Byelection to 2 LS, 8 Assembly seats

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, AUG. 20. The Election Commission today announced that a byelection would be held on September 20 to fill two vacancies in Lok Sabha Sabarkantha in Gujarat and Tonk in Rajasthan and eight Assembly vacancies spread over six States Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh.

While in Andhra Pradesh, the byelection would be held for Vuyyur and Siddipet seats, in Orissa it would be held for Rairakhol (SC) seat, in Maharashtra for Pusad and Dhond seats, in Gujarat for Sabarmathi seat, in Assam for Titabar seat and in Arunachal Pradesh for Pakkekasang seat.

An official press release said the notification for the byelections would be issued on August 27, the last date for nominations would be September 3, scrutiny on September 4 and the last date for withdrawal September 6.

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