Election Commission Announces Bypolls For 5 Seats In Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, Bengal Next Month

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Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 12:50 IST

The Election Commission has announced the docket of bypolls successful 5 Assembly constituencies crossed Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal.

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The Election Commission of India connected Sunday announced the docket for the bypolls to 5 Assembly Constituencies successful Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal.

According to the authoritative notification, the polling for the bypolls successful the 4 states would beryllium held connected June 19.

The votes volition beryllium counted connected June 23.

The authoritative notification by the Election Commission besides notified of different important dates concerning the bye-elections.

The gazette notification volition beryllium issued connected May 26, it stated.

The past day of nominations volition beryllium June 2, portion the past day for the scrutiny of nominations volition beryllium June 3.

The past day for the withdrawal of candidates volition beryllium June 5, the notification stated.

GUJARAT

Gujarat volition witnesser by-polls of 2 vacant assembly seats – Visavadar and Kadi.

In March this year, the Aam Aadmi Party announced its person Gopal Italia arsenic the campaigner for bypolls to the Visavadar assembly constituency.

While the Visavdar spot is vacant owed to the resignation of the past AAP MLA Bhupatbhai Bhayani (who aboriginal joined the BJP), the Kadi seat, which is reserved lone for Schedule Caste (SC) candidates, is vacant owed to the passing distant of past BJP MLA Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki.

KERALA

The bypoll successful Kerala’s Nilambur was necessitated aft the resignation of autarkic legislator PV Anvar aft his large fallout with the CPM and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successful the 2021 assembly elections.

He resigned from the enactment and aboriginal joined the Trinamool Congress.

PUNJAB

Punjab’s Ludiana West spot had fallen vacant aft the decease of MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi, who died of a gunshot injury, with his household members and authorities enactment main saying helium was fatally deed by a slug that got fired accidentally from his pistol erstwhile helium was cleaning it.

While the Congress and AAP person already announced their candidates for the seat, the BJP is yet to denote its campaigner for Ludiana West.

WEST BENGAL

The bypolls to Bengal’s Kaliganj were necessitated aft the decease of Trinamool MLA Nasiruddin Ahamed successful February this year.

A peculiar summary revision of electoral rolls successful the Kaliganj assembly constituency had to beryllium carried retired with the spot falling vacant. This came aft an authoritative pointed retired that, arsenic lone 1,669 caller voters were included successful the electoral roll, the fig of electors would spell down by 7,559 voters.

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