The Election commission on Monday announced bypolls to four lok Sabha and eight Assembly seats to be held on November 19. The counting of votes will be on November 22.
The commission issued a Press release stating that bypolls to Parliamentary constituencies of lakhimpur (Assam), Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) and Cooch Behar and Tamluk (West Bengal) will be held along with bypolls to eight Assembly seats in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Puducherry.
The lakhimpur lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Sarbananda Sonowal resigned in May and took over as Chief Minister of the State. Bypoll to Shahdol constituency was on account of demise of BJP MP Dalpat Singh Paraste.
The Cooch Behar constituency fell vacant after Renuka Sinha, a Member of Parliament from Trinamool Congress since 2014 died recently.
The bypoll to Tamluk lok Sabha seat was necessitated after TMC MP Suvendu Adhikari won the West Bengal Assembly election from Nandigram seat and quit his MP post to join as a Minister in the State.
On the other hand, by-election to the Baithalangso Assembly constituency in Assam became necessary after Mansing Rongpi, who had won from the constituency as a Congress candidate in the last elections, resigned from his seat in July and joined BJP.
EC has also announced elections to two Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies -- Aravakurichi and Thanjavur -- cancelled by it in May following evidence of money being used to influence voters. These elections will also be held on November 19.