The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday introduced that bypolls to the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant after the demise of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in October, will likely be held on December 5.
The Election Commission additionally introduced by-elections to 5 meeting seats — Padampur in Odisha, Sardarshahr in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh and Rampur in Uttar Pradesh — on December 5. The Rampur seat fell vacant on October 28 after Azam Khan, the then MLA of the Samajwadi Party. Was convicted of hate speech and sentenced to a few years in jail.
The counting of votes for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh meeting elections in addition to the six bypolls will likely be held on December 8. The bypolls will likely be held together with the second section of Gujarat elections.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
