ECI Declares Byelections to 13 Assembly Seats in 7 States on July 10
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday announced by-elections to 13 assembly constituencies in seven states.
These bypolls are being held because of vacancies created either due to deaths or resignation of incumbent members. Four of them are in West Bengal.
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 notification for the by-elections will be issued on June 14. The last date for filing of nomination papers is June 21, the date of scrutiny of nomination papers is on June 24 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is June 26.
The bypolls will be held on July 10 and the counting of votes will be on July 13.
