Badal defeats Amarinder in Lambi; Amarinder triumphs in Patiala

Chandigarh March 11 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday defeated Amarinder Singh in the Lambi assembly seat by a margin of over 22 000 votes. But Amarinder Singh won the Patiala-Urban seat comfortably.

Badal 89 won comfortably by a margin of 22 770 votes over the Congress party s Amarinder Singh who is set to be the new Chief Minister.

However Amarinder was the clear winner from his traditional assembly constituency of Patiala-Urban.

He won the Patiala seat by 52 407 votes defeating his Aam Aadmi Party rival Balbir Singh.

Gen J.J. Singh a former Army chief and ex-Governor of Arunachal Pradesh who was the Shiromani Akali Dal candidate from Patiala-Urban seat forfeited his security deposit in the election.

The ex-General polled only 11 677 votes compared to Amarinder s 72 586 votes.

--IANS
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