Ludhiana West by Election: Voters in queue at Government High School at Haibowal Kalan in Ludhiana on Thursday. (Express Photo: Gurmeet Singh)Election Commission of India (ECI) Ludhiana, Kaliganj, Visavadar, Kadi, Nilambur by poll Results 2025 LIVE Updates: The results of by-elections to five assembly seats in Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, and Punjab are to be declared today. The counting of votes for the bypolls, which took place on June 19 (Thursday), will start at 8 am. Voting was largely peaceful in most states, barring a few scattered incidents.Which constituencies went to bypolls and why? In Gujarat, the Visavadar seat went to the polls after sitting AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani joined the ruling BJP and recorded 56.89% voter turnout. Meanwhile, a bypoll was necessitated in Gujarat’s Kadi after the death of BJP MLA Karshan Solanki and garnered 57.90% turnout. Kerala’s Nilambur registered a 73.26% voter turnout in the bypoll that was triggered by the resignation of CPI(M)-backed Independent legislator P. V. Anvar. West Bengal recorded 69.85% voting percentage in the Kaliganj seat which went for bypolls after the death of TMC leader Nasiruddin Ahmed. Meanwhile, 51.33% voters turned up to vote in Punjab’s Ludhiana West constituency, where bypolls were necessitated after AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi’s death.Who were the candidates in fray? In Gujarat’s Kadi, the BJP fielded Rajendra Chavda, and Congress picked Ramesh Chavda, a former MLA from the same seat. AAP nominated Jagdish Chavda. In Visavadar, the BJP fielded former Junagadh district president Kirit Patel against AAP’s Gopal Italia and Congress’s Nitin Ranpariya. The key contenders in West Bengal’s Kaliganj were Congress candidate Kabil Uddin Sheikh, backed by the Left Front, TMC’s Alifa Ahmed, and BJP’s Ashish Ghosh. Meanwhile, the ruling LDF in Kerala picked M Swaraj for Nilambur bypolls, whereas Aryadan Shoukath (Congress-led UDF), TMC’s P V Anvar, and Mohan George of the BJP-led NDA were the others in the fray. Ludhiana West bypoll saw a four-cornered battle among Sanjeev Arora from the AAP, Bharat Bhushan Ashu from Congress, Jiwan Gupta from the BJP and Parupkar Singh Ghumman from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).Live Updates© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Political PulseWest Bengal