Ludhiana, June 15 -- The Ludhiana West assembly segment, which goes to polls on June 19, has recorded an average voter turnout of 56.64 % in the past 10 elections since 1977. In the last three assembly polls - 2012, 2017 and 2022 - the voter turnout crossed the 60% mark, stopping just shy of 70% in 2012 and 2017 when Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who is back in the fray, won the seat. He also boasts of registering the biggest victory margin - 35,922 in 2012, and 36,521 in 2017.

Ashu had lost to Aam Aadmi Party's Gurpreet Gogi by 7,512 votes in 2022 when the segment saw 64.4% turnout. While Gogi secured 34.8% of votes, Ashu bagged 28.3%. The voter turnout went below 50% on two occasions - first in 1992 during the insurgency when...