LIVE Results: AAP bags Visavadar, Ludhiana; Congress wins Nilambur, BJP retains Kadi, TMC takes Kaliganj

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: With results now declared for all five assembly bypolls held across four states, the Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the biggest gainer, securing victories in Ludhiana West (Punjab) and Visavadar (Gujarat). The Congress won the Nilambur seat in Kerala, while the BJP retained its stronghold in Kadi, Gujarat. The Trinamool Congress registered a decisive victory in Kaliganj, West Bengal.

Reacting to the outcome, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said the results showed that Gujarat is turning away from both the BJP and Congress and placing its trust in the Aam Aadmi Party. Meanwhile, Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil resigned from his post, taking moral responsibility for the party’s poor performance in both Kadi and Visavadar, stating that the results were “not as expected.”

With the Election Commission officially concluding the vote count, the bypolls have delivered a mixed verdict for national and regional parties—offering both reflection and realignment ahead of the 2027 state elections.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: Amid counting of votes for the bypoll to Kaliganj assembly seat on Monday, a thirteen-year-old girl was killed in a bomb explosion in the village in West Bengal's Nadia district, police said. Read more here

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: Trinamool Congress candidate Alifa Ahmed won the bypolls to the Kaliganj Assembly seat by a landslide margin of 50,049 votes over her nearest BJP rival Ashish Ghosh, bettering the 2021 winning margin of her father Nasiruddin Ahmed, whose demise in February this year necessitated the elections to the seat in West Bengal's Nadia district, ECI website said on Monday.

After the final 23rd round of counting, Alifa bagged 1,02,759 votes compared to Ghosh who finished the race with 52,710 votes, according to figures posted by the Commission on its website.

The Left-supported Congress candidate Kabil Uddin Shaikh came in third with 28,348 votes.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: After the party’s defeat in the Kadi and Visavadar assembly bypolls, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil has stepped down, taking responsibility for the loss.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: Reacting to the Trinamool Congress' victory in the Kaliganj assembly bypoll, Union minister and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar said the result was along expected lines due to the constituency’s demographic composition.

“There are more Muslim voters in the Kaliganj assembly constituency… The TMC was also leading in the previous elections and in the 2024 elections as well,” Majumdar said. “It is obvious that the TMC would win. It is a Muslim-majority and Hindu-minority seat," he added.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the people of Gujarat are fed up with the BJP and have also rejected the Congress, citing the bypoll results as clear proof of shifting public sentiment.

His remarks came after AAP leader Gopal Italia won the Visavadar seat in Gujarat, while the BJP retained the Kadi seat with its candidate Rajendra Chavda emerging victorious, according to election officials.

In Punjab, AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora appeared set to win the Ludhiana West Assembly seat, leading by over 7,000 votes against Congress rival Bharat Bhushan Ashu, as per early counting trends.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: In a high-stakes by-election, the opposition Congress-led UDF on Monday snatched the Nilambur Assembly seat from the ruling LDF, defeating the CPI(M) by a margin of 11,077 votes—a significant setback for the Left alliance ahead of next year’s state election.

Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath triumphed over CPI(M) state secretariat member M Swaraj after a spirited and intense campaign marked by sharp exchanges between both sides.

This marks the fourth bypoll defeat for the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front during the second term of the Pinarayi Vijayan government. The LDF had earlier lost in Puthuppally, Palakkad, and Thrikkakara constituencies.

Reacting to the result, the CPI(M) said it accepts the people’s verdict.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: As AAP’s Gopal Italia clinched victory in the Visavadar Assembly by-election with a margin of 17,554 votes, Gujarat AAP leader Anup Sharma said the result reflects growing public disillusionment with the BJP’s promises.

“All the false promises made by them have been exposed. Gopal Italia did not win alone—every member of the Aam Aadmi Party is feeling this victory,” Sharma said.

Referring to the counting process earlier in the day, he added, “In the 13th round, the lead was 9,648. We knew it would increase—and it did.”

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: Gujarat AAP president Isudan Gadhvi on Monday said that the Aam Aadmi Party is the only force capable of defeating the BJP in the state, following Gopal Italia’s victory in the Visavadar bypoll. 

