Bypolls to the Lok Sabha seats vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will be held on September 13, the Election Commission announced on Saturday.
Bypolls will also be held to Medak Lok Sabha seat vacated by TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao after he became the first Chief Minister of Telangana.
While Mr. Modi had retained Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, he vacated Vadodra in Gujarat. Similarly, Mr. Yadav had vacated Mainpuri and retained Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.
The poll body also announced bypolls to 33 Assembly seats in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh.
Filing of nominations will start from August 20. The last date of filing nomination is August 27. The scrutiny of papers will be held the next day on August 28 and August 30 has been decided as the last date of withdrawing from the electoral race. Counting will be held on September 16.
The EC proposes to complete the election exercise by September 19, a statement said.
The poll panel has not yet announced bypoll for Beed Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra which fell vacant following the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde in a road mishap in New Delhi recently.
—PTI