AAP's Hardeep Singh Dhillon wins Punjab's Gidderbaha seat, defeats Congress' Amrita Warring

Chandigarh: AAP's Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon won the Gidderbaha assembly seat in Punjab, defeating the Congress' Amrita Warring by 21,969 votes, officials said on Saturday.

Dhillon secured 71,644 votes while Warring -- the wife of the Congress' Punjab chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring -- got 49,675. BJP candidate and former Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal secured 12,227 votes.

The Gidderbaha seat was vacated by Raja Warring after his election to the Lok Sabha from Ludhiana.

Raja Warring won the Gidderbaha seat in 2012, 2017 and 2022.

Bypolls to the Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and the Barnala seats were held on Wednesday. The bypolls were necessitated by the incumbent legislators' election to the Lok Sabha.