New Delhi, June 19 -- Voting is underway for bypolls in five Assembly seats across Gujarat, Punjab, West Bengal, and Kerala since 7 AM on Thursday. Votes for all five seats will be counted on June 23.

The bypolls assume significance since both the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition INDIA bloc have fielded candidates for these seats.

Voting is underway for the bypolls to the Visavadar and Kadi assembly seats in Gujarat, where the BJP, Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have put up their candidates.

Election officials said polling commenced at 7 AM and will continue until 6 PM. The state government has declared a public holiday on Thursday in both constituencies for voting, said the office of Gujarat's Chief Electo...