New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced to hold by-elections on 13 vacated assembly seats in Bihar (1), West Bengal (4), Tamil Nadu (1), Madhya Pradesh (1), Uttarakhand (2), Punjab (1), and Himachal Pradesh (3), on July 10. The counting of votes will be done on July 13.
Here’s the complete schedule for the assembly bypolls:
Issue of notification: June 14
Last date of filing nomination: June 21
Scrutiny of nomination: June 24
Last date of withdrawal of candidature: June 26
Date of poll: July 10
Results: July 13
List of constituencies which would undergo bypolls on July 10:
- Bihar: Rupauli seat due to resignation of Bima Bharti
- West Bengal: Raiganj seat due to resignation of Shri Krishna Kalyani
- West Bengal Ranaghat Dakshin seat due to Resignation of Dr. Mukut Mani Adhikari
- West Bengal: Bagda seat due to the resignation of Biswajit Das
- West Bengal: Maniktala seat due to the death of Sadhan Pandey
- Tamil Nadu: Vikravandi seat due to the death of Thiru. N. Pugazhenthi
- Madhya Pradesh: Amarwara seat due to the resignation of Shri Kamlesh Pratap Shah
- Uttarakhand: Badrinath seat due to the resignation of Shri Rajendra Singh Bhandari
- Uttarakhand: Manglaur seat due to the death of Shri Sarwat Karim Ansari
- Punjab Jalandhar West seat due to the resignation of Shri Sheetal Angura
- Himachal Pradesh: Dehra seat due to the resignation of Shri Hoshyar Singh
- Himachal Pradesh: Hamirpur seat due to the resignation of Shri Ashish Sharma
- Himachal Pradesh: Nalagarh seat due to the resignation of Shri K.L. Thakur
The bypolls will be held against vacancies created either due to the deaths or resignation of incumbent members.
The Election Commission further said that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the assembly constituency going for election is included, subject to provisions.
It further said the bypolls have to be completed before July 15.
