Will the Congress-AAP contest prediction turn out to be true?
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Punjab has 117 assembly seats and to form a government a party needs to win 59 seats.
Congress in the lead in early trends.
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Exit polls predict Akali Dal-BJP rout in Punjab
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LIVE UPDATES: PUNJAB - COUNTING DAY
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11.12 AM | Congress candidate and former hockey captain Pargat Singh leading by 9112 in Jalandhar Cantt over SAD.
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10.45 AM |
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10.21 AM | Navjot Sidhu is leading by 6,000 votes in Amritsar East.
SAD's Bikram Singh Majithia leading from Majitha by 6549 votes |
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10.13 AM | Election commission update on trends (115/117) Cong 61 SAD-BJP 31 AAP 22 Oth 1
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09.48 AM | AAP's Gurpreet Singh Ghughi is leading from Batala
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09.46 AM | "Punjab and Goa could be a great learning experience on what went wrong. But the clear advantage would be that after the BJP, Congress we would be a party with a footprint in more than 2 states," says AAP's Somnath Bharti
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09.42 AM | According to Election Commission, AAP leading in Bhadaur, Budhlada, Bathinda Urban, Dhuri and Dirba, Nawanshahr and Nihal Singhwala, Roopnagar Congress leading in Khadoor Sahib. SAD leading in Lambi, Majitha & Moga
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09.36 AM | "We are new to politics, we don't understand numbers very much. We believe in hard work, hard work for people, hard work in the assembly. I still believe the trends will reverse by 10:30 am," says AAP's Somnath Bharti on Punjab leads.
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09.31 AM | Exit polls are proving to be right. Based on the leads right now, Congress is winning Punjab. AAP is second.
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09.17 AM | Lambi: Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal is ahead of Captain Amarinder Singh (Congress) by a margin of 1,245 votes
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09.04 AM | Congress leading after an hour of counting
Punjab Deputy CM & Akali President Sukhbir Singh Badal is trailing from Jalalabad seat. AAP lawmaker Bhagwant Mann is currently leading there.
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09.02 AM | Early trends in Punjab (38/117)
Congress 25
AAP+ 7
Akali+ 5
Others 1
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08.57 AM | Early trends in Punjab give Congress a big edge, leading in 15 out of 19. AAP and SAD way behind at 2 seats each.
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08.44 AM | Prakash Singh Badal is leading after the first round at Lambi. Captain Amarinder Singh is 2nd and AAP's Jarnail Singh third.
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08.37 AM | The early leads that are coming in are giving a mixed picture - 3 for Congress, 2 for AAP, 1 for SAD.
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08.14 AM | Captain Amarinder Singh turns 75 today! Will he get his birthday gift? Counting is taking place at 54 centres in 27 locations. Early trends are likely to emerge within the first couple of hours. Amarinder Singh is expected to go to Patiala only if he wins. He is contesting from two seats: Patiala and Lambi. |
08.03 AM | Counting of votes begin. Counting of postal votes starts. We will have leads coming in 10 minutes from now.
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07.32 AM | Good Morning! Who will form the next government in Punjab? The counting of votes is set to begin in less than 30 minutes.
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18.48 PM | If there is one thing that is certain ahead of counting in Punjab, it is that the ruling Akali-BJP combine are set for an almost total rout. But that is where the certainty ends. Even the poll of exit polls for the 117-member Punjab assembly predicted a too-close-to-call fight between Captain Amarinder Singh's Congress and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. The "satta" (betting) market though believes that new entrants AAP are set to clinch a clear majority. Try telling that to Captain Amarinder Singh. "From all the available information, the Congress is definitely forming the next government in Punjab. We should get around 65 seats," the ex-Chief Minister said. Come Saturday, the agricultural Malwa belt, the region south of the river Sutlej, that alone accounts for 69 seats, could hold the key in deciding if he is right or the bettors are.
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