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Chandigarh: A voter turnout of over 36 percent was recorded till 1 pm on Wednesday in the bypolls to four assembly segments in Punjab where clashes were reported between AAP and Congress workers in Dera Baba Nanak segment.Officials said Gidderbaha seat recorded 50.09 percent polling, Dera Baba Nanak 39.4 percent, Barnala 28.1 percent and Chabbewal 27.95 percent. At Dera Pathana …

CHANDIGARH: A voter turnout of 63 per cent was recorded till 6 pm in the by-elections to four assembly segments in Punjab on Wednesday, according to Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C. These by-polls to the Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Barnala assembly segments were necessitated after the incumbent lawmakers were elected to the Lok Sabha. Of the four …

A delay in the movement of polled Electronic Voting Machines from the polling stations in the Gidderbaha assembly segment of the Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency resulted in machines from five assembly segments not being sealed in a strongroom till Sunday morning, prompting reactions from political parties. The supporters of Bahujan Samaj Party Gurbaksh Singh Chaouhan and independent Sarbjeet Singh Khalsa …

The Congress on Saturday named Gidderbaha MLA Amrinder Singh Raja Warring for Bathinda and sitting MP Sher Singh Ghubaya for Ferozepur parliamentary seats, ending the battle of wits with the Shiromani Akali Dal, which is yet to name its candidates for both the segments. From Ferozepur, the party has decided on Ghubaya, keeping in mind that Akali Dal president Sukhbir …