Overview
- Voting opened June 19 in Ludhiana West, Kaliganj, Nilambur, Visavadar and Kadi constituencies with results due June 23, marking the first polls since the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s Operation Sindoor.
- In Ludhiana West, AAP’s Sanjeev Arora defends the seat against Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu, with BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal candidates also in the fray.
- Kaliganj presents a triangular contest among TMC’s Alifa Ahmed, BJP’s Ashis Ghosh and a joint Congress-Left nominee, with identity politics and national security narratives dominating the campaign.
- Kerala’s Nilambur has evolved into a four-way race between the Left Democratic Front, the United Democratic Front, the BJP and independent P.V. Anvar, positioning the seat as a bellwether for next year’s Assembly polls.
- Gujarat’s Visavadar and Kadi seats feature three-cornered fights among the BJP, Congress and AAP, highlighting shifting loyalties after recent defections and the growing role of new challengers.