Ludhiana: AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora was leading with a margin of 4,751 votes against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Bharat Bhushan Ashu from the Ludhiana West Assembly seat in Punjab on Monday, according to initial trends.
After nine rounds of counting, Arora had polled 21,981 votes and Ashu 17,448.
BJP candidate Jiwan Gupta, who was ahead of Ashu in the third round, slipped to the third spot with 13,856 votes. Shiromani Akali Dal nominee Parupkar Singh Ghuman was fourth with 4,774 votes.
There were 14 candidates in the fray. The counting of votes for the June 19 bypoll began at 8 am at a centre set up at Khalsa College for Women here.
The bypoll was necessitated following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January.
A voter turnout of 51.33 per cent was recorded in the bypoll, a sharp drop from the 64 per cent voting registered in the 2022 state polls.
June 23, 2025 12:39 pm
After the ninth round of counting, AAP’s Sanjeev Arora widened his lead to 4,751 votes, maintaining a strong hold on the race. The updated vote tally is as follows: AAP – Sanjeev Arora 21,981; Congress – Bharat Bhushan Ashu 17,448; BJP – Jiwan Gupta 13,856; SAD- Parupkar Ghuman 4,774
June 23, 2025 12:24 pm
June 23, 2025 11:59 am
After the seventh round of counting, AAP’s Sanjeev Arora extended his lead to 3,272 votes, securing a total of 17,358 votes. Congress – Bharat Bhushan Ashu 14,086; BJP – Jiwan Gupta 11,839; SAD – Parupkar Ghuman 3,705
June 23, 2025 11:39 am
June 23, 2025 11:07 am
After five rounds of counting, AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora continues to lead with 12,320 votes. He maintains a margin of 2,504 votes over Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who has secured 9,816 votes. BJP’s Jiwan Gupta follows closely with 8,831 votes, while SAD’s Parupkar Singh Ghuman has received 2,959 votes.
June 23, 2025 10:42 am
AAP – Sanjeev Arora 10,265; Congress – Bharat Bhushan Ashu 7,421; BJP – Jiwan Gupta 7,193; SAD – Parupkar Singh Ghuman: 2,718
June 23, 2025 10:18 am
AAP - 8,277; BJP - 5,217; Congress - 5,094; SAD - 2,575
June 23, 2025 9:56 am
AFTER SECOND ROUND: AAP - Sanjeev Arora 5,854; Congress - Bharat Bhushan Ashu 3,372; BJP - Jiwan Gupta 2,796; SAD - Parupkar Ghuman 1,764
June 23, 2025 9:47 am
In the second round of counting, AAP's Sanjeev Arora continues to lead with 2,959 votes. Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu trails with 1,746 votes, while BJP’s Jiwan Gupta follows closely with 1,619 votes. SAD’s Parupkar Singh Ghuman has so far secured 1,061 votes. Arora’s lead over Ashu now stands at 1,213 votes—slightly narrower than the 1,269-vote margin in the first round.
June 23, 2025 9:22 am
In the first round of counting, AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora has taken an early lead with 2,895 votes. He is ahead of Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who has secured 1,626 votes—a margin of 1,269 votes. BJP’s Jiwan Gupta is in third place with 1,177 votes, followed by SAD’s Parupkar Singh Ghuman, who has received 703 votes.
June 23, 2025 8:13 am
Barricading has been put in place on the connecting roads near the college to regulate movement and ensure security. Voting trends are expected to begin emerging about an hour. A total of about 90,000 votes were polled on June 19. The AAP fielded Sanjeev Arora, a Rajya Sabha member and a Ludhiana-based industrialist for the bypoll. On the other hand, the opposition Congress placed its bet on former minister and Punjab Congress working president Bharat Bhushan Ashu. The BJP fielded senior leader Jiwan Gupta, a member of the core committee of the party's Punjab unit, while the SAD named Parupkar Singh Ghuman, a lawyer and the former president of Ludhiana Bar Association, as its candidate.
June 23, 2025 8:04 am
The polling staff and other officials on duty arrived at the venue as early as 6 am. The district administration has deployed a large contingent of police and armed forces at the counting centre to ensure transparency and maintain a peaceful atmosphere.
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