BJP wins 6 seats , AAP gets 4 in Punjab

Updates: 10:10 pm: In Ludhiana, Congress's Ravneeet Singh Bittu defeated AAP's HS Phoolka by 19,709 votes.

9:42 pm: In Khadoor Sahib, SAD's Ranjit Singh Brahmpura defeated Congress's Harminder Singh Gill by 1,00,569 votes.

8:30 pm: BJP's Arun Jaitley losses to Congress leader Amarinder Singh in Amritsar by 1,02,770 votes.

7:28 pm: In Patiala, senior Congress leader Preneet Kaur was defeated by AAP's Dr Dharam Vira Gandhi by 20,942 votes.

7:19 pm: In Faridkot, AAP's Sadhu Singh defeated SAD's Paramjit Kaur Gulshan by 1,72,516 votes. In Fatehgarh Sahib, another AAP candidate Harinder Singh Khalsa defeated Congress's Sadhu Singh by 54,144 votes.

6:50 pm: Former Union Minister Ambika Soni is defeated by SAD's Prem Singh Chandumajra in Anandpur Sahib by 23,697 votes and in Gurdaspur, actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna defeated Congress's Pratap Singh Bajwa by 1,36,065 votes.

4:40 pm: The AAP wins three seats and leads in 1 seat.

12:45 pm: Congress' Amarinder Singh defeats senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by over 59,000 votes.

12:18 pm: In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party, senior party leader Arun Jaitley is trailing behind Congress's Captain Amarinder Singh from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat by over 55,00 votes.

11:38 am: Aam Aadmi Party wins its first Lok Sabha seat, Punjabi comedian Bhagwant Mann wins from Sangrur by over a lakh votes.

10:52 am: Congress candidate Manpreet Singh Badal leading over SAD's Harsimrat Kaur Badal in Bathinda.

10:13 am: The SAD is leading in 6 seats, Congress in 3 seats, BJP and AAP in 2 seats each.

9:26 am: Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh is leading in Amritsar. The Congress and AAP are leading in 4 seats each. The SAD is leading in 3 seats and the BJP in 2 seats.

9:22 am: AAP leader HS Phoolka trailing in Ludhiana.

9:13 am: The SAD is leading in 4 seats.

9:07 am: The AAP is leading in 4 seats. The SAD, Congress is leading on 3 seats each. The BJP is leading in 2 seats.

9:03 am: The AAP is leading in 3 seats and Congress in 1 seat.

8:51 am: The AAP is leading in 2 seats.

8:50 am: BJP leader Arun Jaitley is leading in Amritsar seat.

8:49 am: The BJP is leading in 2 seats and the AAP in one seat.

New Delhi: The counting begins for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab on Friday and all arrangements have been made for counting of votes registered in the EVMs. During the polling, 71 per cent of total 1.95 crore voters sealed the fate of 253 contestants, including 19 women for the 13 seats.

In Amritsar, there is a clash of titans between Congress' Amarinder Singh and BJP's Arun Jaitley while Bathinda also grabbed eyeballs as Congress candidate Manpreet Singh Badal is facing Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal's daughter-in-law and sitting MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Key candidates:

Captain Amarinder Singh Congress Amritsar

Arun Jaitley BJP Amritsar

Manpreet Singh Badal Congress Bathinda

Harsimrat Kaur Badal SAD Bathinda

Partap Singh Bajwa Congress Gurdaspur

Vinod Khanna BJP Gurdaspur

Ambika Soni Congress Anandpur Sahib

HS Phoolka Ludhiana