AAP candidate Sanjeev Arora was leading with margin of 4,751 votes against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Bharat Bhushan Ashu from the Ludhiana West Assembly seat in Punjab on Monday, according to initial trends. After nine rounds of counting, Arora had polled 21,981 votes and Ashu 17,448. BJP candidate Jiwan Gupta was in the third spot with 13,856 votes.