Tripura: Badharghat Assembly Constituency to Head to Polls on September 23

Agartala, August 26, 2019:

The Election Commission on Sunday announced by-elections to four assembly constituencies in Tripura, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Uttar Pradesh, to be held on September 23.

The seats are Badharghat (SC) in Tripura, Pala in Kerala, Dantewada (ST) in Chhattisgarh, and Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh.

The statutory notification for the by-polls will be issued on Wednesday and the last date of filing of nomination is set on September 4. While the counting will take place on September 27.

As per the statement of EC, “The model code of conduct comes into force with immediate effect in the districts in which the whole or any part of the assembly constituency going for election falls.”

The need for the by-election to Badharghat came up following the death of sitting BJP legislator Dilip Sarkar.

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