By-Election: By-elections will be held in Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, UP and Chhattisgarh on December 5, results will come on 8

Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal were announced recently. Meanwhile, today the Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the date for by-elections in Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The by-elections to be held in these states will also be held next month. According to the ECI, polling will be held on 5th December and counting will be done on 8th December.

By-elections have been announced in many states next month. It includes 1 Lok Sabha seat and 5 assembly seats. By-elections will be held for the Lok Sabha seat of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh. At the same time, by-elections will be held in the assembly constituency of Padampur in Odisha, Sardar City in Rajasthan, Kurhani in Bihar, Bhanupratappur in Chhattisgarh and Rampur assembly seat of UP.

In this by-election, all eyes will be on the by-elections to be held in UP's Lok Sabha seat Mainpuri and Rampur assembly seat. The Mainpuri seat fell vacant after the death of former SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav. At the same time, Rampur assembly seat is vacant after SP leader Azam Khan's membership was canceled for making inflammatory speeches.

The dates for the assembly elections in Gujarat have been announced recently. Elections will be held in the state in two phases on December 1 and 5. Counting of votes will be held on December 8 along with Himachal Pradesh. Out of the total 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, 89 seats will go to polls on 1 December and the remaining 93 seats on 5 December.