Sangrur bypoll: SAD (Amritsar)'s Simranjit Mann deals heavy blow to AAP

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and candidate Simranjit Mann (77) won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat after nearly 23 years

SAD (Amritsar) Simranjit Singh Mann on Sunday won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, defeating his nearest rival, AAP's Gurmail Singh, by a margin of 5,822 votes and dealing a big blow to the ruling party in Punjab.

The AAP's failure to retain the seat, considered as its pocket borough as Bhagwant Mann had won it twice, comes just three months after it registered a resounding victory in the State Assembly polls.

This also comes at a time when the AAP is aggressively campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president and candidate Simranjit Mann (77) won the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat after nearly 23 years.

He polled 2,53,154 votes, while Gurmail Singh secured 2,47,332 votes, as per official figures.

Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Goldy, BJP's Kewal Dhillon and the SAD's Kamaldeep Kaur Rajoana were at the third, fourth and fifth spots respectively.

Mr. Goldy polled 79,668 votes, Mr. Dhillon 66,298 and Ms. Kaur 44,428, as per the poll result.