Voting commenced at all polling stations at 7 am and will run until 6 pm, with the vote counting scheduled for June 23. To escape the anticipated heat later in the day, some voters arrived at the booths early in the morning. In this bypoll, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has nominated Sanjeev Arora, a 61-year-old Rajya Sabha member and industrialist from Ludhiana, who is also recognized for his contributions to social welfare. The Congress party has put forward Bharat Bhushan Ashu, a former minister and the working president of Punjab Congress, who has previously held the MLA position for this constituency in both 2012 and 2017. Ashu faced defeat in the 2022 Assembly elections, losing to his opponent Gogi by a margin of 7,512 votes. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has selected Jiwan Gupta, a senior party leader and member of the Punjab BJP’s core committee, who has previously served as the state general secretary. Additionally, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has chosen Parupkar Singh Ghuman, a lawyer and former president of the Ludhiana Bar Association, as its candidate. In total, there are 14 candidates contesting in this election, with 175,469 eligible voters ready to cast their ballots.
Voter turnout in the Ludhiana West bypoll reached 21.51% by 11 AM.
