Lucknow: Notification for bypolls to 11
assembly and one Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh was
issued on Wednesday.
The polling will be held on November 7, state Chief
electoral officer Umesh Sinha said.
Assembly seats going to polls are Rari (Jaunpur), Lucknow
(west), Puwayan (SC), Padrauna, Isauli, Jhansi, Kolosala,
Hainsar Bazar, Lalitpur, Etawah and Bharthana.
Most of the seats fell vacant after the sitting MLAs got
elected to Lok Sabha.
The only Lok Sabha seat going to polls is Firozabad,
which fell vacant due to resignation of SP leader Akhilesh
Yadav, who retained Kannauj seat.
Sinha said the last date of filing nomination papers will
be October 21 while the scrutiny of nominations would be done
on October 22.
The last date of withdrawal is October 24, he said.
The counting of votes will take place on November 10,
Sinha said, adding that over 40 lakh voters are expected to
exercise their franchise in the bypolls.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 18:10