Punjab’s Tarn Taran bypoll results: SAD candidate Sukhwinder Kaur leads; AAP nominee trailing

The Tarn Taran bypoll was held as the Assembly seat fell vacant after the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June. Image for representation only

Counting of votes for Tarn Taran Assembly byelection in Punjab began on Friday morning (November 14, 2025).

As per initial trends, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Sukhwinder Kaur Randhawa was leading with Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Harmeet Singh Sandhu as her nearest rival.

Ms. Randhawa was leading with 5,843 votes as against the AAP nominee’s 4,363 votes.

In the second round of counting, SAD candidate Randhawa was leading by 1,480 votes.

Congress candidate Karanbir Singh Burj was at the third spot with 2,955 votes, and Independent candidate Mandeep Singh was at the fourth position with 1,889 votes.

BJP candidate was at the fifth spot with 435 votes.

The counting at Piddi’s International College of Nursing will be completed in 16 rounds. There were 15 candidates in the fray.

The polling was held on November 11, which saw a voter turnout of 60.95%.

The Tarn Taran Assembly seat fell vacant after the death of AAP MLA Kashmir Singh Sohal in June.

With PTI inputs

Published – November 14, 2025 09:31 am IST