By-polls to 5 Assam assembly seats to be held on October 30
Guwahati Sep 28 PTI By-election to five assembly constituencies of Assam will be conducted on October 30 the Election Commission of India said on TuesdayCounting of votes will be undertaken on November 2 and the entire polling process will be completed by November 5 it saidWith the announcement of the election dates the model code of conduct in the districts where polling will be held would come into immediate effectBy-polls to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur have been necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhapanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned to join the ruling BJPThe last date for filing of nomination is October 8 with scrutiny of the papers to be done on October 11 and October 16 is the deadine for withdrawal of nomination the EC saidIn the House of 126 seats the ruling BJP has 60 MLAs which includes the seat held by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who was on Monday elected to the Rajya SabhaIts allies Asom Gana Parishad and United Peoples Party Liberal have nine and five MLAs each respectivelyThe Congress has 27 legislators AIUDF 15 Bodoland Peoples Front 3 and CPIM has one There is one Independent MLA as well PTI SSG RBT RBT
Guwahati Sep 28 PTI By-election to five assembly constituencies of Assam will be conducted on October 30 the Election Commission of India said on TuesdayCounting of votes will be undertaken on November 2 and the entire polling process will be completed by November 5 it saidWith the announcement of the election dates the model code of conduct in the districts where polling will be held would come into immediate effectBy-polls to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur have been necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhapanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned to join the ruling BJPThe last date for filing of nomination is October 8 with scrutiny of the papers to be done on October 11 and October 16 is the deadine for withdrawal of nomination the EC saidIn the House of 126 seats the ruling BJP has 60 MLAs which includes the seat held by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who was on Monday elected to the Rajya SabhaIts allies Asom Gana Parishad and United Peoples Party Liberal have nine and five MLAs each respectivelyThe Congress has 27 legislators AIUDF 15 Bodoland Peoples Front 3 and CPIM has one There is one Independent MLA as well PTI SSG RBT RBT
