Ludhiana West assembly bypoll sees 49.07% voter turnout

Only 49.07 percent voting was recorded in the Ludhiana West assembly seat of Punjab till 5 pm. This seat was won by Aam Aadmi Party's Gurpreet Gogi in 2022. However, he died some time ago, after which the by-election has been held here.

Aam Aadmi Party has made Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora its candidate from here, there is talk that if he wins from here, Arvind Kejriwal can go to Rajya Sabha in his place.

Former minister Bharat Bhushan is the candidate from Congress, who was the MLA from Ludhiana West in 2012 and 2017. Advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman is contesting the election from Shiromani Akali Dal. BJP has given ticket to Jeevan Gupta, who has an RSS background, here.