Congress won 1 seat, while BJP lost all 4. Both parties may see a leadership rejig in the state. The bypoll victory is expected to reassert Mann’s authority as AAP’s leader in Punjab.

The by-elections to four assembly seats were seen as a midterm litmus test for the AAP government in the state following its poor showing in the April-May parliamentary polls, where it won only three of the 13 Lok Sabha seats.

The AAP’s candidate Dr Ishank Kumar decisively defeated Congress’s Ranjit Kumar by a margin of 28,690 votes. Dr Ishank secured 51,904 votes, compared to Ranjit’s 23,214 votes, while BJP candidate Sohan Singh Thandal managed only 8,692 votes.

With his party winning 3 of the 4 Assembly seats in Punjab where bypolls were held,senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha has said the results are a stamp of approval for the Bhagwant Mann government under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal.

Gidderbaha, which five-time Punjab chief minister late Parkash Singh Badal represented for a record five terms from 1969-1985 and later went to his nephew Manpreet Singh Badal from 1995-2007, is considered an Akali bastion.

Kejriwal termed AAP's victory in three out of four seats in the Punjab bypolls as a "semi-final" for upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday termed his party's win in three out of four seats in the Punjab bypolls a "semi-final", asserting that the party is on course for another historic mandate in Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured victories in three out of four assembly by-elections in Punjab, strengthening its hold in the state. The Congress managed to win one seat, while the BJP failed to secure any.

Punjab's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured victory in three out of four assembly constituencies during the recent by elections. AAP's wins in Chabb