Elections for seven vacant Assembly seats in six states will be held in November, according to a Monday announcement from the Election Commission.
The Commission said that voting will take place on November 3 and that results would be tallied on November 6.
Andheri East in Maharashtra, Mokama and Gopalganj in Bihar, Adampur in Haryana, Munogode in Telangana, Gola Gokrannath in Uttar Pradesh, and Dhamnagar in Odisha will all hold byelections.
The deadline for nominations is October 14, and notice of the by-elections will be released on Friday. The poll panel said on Monday that the deadlines for withdrawing from the election were October 15 and October 17, respectively.
The byelections will be conducted using the electoral rolls as of January 1, 2022.
According to the Election Commission, there are a sufficient number of EVM and VVPAT machines available, and every precaution has been taken to ensure that the polls are conducted efficiently with the aid of these devices.
Prasanta Patnaik