Bye-Election For 13 Assembly Seats In 7 States Announced: Check Polling & Counting Dates

Updated: Monday, June 10, 2024, 12:54 [IST]

A week after announcing the results of the Lok Sabha and assembly polls, the Election Commission of India on Monday announced the dates of polling and counting for by-elections in seven states.

The Election Commission of India has decided to hold bye-elections to fill vacancies in 13 Assembly Constituencies in Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh.

Bye-Election For 13 Assembly Seats In 7 States Announced Check Polling amp amp Counting Date

The elections will be conducted on July 10 and the counting will be done on July 10.

The by-polls are held for these constituencies: Rupauli in Bihar, Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda and Maniktala in West Bengal, Vikravandi in Tamil Nadu, Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh, Badrinath and Manglaur in Uttarakhand, Jalandhar West in Punjab and Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh.

S1.	Name of State	Assembly Constituency No. & Name	Reason for Vacancy
01.	Bihar	60-Rupauli	Resignation of Bima Bharti
02.	West Bengal	35-Raiganj	Resignation of Krishna Kalyani
03.	West Bengal	90-Ranaghat Dakshin (SC)	Resignation of Dr. Mukut Mani Adhikari
04.	West Bengal	94-Bagda (SC)	Resignation of Biswajit Das
05.	West Bengal	167-Maniktala	Death of Sadhan Pandey
06.	Tamil Nadu	75-Vikravandi	Death of N. Pugazhenthi
07.	Madhya Pradesh	123-Amarwara (ST)	Resignation of Kamlesh Pratap Shah
08.	Uttarakhand	04-Badrinath	Resignation of Rajendra Singh Bhandari
09	Uttarakhand	33-Manglaur	Death of Sarwat Karim Ansari
10	Punjab	34-Jalandhar West (SC)	Resignation of Sheetal Angural
11	Himachal Pradesh	10-Dehra	Resignation of Hoshyar Singh
12	Himachal Pradesh	38-Hamirpur	Resignation of Ashish Sharma
13	Himachal Pradesh	51-Nalagarh	Resignation of K.L. Thakur

The by-polls are primarily necessitated by the demise or resignation of the elected representatives.

Bye-Election For 13 Assembly Seats In 7 States Announced Check Polling amp amp Counting Dates

However, in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections the BJP emerged as the single largest party, falling 32 seats short of the majority. It has formed the government with the support of its alliance partners such as the TDP and JDU.

In the assembly polls, the TDP-led by Chandra Babu Naidu defeated the YS Jagan's YSRCP while the BJP ended Naveen Patnaik's 24-year rule in Odisha.