New Delhi, April 26: The Election of Commission of India on Thursday issued the notification of schedule for the upcoming bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala. The bye-elections will be conducted in a total of 10 assembly seats in the nine states on May 28.

The by-election results will be declared on May 31. The outcome of the bypoll is bound to reflect the mood of the electorate a year before the BJP-led regime at the Centre will seek re-election.

Assembly Bypolls 2018: Which constituencies are being contested?

- In Bihar, the Jokihat seat will be contested. The bypoll was necessitated following the incumbent JD(U) MLA Sarfaraz Alam vacating the seat after getting elected from Araria in the recent Lok Sabha by-election.

- In Jharkhand, the seats of Gomia and Silli will be contested in the bypolls. The constituencies fall vacant after the incumbent JMM legislators were convicted in two separate cases.

- From Kerala, the Chengannur seat will go to polls. The by-election were necessitated following the death of CPI(M) MLA KK Ramachandran Nair.

- In Maharashtra, the death of Congress veteran and local MLA Kadam Patangrao Shripatrao necessitated the bypolls in Palus-Kadegaon seat.

- In Meghalaya, the bypolls were called in Ampati (ST) after the Congress MLA who won the seat decided to vacate it. The legislator had contested from two constituencies. As per the norms, he had to vacate either one of them within six months after the results were announced.

- Other seats where bypolls will be held include Shahkot in Punjab, Tharali (SC) in Uttarakhand, Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh and Maheshtala in West Bengal.

The last date for the filing of nominations for the assembly seats going into the bypolls is May 10. The respective electoral officers will scrutinise the nominations of May 11. The voting on May 28 will be conducted using the VVPAT machines.

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