EC announces bypolls for two Parliamentary seats

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 14:46 [IST]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (UNI) The Election Commission today announced bypolls to Rajnandgaon parliamentary seat in Chhattisgarh and Palamu in Jharkhand to be held on March 29.

These Lok Sabha seats had fallen vacant due to expulsion of MPs after the cash-for-query scam.

The EC said notification will be issued on March 3 and March 10 would be the last date for filing nominations. Scrutiny of nomination papers would take place on March 12 and March 14 will be the last date for withdrawal of papers.

UNI

Topics: ELECTION-EC-BYPOLLS

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