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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meethair leads from Sangrur by 50 thousand votes

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In the first trends of this time's election results, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair is leading.(Photo: Facebook/Meet Hayer)

The counting of Lok Sabha elections has started. Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar from Sangrur seat is the current Member of Parliament, who re-entered Parliament after defeating Aam Aadmi Party in the by-election in 2022.

In the first trends of this time's election results, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair is leading. The current MP Simranjit Singh Mann is running at number two and Congress candidate Sukhpal Khaira is running at number three.

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair ahead with 50 thousand votes

Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair (AAP) - 108764

Simranjit Singh Mann Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) - 50674

Sukhpal Singh Khaira Congress - 52405

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