Wayanad bypoll to be held on November 13, announces Election Commission

Election Commission on Tuesday announced the dates for the Assembly Elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra. The CEC also announced dates for the bypolls.

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday (October 15) announced the date for the parliamentary by-poll in Wayanad and said that the Lok Sabha constituency will vote on November 13 and the results will be announced on November 23.

The by-election was necessitated after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who won from the seat also emerged victorious from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in the parliamentary polls on June 4 this year, and later decided to give up Wayand.

The Congress has decided to field party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi from the seat, thus marking her electoral debut.