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ECI Bypoll Election Results 2025: The bypolls in the five constituencies were held on June 19.
ECI Elections Results Highlights: AAP's Gopal Italia on Monday won from Gujarat's Visavadar assembly constituency, and his party also retained Punjab's Ludhiana West seat while the Congress-led UDF wrested Nilambur from the ruling LDF in Kerala, according to results of assembly bypolls in four states.
The ruling BJP in Gujarat retained the Kadi seat, while the Trinamool Congress maintained its hold on the Kaliganj assembly seat in West Bengal's Nadia district. The bypolls in the five constituencies were held on June 19.
Italia, the former president of the Gujarat unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), defeated his nearest rival, BJP candidate Kirit Patel, in Visavadar seat of Junagadh district by a margin of 17,554 votes, according to data shared by the Election Commission.
Despite its near-total dominance in the state, the BJP has not won the Visavadar seat since 2007. The seat fell vacant in December 2023 after the then AAP legislator Bhupendra Bhayani resigned and joined the ruling BJP. Punjab's ruling AAP retained the Ludhiana West Assembly seat with its candidate Sanjeev Arora defeating his nearest rival and Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu by a margin of 10,637 votes.
Results Highlights:
Shaktisinh Gohil, Gujarat Congress president, has resigned from the post, taking the moral responsibility for the defeat of party candidates in bypolls to Kadi and Visavadar assembly constituencies.
AAP's Gopal Italia has won from Gujarat's Visavadar assembly constituency, and his party also retained Punjab's Ludhiana West seat. Congress-led UDF wrested Nilambur from the ruling LDF in Kerala, according to results of assembly bypolls in four states.
Punjab AAP in-charge, Manish Sisodia, says, "This is a matter of great joy for every worker of AAP that the party has won two seats in the by-elections. Both seats are very important...This boosts the morale of AAP workers in Punjab. People of Punjab have given their stamp of approval on the works done by the Bhagwant Mann government. They are happy with the work being done. It was being discussed in Punjab that these are semi-finals. We have won the semi-final, it is now time for final. Gujarat too was very important for us. Gopal Italia is a sharp leader, to raise the issues of Gujarat and raise the voices of all those people whose voices were always suppressed - he will emerge as a strong voice..."
#WATCH | Mahesana, Gujarat: BJP's Rajendra Chavda wins Kadi (Gujarat) Assembly by-election by a margin of 39,452 votes, garnering 99,742 votes in total. pic.twitter.com/dYN5dU32p4
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Final results by the Election Commission | AAP's Gopal Italia wins Visavadar (Gujarat) Assembly by-election by a margin of 17,554 votes; garnering 75,942 votes in total. pic.twitter.com/2ChkEsPLDf
— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2025
As per official trends by Election Commission, AAP's Gopal Italia leading over BJP's Kirit Patel by 391 votes in the second round of counting. Congress' Nitin Ranpariya trailing in the third position, reported ANI.