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NEW DELHI, (IANS): The
Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday fixed November 11 as the date for
by-elections in eight Assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan,
Jharkhand, Telangana, Punjab, Mizoram and Odisha. The results will be declared
on November 14.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the by-election will be held
on Assembly Constituencies (ACs) Budgam and Nagrota. The Badgam seat fell
vacant following the resignation of Omar Abdullah and the Nagrota bye-election
was necessitated by the death of Devender Singh Rana.
The bye-election in Rajasthan’s Anta seat will be
held due to the disqualification of KanwarlalMeena.
In Jharkhand, the bye-election on Ghatsila (ST)
seat was necessitated by the death of Ramdas Soren; in Telangana’s Jubilee
Hills due to death of MagantiGopinath; in Punjab’s Tarn Taran following the
death of Kashmir Singh Sohal; in Mizoram’s Dampa due to the death of
LalrintluangaSaila and in Odisha’s Nuapada due to the death of
RajendraDholakia.
A circular issued by ECI secretary Sanjeev Kumar
Prasad on Sunday said that the date of issue of Gazette Notification for
bye-elections in all the seven states will be October 13.
The last date for submitting nominations in Jammu
and Kashmir and Odisha will be October 20. The final date for filing nomination
papers in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Telangana, Punjab and Mizoram will be October
21.
The date for the scrutiny of nominations in Jammu
and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab and Telangana will be October
22. In Rajasthan, scrutiny of nominations will be done on October 23.
The ECI said the last date for withdrawal of
candidature in in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab and
Telangana will be October 24, while in Rajasthan it will be October 27.
The ECI said that the Commission has decided to
use EVMs and VVPATs in the by-election in all the polling stations. “Adequate
numbers of EVMs and VVPATs have been made available and all steps have been
taken to ensure that the poll is conducted smoothly with the help of these
machines,” said the circular.
The process of continuous updation of electoral
rolls will continue till the last date of filing nominations, with respect to
proximate qualifying date, in respect to applications received till 10 days
before last date of filing nomination, it said.
The ECI said both the Assembly constituencies of
Jammu and Kashmir, the Special Summary Revision (SSR) was completed with
qualifying date as April 1, 2025. The Final publication of Electoral Roll for
27-Budgam and 77-Nagrota was done on May 5, for 45-Ghatsila (ST) on September
29, for 21-Tarn Taran, 2-Dampa (ST) and 61-Jubilee Hills on September 30, for
193-Anta on October 1 and for 71-Naupada will be done on October 9.
The schedule for the bye-elections coincided with
the ECI announcement that Bihar Assembly elections will be held in two phases
on November 6 and 11, with the results being declared on November 14.
