Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs · GODL-IndiaElection Commission announces by-elections to five Assembly and one Lok Sabha seat
The Election Commission of India announced by-elections to five Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. The Assembly seats are Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu, Thattanchavady in Puducherry, and Rezinagar and Nandigram in West Bengal; the Lok Sabha seat is Nagaon in Assam. All the seats fell vacant due to resignations, with voting on 6 October and counting on 9 October.
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- Five Assembly seats plus one Lok Sabha seat (Nagaon, Assam).
- States: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, West Bengal and Assam.
- Nandigram fell vacant on Suvendu Adhikari's resignation.
- Polling on 6 October; counting of votes on 9 October.
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