This includes 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh, which were vacated by Congress MLAs when they quit to join the BJP earlier this year.
By-elections to 56 Assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha seat in Bihar that have been pending due to the COVID-19 pandemic would be held on November 3 and November 7, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Tuesday.
The Assembly seats going to the polls include 28 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, of which 25 were vacated due to the resignation of Congress MLAs and three due to the death of sitting MLAs. The MLAs’ resignation had led to the fall of the Congress government. The bypoll results will decide the fate of the BJP government that came to power.
The ECI, however, did not announce the schedule for bypolls to seven seats in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala that are also vacant, as the authorities in these States expressed…