The by-elections to four assembly seats were seen as a midterm litmus test for the AAP government in the state following its poor showing in the April-May parliamentary polls, where it won only three of the 13 Lok Sabha seats.

Pritpal Sharma, the AAP candidate who had unsuccessfully contested Gidderbaha in 2017, resigned from the party and switched to the BJP after Hardeep Singh Dimpy Dhillon was declared as the AAP candidate.

The Punjab bypolls have set the stage for a fierce political battle, with early results showing AAP leading in three constituencies while Congress maintains a slight edge in Barnala. Discover how these results could reshape Punjab's political landscape after the recent MLA vacancies.