Vote Counting Commences for Assembly Bye-Elections in Multiple States

Vote Counting Underway for Bye-Elections

The counting of votes for assembly bye-elections across five constituencies in four different states commenced on Monday. These elections took place on June 19.

In the Nilambur constituency of Kerala, Aryadan Shoukath from the Congress party is currently leading against M Swaraj of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 11,077 votes.

Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is showing strong performance in Punjab's Ludhiana West and Gujarat's Visavadar seats. In Ludhiana West, AAP's Sanjeev Arora is ahead of Congress's Bharat Bhushan Ashu by 6,022 votes, while in Visavadar, AAP candidate Gopal Italia leads against Kirit Patel from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 17,554 votes.

In West Bengal's Kaliganj seat, Alifa Ahmed from the Trinamool Congress is leading over BJP's Ashish Ghosh by 26,494 votes. Additionally, in Gujarat's Kadi constituency, BJP's Rajendrakumar Chavda is ahead of Congress's Rameshbhai Chavda by 38,624 votes.

The Visavadar seat became vacant after AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani switched to the ruling BJP. The candidates contesting from Visavadar include AAP's Gopal Italia, BJP's Kirit Patel, and Congress's Nitin Ranpariya.

The bye-election in Kadi was called following the passing of BJP MLA Karshan Solanki, with AAP's Jagdish Chavda, Congress's Ramesh Chavda, and BJP's Rajendra Chavda vying for the seat.

In Kerala, the bye-poll in Nilambur was prompted by the resignation of independent legislator PV Anvar, who was backed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

In West Bengal, the Kaliganj bye-poll was necessitated by the death of Trinamool leader Nasiruddin Ahmed.

In Punjab, the bye-election for Ludhiana West was triggered by the demise of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi, leading to a competitive four-way race involving Sanjeev Arora from AAP, Bharat Bhushan Ashu from Congress, Jiwn Gupta from BJP, and Parupkar Singh Ghumman from the Shiromani Akali Dal.