n the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress dealt a blow to the ruling AAP and the opposition BJP and SAD, winning seven of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the high-stakes polls in Punjab even as two independents registered a surprise victory.
The AAP could manage to win only three seats — Anandpur Sahib, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur — as against the target of winning all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the just-concluded general elections.
Replying to a question on the AAP’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Mann said that his party had won only one seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and its vote share was just 7.50%.
“This time, we won three seats. We wrested the Sangrur seat, which is our stronghold,” Mann told reporters in Mohali after offering prayers at a gurdwara on the occasion of the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan Dev. He said the AAP’s vote share also increased to 26% in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
