37,885 votes. The Punjabi singer secured 78,273 votes and Ranjeet Singh Gill of the SAD got 40,388 votes. Congress candidate Vijay Sharma Tinku polled only 25,291 votes. The seat was being keenly watched, it being the hometown of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi.
In Dera Bassi, Kuljeet Singh Randhawa of the AAP defeated former Congress MLA Deepinder Singh Dhillon by 21,610 votes. Randhawa, who joined the AAP from the Congress two years ago, bagged 69,870 votes and Dhillon polled 48,260 votes. Sitting MLA and local real estate baron NK Sharma of the SAD bagged the third position by securing 47,678 votes.
The counting started at two centres in Sector 78, Mohali, at 8am. For Mohali segment, the counting was done in 20 rounds and for Kharar and Dera Bassi in 23 each.
{{/usCountry}}The counting started at two centres in Sector 78, Mohali, at 8am. For Mohali segment, the counting was done in 20 rounds and for Kharar and Dera Bassi in 23 each.
{{/usCountry}}Mohali district recorded 66.72% polling on February 20. Dera Bassi saw the highest turnout of 69.25%, followed by Kharar with 66.17% turnout and Mohali 64.76%. As many as 40 candidates were in the fray from all three assemblies.