Nagaland assembly bypoll on Mar 8 : EC

New Delhi, Feb 7 (UNI) The Election Commission (EC) today announced that the byelection to fill one assembly seat in Nagaland will be held on March 8.

According to an EC release here today, election to the Dimapur-I assembly constituency had been necessitated following the death of Dr Hokishe Sema on January 31.

The notification for the election will be issued on February one, while the last date for filing nominations is February 19. The scrutiny of nominations will be made on February 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidates is February 22.

The polls will be held on March 8 and the counting of votes will be taken up on March 12 and the date before which the election should be completed was fixed at March 15, the release added.

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