Polling for the Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll in Punjab began Thursday morning here amid tight security arrangements. The polling began at 7 am and it will continue till 6 pm, said officials. The counting of votes will be held on June 23.

The Ludhiana West Assembly seat fell vacant following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January. The Ludhiana West segment is set to witness a multi-cornered contest with major political outfits -- the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal vying to outdo each other in the urban constituency.

Campaigning for the bypoll ended on Tuesday evening. There are a total of 14 candidates in the fray and 1,75,469 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise - 85,371 of them women and 10 belonging to the third gender. A total of 194 polling stations are there for the bypoll with 100 per cent live webcasting of polling stations, officials said.