Bypolls in 50 Assembly, Lok Sabha seats in November, Wayanad votes on 13th

The counting of votes for the bypolls will be held on November 23, along with Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

In Short

• The bypolls will be held for assembly, parliamentary seats in 15 states
• Voting in two phases on November 13 and November 20
• Counting on votes on November 23 with Maharashtra, Jharkhand polls

The bye election to 48 assembly constituencies and two parliamentary constituencies will be held next month, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday.

The bypolls for the 47 assembly constituencies and Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala will be on November 13, while the voting will be held in one assembly constituency in Uttarakhand and the Nanded parliamentary seat in Maharashtra on November 20.

The counting of votes will be held on November 23, along with Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections.

The Wayanad seat in Kerala was vacated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he decided to retain the family bastion, Rae Bareli. His sister and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is slated to make her poll debut from Wayanad.

The Nanded Lok Sabha seat fell vacant following the death of Congress MP Vasantrao Chavan in August.

STATES THAT WILL WITNESS BYPOLLS

The election in 48 assembly seats, which fell vacant due to various reasons, will be held next month.

Nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will vote in the bye election-- Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair, karhal, Phulpur, katehari, Majhawan, Sishamau.

Seven Assembly seats in Rajasthan (Chorasi, Khinswar, Dauda, Jhunjunu, Deoli-Unlara, Salumber, Ramgarh) will also witness bye-election.

Six Assembly seats in West Bengal (Taldangra, Stai, Naihati, Horoa, Medinipur, Madarihat), five assembly seats in Assam (Dholai, Sidli, Bongaigaon, Behali, and Samaguri), four in Bihar (Ramgarh, Tarari, Imamganj, and Belaganj), three in Karnataka (Shiaggaon, Sandur, Channapatna), will go to polls next month.

Apart from that, voting will also take place on two seats in Madhya Pradesh (Budhni, Vijaypur), two in Sikkim (Soreng Chakung , Namchi Singhithang), and two in Kerala (Palakkad and Chelakkara).

The bye-election to Raipur City South in Chhattisgarh, Gambegre in Meghalaya, and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand will also take place next month.

Meanwhile, no fresh dates have been announced bypoll to the Milkipur Assembly constituency and West Bengal's Lok Sabha seat as the petitions for both are pending in high courts.

The Milkipur seat was won by Samajwadi Party leader Awadhesh Prasad, who contested and won the Faizabad Lok Sabha seat this year. Faizabad houses the Ayodha Ram temple.