For Congress, which clinched seven out of the 13 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the defeats particularly in Gidderbaha and Dera Baba Nanak will sting the most as both the seats were represented by Congress heavyweights state unit chief and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and former deputy CM and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, respectively.
Gidderbaha, which five-time Punjab chief minister late Parkash Singh Badal represented for a record five terms from 1969-1985 and later went to his nephew Manpreet Singh Badal from 1995-2007, is considered an Akali bastion. But for the last three terms, the seat had gone to the Congress.
Gidderbaha saw heavy polling as recorded and as per fresh polling numbers released the constituency touched 80.91%, followed by Dera Baba Nanak 64.01%.