Marwahi Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, reserved for Scheduled Tribe, will see a by-election on November 3 and the votes will be counted on November 10, it was announced on Tuesday. The seat fell vacant following the death of former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi.

The polling will be held with all protocols for Covid-19, Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer Reena Baba Saheb Kangale said.

Addressing the media virtually, Kangale said with the announcement of the election, the model code of conduct has been enforced in the constituency limits.

The date of issue of Gazette notification for the election is October 9 and the last date for filing nominations is October 16. The nominations will be checked on October 17 and candidates can withdraw their nomination till October 19.

The candidates can also file nomination papers, affidavits and payment online.

The election expense limit for each candidate is Rs 28 lakh.

Kangale said a Nodal Health Officer will be designated for the state, district and Assembly constituency to oversee Covid-19 related arrangements and preventive measures during the electoral process.

She said the constituency has 286 polling centres, of which 237 are main polling stations and 49 assisting polling stations. A total of 126 polling centres fall under the "sensitive" category. All polling centres fall under the rural category.

The constituency has 190,907 voters. Women number 97,209 and men 93,694. Four electors are from the third gender.

There has been an increase in 6,886 electors over the 2018 election. The number of voters above 80 years is 1,461, of which 483 are men and 978 women. The electors in the 18-19 years total 4,211.