Anantnag seat fell vacant after the death of the then state Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on January 7. (File photo)
New Delhi:
The Election Commission today postponed the Anantnag bypoll after the Jammu and Kashmir government said the law and order situation in the district was "not conducive".
In an official release, the Election Commission said the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir BR Sharma has apprised it that the law and order situation of Anantnag district "due to certain recent incidents is not conducive at the moment for the holding bye-election".
He requested the Election Commission to postpone the Anantnag bypoll, it said. Located in South Kashmir, Anantnag seat fell vacant after the death of the then state Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on January 7.
The Election Commission had announced bypoll to this seat along with eight other Assembly seats on May 16.
The Election Commission also postponed bypoll for Ghoradongari assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh due to Simhastha Mahakumbh beginning from April 22 as police personnel will be deployed to manage the religious congregation where nearly five crore people expected to participate.
In an official release, the Election Commission said the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir BR Sharma has apprised it that the law and order situation of Anantnag district "due to certain recent incidents is not conducive at the moment for the holding bye-election".
He requested the Election Commission to postpone the Anantnag bypoll, it said. Located in South Kashmir, Anantnag seat fell vacant after the death of the then state Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed on January 7.
The Election Commission had announced bypoll to this seat along with eight other Assembly seats on May 16.
The Election Commission also postponed bypoll for Ghoradongari assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh due to Simhastha Mahakumbh beginning from April 22 as police personnel will be deployed to manage the religious congregation where nearly five crore people expected to participate.
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