The bypolls to fill vacancies in 13 Assembly constituencies across seven states will be held on 10 July and the counting will be done on 13 July, announced the Election Commission of India on Monday.
“The Assembly seats going for bypolls are Rupauli (Bihar), Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala (all West Bengal), Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu), Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh), Badrinath and Manglaur (Uttarakhand), Jalandhar West (Punjab) and Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh),” the Election Commission said in a statement.
The notification for the elections will be issued on 14 June and the last date for filing of nomination papers is 21 June.
The poll papers will be scrutinised on 24 June and the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is 26 June, the statement added.
The bypolls are to being held against vacancies created either due to deaths or resignation of incumbent members.
With inputs from agencies
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Bypolls in 13 Assembly seats across seven states on 10 July, counting of votes on 13 July: EC
