As per the data of final results compiled by the Election Commission of India, out of 2,771 registered voters, 2,000 turned up to vote. Of them, 703 voted for the SAD, 604 voted for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party and only 495 voted for the Congress. The BJP polled 24 votes and gangster-turned-politician Lakha Sidhana got 84 votes. The BSP got 27 votes.

The polling in Punjab had taken place on June 1, two days after second death anniversary of Sidhu Moosewala, who was murdered in broad daylight on May 29 in 2022. The village had observed Moosewala’s anniversary in local gurdwara only two days prior to the elections. Before that, his father had held a small rally in the village seeking votes for the Congress.

Moosewala had contested February 2022 Assembly elections unsuccessfully on Congress ticket from Mansa Assembly segment. His father, Balkaur Singh, had been supporting the Congress and seeking a change in guard holding the incumbent government responsible for denying justice to his son.

His appeal, however, did not have much effect in the village. The village residents had already told The Indian Express ahead of elections that they loved the slain singer, but the choice of vote was personal.

In Bathinda LS constituency, the Congress had fielded former MLA Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, the AAP had fielded sitting Cabinet minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian. The village also followed the larger trend followed by the entire constituency.

While Moosa village humbled Balkaur Singh and Congress, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s native Satoj village gave AAP candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer an overwhelming majority.

In Satoj, the ruling AAP bagged 1,106 votes while SAD (Amritsar) chief Simranjeet Singh Mann was a runner-up by securing 286 votes. Placed third, the SAD got 71 votes, the Congress 59 votes and the BJP 41 votes.

Satoj falls in Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency, represented twice by CM Mann.

The village of former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal also voted for former SAD patriarch’s party and his daughter-in-law Harsimrat Kaur Badal. In Badal village, Harsimrat polled 1,160 votes, the Congress bagged 377 votes. The AAP secured 225, the BJP ’s tally was 44.