“If there is anyone who can defeat the BJP, it is AAP. A foundation has been laid today, and AAP is going to form the government in 2027,” Gadhvi said.

Calling the win a mandate from the people, he added, “This is a victory of the people of Visavadar of farmers, labourers, and unemployed youth. It is a victory for all of Gujarat.”

Taking a swipe at the BJP, Gadhvi said, “The BJP is not popular here. It engages in political poaching using money and power. They poached one of our leaders, but the people gave that seat back to AAP. This proves it is not the Congress, but AAP, that can take on the BJP in Gujarat.”

He congratulated Gopal Italia and AAP workers across the state, saying this victory has sent a strong message ahead of 2027.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) secured major victories in two crucial by-elections on Monday, with Sanjeev Arora winning the Ludhiana West assembly seat in Punjab and Gopal Italia emerging victorious in Gujarat’s Visavadar constituency.

Reacting to the twin wins, Punjab Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, “I would like to thank all voters in Ludhiana for the Ludhiana victory. Congratulations to all leaders of the party—national convener Arvind Kejriwal, CM Bhagwant Mann, Sanjeev Arora, and all party workers. This is a victory of the party, of the government, of our work, of our policies. I believe AAP will once again form the government in Punjab in 2027.”

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora has won the Ludhiana West byelection by over 10,000 votes against Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: AAP has won the Visavadar assembly seat, while the BJP has retained Kadi assembly seat in Gujarat, election official said.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: In a significant blow to the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala, UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath of Congress defeated LDF's M Swaraj of CPI(M) by a margin of 11,077 votes in the Nilambur assembly by-election.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: The Congress workers celebrate in Malappuram as UDF-Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath won the Nilambur Assembly by-elections.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: Congress candidate Aryadan Shoukath has won the Nilambur assembly bypoll in Kerala. After winning the Nilambur seat, Shoukath said, "This victory is really against the state government. I already said that there is an anti-incumbency. For the past years, Nilambur has been suffering from negligence by the state government. This victory is against Left Government. People of Kerala are suffering and this is the reflection of their sentiment."

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: In West Bengal, the ruling TMC is leading by 31,154 votes in the by-election to the Kaliganj assembly seat in Nadia district. 

After 12 rounds of counting, TMC candidate Alifa Ahamed secured 56,566 votes, while her nearest rival BJP nominee Ashis Ghosh received 25,412, the election commission website showed.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: In the Nilambur seat in Kerala, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government received a setback as Congress-led UDF candidate Aryadan Shoukath is leading in the seat by a margin of 11,077 votes. 

By the end of the final round of counting, Election Commission figures showed Shoukath receiving 77,737 votes and CPI(M)'s M Swaraj getting 66,660 votes.

Shoukath is the son of the late Congress stalwart Aryadan Muhammed, while Swaraj is a state secretariat member of the CPI(M).

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading in Punjab's Ludhiana West and in Gujarat's Visavadar seats, while the Congress-led UDF is heading towards victory rivals in Kerala's Nilambur.

The Trinamool Congress is leading in in West Bengal's Kaliganj, as per the latest trends available for bypolls. The BJP was ahead in Gujarat's Kadi seat.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: In Visavadar seat of Gujarat, AAP candidate Gopal Italia is leading over BJP's Kirit Patel after 21 rounds of counting, as per latest official trends by Election Commission. 

Italia is leading with a margin of 17,554 votes against the BJP candidate. Congress's Nitin Ranpariya trailing in a distant third position.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: BJP candidate Rajendra Chavda continues his lead over Congress' Ramesh Chavda with a margin of 38,035 votes in Kadi seat in Gujarat. AAP's Jagdish Chavda is trailing at the third position.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: As per the latest trends by Election Commission website, AAP's Sanjeev Arora is leading against Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu in Ludhiana West by a margin of 6,022 votes after 10 rounds of counting. BJP's Jiwan Gupta trailing in third position.

Assembly bypoll Result 2025 LIVE updates: TMC's Alifa Ahmed continues her lead over BJP's Ashish Ghosh with a margin of 26,494 votes in Kaliganj in West Bengal. Congress candidate Kabil Uddin Shaikh trailing in third position.