The Punjab Assembly poll results on Friday brought a mixed bag of joy and sorrow for some prominent politicos. While some of them managed to retain their strongholds others faced people's ire through the ballot.

The outgoing chief minister Parkash Singh Badal defeated Congress chief ministerial candidate Captain Amarinder Singh with a margin of 22,770 votes. However, Captain Amarinder, who also celebrated his 75th birthday on Saturday, retained his home turf Patiala Assembly seat after defeating Aam Adami Party (AAP) candidate Dr Balbir Singh in a one sided tussle. Captain Amarinder won the seat with a margin of 52, 407 votes. Also, Cricketer-turned-politician, Navjot Singh Sidhu, who joined Congress just few days before Assembly polls, defeated his Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) counterpart, Rajesh Kumar Honey with a massive margin of 42,809 votes from the Amritsar east seat.

Punjab's deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal won from Jalalabad seat. He defeated, stand-up-comedian-turned-politician and AAP candidate Bhagwant Mann by a margin of 18,500 votes. Likewise, SAD candidate Bikram Singh Majithia won the Majitha seat by defeating his nearest rival, Congress candidate Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lally by 22,884 votes. On the other hand, a Congress heavyweight and former Punjab chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal lost to SAD candidate and cabinet minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa with 26,815 votes from the Lehra Assembly seat. Congress leader of opposition in the Assembly, Charanjit Singh Channi has defeated AAP candidate Charanjit Singh with 12,308 votes from Chamkaur Sahib Assembly seat. Another Congress heavyweight Manpreet Singh Badal won from the Bathinda Urban seat, defeating AAP candidate Deepak Bansal by 18,480 votes. 

Congress candidate and former Indian Hockey captain Pargat Singh retained his Jalandhar Cantt seat by defeating Akali candidate Sarabjit Singh Makkar by 29,124 votes. Punjab cabinet minister Anil Joshi lost his Amritsar north seat to Congress party's Sunil Dutti by 6,497 votes. AAP candidate and noted Supreme Court lawyer H S Phoolka won from Dakha seat, defeating his nearest rival Akali candidate Manpreer Singh Ayali by 4,169 votes. From Abohar constituency, Congress heavyweight Sunil Jakhar lost to BJP candidate Arun Narang by 3,279 votes. Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) leaders, Balwinder Singh Bains and Simarjit Singh Bains, famously known as Bains brothers also have won from two different seats in Ludhiana. Sucha Singh Chhotepur, founder of Apna Punjab Party (APP) lost his Gurdaspur seat to Congress candidate. Punjab AAP convener Gurpreet Singh Waraich has also lost his Batala seat.