New Delhi:
By-elections to the Lok Sabha seats vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held on September 13, the Election Commission today announced.
By-election will also be held to the Medak Lok Sabha seat vacated by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao after he became the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
After becoming prime minister, Mr Modi retained Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and vacated from the seat of Vadodara in Gujarat. Similarly, Mr Yadav had vacated Mainpuri and retained Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Yadav and Mr Rao had resigned on May 26, while Mr Modi tendered his resignation on May 29. All the three resignations were accepted with effect from May 29.
The poll body also announced by-elections to 33 assembly seats vacated due to various reasons in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
Announcing the schedule, the Election Commission said that while the filing of nominations will start from August 20, the last date of filing nomination is August 27.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held the next day on August 28 and August 30 will be the last date of withdrawing from the electoral race.
The counting is scheduled to be held on September 16 and the entire exercise will be completed by September 19, a statement said.
However, the poll panel has not yet announced the by-election to the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra which fell vacant following the demise of Union Minister Gopinath Munde in a road mishap in New Delhi in June.
By-election will also be held to the Medak Lok Sabha seat vacated by Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao after he became the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
After becoming prime minister, Mr Modi retained Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and vacated from the seat of Vadodara in Gujarat. Similarly, Mr Yadav had vacated Mainpuri and retained Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr Yadav and Mr Rao had resigned on May 26, while Mr Modi tendered his resignation on May 29. All the three resignations were accepted with effect from May 29.
The poll body also announced by-elections to 33 assembly seats vacated due to various reasons in the states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
Announcing the schedule, the Election Commission said that while the filing of nominations will start from August 20, the last date of filing nomination is August 27.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held the next day on August 28 and August 30 will be the last date of withdrawing from the electoral race.
The counting is scheduled to be held on September 16 and the entire exercise will be completed by September 19, a statement said.
However, the poll panel has not yet announced the by-election to the Beed Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra which fell vacant following the demise of Union Minister Gopinath Munde in a road mishap in New Delhi in June.
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