The bypolls were necessitated after the incumbent legislators were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year.

The counting of votes is currently underway for four assembly seats in Punjab, with AAP ahead in three constituencies and Congress leading in one. Follow timesnownews.com for more updates.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) registered victory from Chabbewal, Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak seats while the Congress managed to win in Barnala segment in Punjab , showing trends in the counting of votes bypolls to four Assembly segments in the state on Saturday.

The vote counting for the by-polls to four assembly seats in Punjab started at 8 am today, November 23. Stay tuned to this live blog for latest updates.

AAP is leading in Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Gidderbaha while Congress is leading only on one seat in Barnala. The BJP is at third position in all four seats. Notably, Congress won in Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Gidderbaha in the 2022 Punjab elections and AAP won in Barnala.

The ruling BJP secured its hold over Uttar Pradesh with its candidates winning from two constituencies and leading in four of the nine seats that went to polls, while the Trinamool Congress maintained its foothold over West Bengal and the Congress in Karnataka,

In all four bypoll seats, the contest was primarily between the AAP and Congress, with the BJP trailing in third place in every seat

Ishank Kumar Chabbewal won the Chabbewal assembly seat in Punjab on Saturday, defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee Ranjit Kumar

In Dera Baba Nanak, AAP's Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon was leading by 1,044 votes against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Amrita Warring, the wife of Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring.

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.