<p>Ludhiana: 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 on Monday.</p><p>Arora secured 35,179 votes while Ashu got 24,542 votes, according to the Election Commission data.</p><p>BJP's Jiwan Gupta polled 20,323 votes while the Shiromani Akali Dal's nominee Parupkar Singh Ghuman got 8,203 votes.</p>.Gujarat bypolls: AAP's Gopal Italia wins from Visavadar.<p>The bypoll was necessitated following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January.</p><p>The counting of votes for the June 19 bypoll began at 8 am at a centre set up at the Khalsa College for Women here.</p><p>Following the AAP's victory, celebrations broke out at the residence of Arora and at the party office in Ludhiana.</p>
<p>Ludhiana: 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 on Monday.</p><p>Arora secured 35,179 votes while Ashu got 24,542 votes, according to the Election Commission data.</p><p>BJP's Jiwan Gupta polled 20,323 votes while the Shiromani Akali Dal's nominee Parupkar Singh Ghuman got 8,203 votes.</p>.Gujarat bypolls: AAP's Gopal Italia wins from Visavadar.<p>The bypoll was necessitated following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January.</p><p>The counting of votes for the June 19 bypoll began at 8 am at a centre set up at the Khalsa College for Women here.</p><p>Following the AAP's victory, celebrations broke out at the residence of Arora and at the party office in Ludhiana.</p>