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Voting has started on Thursday in 5 assembly seats in 4 states of the country. These include 2 seats in Gujarat, Punjab-Kerala and one each in West Bengal. The result will come on 23 June. These seats will be voting from 7 am to 6 pm.
Gujarat and Punjab have a triangular contest between Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In Bengal, the Congress-left is contesting elections together. At the same time, Kerala is in the field against each other.
| State | Assembly seat |
| Gujarat | Strict and Visavadar |
| Punjab | Ludhiana West |
| West Bengal | Kaliganj |
| Kerala | Neelambur |
Causes of by -election in assembly seats
1. Gujarat: 2 seats
- link: BJP MLA Karsanbhai Punjabbhai Solanki died in February this year, due to which this seat was vacant.
- Visavadar: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai Bhaiyi resigned from the post of 13 December 2023. He joined BJP. Since then this seat is vacant. In the year 2022, BJP’s defeated candidate Harshad Rebadia challenged Bhaiyi’s victory in the Gujarat High Court. Harshad withdrew his petition in March, after which the by -election was cleared. AAP has nominated Gopal Italia as a candidate in the by -election. Congress and AAP are in alliance. Kirit Patel is a candidate from BJP.
2. Punjab: One seat
- Ludhiana West: AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi died in January this year. Since then, this seat is vacant. A total of 14 candidates are contesting this seat. AAP has nominated Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora. He is a Rajya Sabha MP since 2022. The Congress has fielded its former minister and executive president of Punjab Congress Bharat Bhushan Ashu. Ashu has been the Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in the earlier Congress government. BJP has nominated Jeevan Gupta as a candidate. He is a member of the core committee of Punjab BJP. He has previously been the state general secretary of the party.
3. West Bengal: One seat
- Kaliganj: TMC MLA Naseeruddin Ahmed died of heart attack on 2 February 2025. Since then this seat is vacant. TMC has declared Alifa Ahmed, daughter of Naseeruddin Ahmed as a candidate. The BJP has nominated local panchayat member and former divisional president Ashish Ghosh. The Congress has nominated Kaabil Uddin Sheikh. CPI (M) has supported Kaabil.
4. Kerala: One seat
- Nilambur: In 2021, PV as an independent candidate with the support of Leftist Democratic Front (LDF). Anwar was elected MLA. In September 2024, Anwar resigned on 13 January 2025 due to differences between Kerala CM Vijayan and LDF. He then joined the TMC. PV from TMC in the by -election Anwar, Aryan Shaukat from Congress, M. Swaraj from CPI (M) and Michael George from BJP are candidates.
Current government status in states
Gujarat: There is a BJP government here. Bhupendra Patel is CM. The total assembly seats are 182. BJP has 161 MLAs, Congress has 12 and AAP has four. While one seat is with Samajwadi Party and two independents.
West Bengal: The state has a Trinamool Congress government. Mamta Banerjee is CM. The total assembly has 294 seats. TMC has 215 MLAs. BJP has 77 seats. There is no Congress MLA.
Punjab: There is a government of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) here. Bhagwant Maan is CM. The total assembly seats are 117. AAP has 91 seats. Congress has 18 seats, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has 3 seats, BSP 1 and BJP has 2 seats. An MLA is an independent.
Kerala: There is a government of Left Democratic Funt (LDF). Pinarayi Vijayan is CM. The total assembly seats are 140. LDF has 98 seats. The United Democratic Front (UDF) has 41 seats.
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