By-election date announced: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday said by-elections for seven assembly constituencies in six states will be held on November 3, followed by counting of votes three days later. By-election date announced for 7 assembly constituencies of 6 states.
Of the seats for which by-polls will be held, two are in Bihar (Mokama, Gopalganj), and one each in Maharashtra (Andheri East), Haryana (Adampur), Telangana (Munugode), Uttar Pradesh (Gola Gokrannath), and Odisha (Dhamnagar). The exercise was necessitated due to vacancy on each seat.
Anant Kumar Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the then MLA from Mokama, was disqualified in July after his conviction in a case, while BJP’s Subhash Singh, who held the Gopalganj seat, passed away in August. Ramesh Latke, a representative for the Shiv Sena, passed away in May, leaving the Andheri East constituency without a representative.
The Adampur seat in Haryana became vacant as a result of Kuldeep Bishnoi’s resignation from the state assembly. As per the prder, the Commission has decided to use EVMS and VVPAT’s in the bye-elections in all the polling stations so the adequate numbers of EVMS and VVPAT’s have been made available and all steps have been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted smoothly with the help of these machines, order cited. Election Commission of India ECI announces bypolls in six states; Polling on Nov 3, results to be announced on Nov 6.
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