November 23, 2024 9:01 AM

Punjab bypolls: Counting of votes begins for four Assembly seats

Counting of ballots began on Saturday for the bypolls to the four Assembly seats of Punjab that saw 63.91 per cent polling on November 20 with 45 candidates, including three women, in the fray. The stakes are high for three major parties -- the BJP, Congress, and the ruling AAP. The four Assembly constituencies -- Gidderbaha, Barnala, Chabbewal and Dera Baba Nanak -- saw high-pitched and aggressive campaigning. The four seats -- three represented by the Congress and one by the Aam Aadmi Party ...