Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) leader Simranjit Singh Mann sent shockwaves running down the Aap Aadmi Party leadership in Punjab after it scored a victory in the election to the bypoll to the Sangrur Lok Sabha seat, defeating AAP on its home turf just three months after the latter registered a landslide victory in the assembly elections. Mann won after defeating his closest rival, AAP candidate Gurmail Singh by a margin of 5,822 votes.