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Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi leads from Patiala seat

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Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi of Congress is leading from Patiala with 1352 votes. He has received 95,889 votes so far.(Photo: Facebook/Dharam Vira Gandhi)

Counting of votes in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab is going on. In the initial trends, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi of Congress is leading from Patiala with 1352 votes. He has received 95,889 votes so far.

Dr. Balbir Singh from Aam Aadmi Party leads with 90,785 and Praneet Kaur from BJP has got 94,565 votes.

The main competition from here is among Praneet Kaur, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi and Dr. Balbir. This year 63.63 percent voting took place in this seat, which is 4.15 percent less than last time's 67.78 percent.

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