Kadi and Visavadar assemblies in Gujarat, 1 seat each in Kerala, Punjab and WB go to bpolls on June 19

• A gazette notification for the by-elections will be issued on Monday
• The scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 3
• The candidates can withdraw their names until June 5.

In Gujarat, the bypoll to the Kadi seat was necessitated following the death of sitting MLA Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki.

Another bypoll to the Visavadar seat in the state is taking place due to the resignation of sitting member Bhayani Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai.

In Kerala, the Nilambur seat will go to bypoll since P V Anvar has resigned, while byposs are to be held in Punjab’s Ludhiana seat due to the death of sitting member Gurpreet Bassi Gogi.

Byelection to the Kaliganj Assembly seat in West Bengal has been necessitated due to the death of sitting assembly member Nasiruddin Ahamed.

With this, the stage for a three-way contest among the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Opposition Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scheduled in Gujarat.

The Congress on Sunday named Geniben Thakor, its sole Lok Sabha member from Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani, Kirit Patel, and Raghu Desai as in-charges for the Kadi by-poll. Paresh Dhanani, Punjabhai Vansh, Indranil Rajyaguru, and Vasram Sagathiya will be in charge of the Visavadar seat.

The AAP has named former state chief Gopal Italia as its candidate from Visavadar, banking on his advocacy for farmers and anti-corruption activism to regain the seat it won in the 2022 assembly polls.

A gazette notification for the by-elections will be issued on Monday. The scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 3. The candidates can withdraw their names until June 5.

The Commission has decided to hold bye-election to fill vacancies in the following Assembly Constituencies of Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab and West Bengal:

MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT

The Model Code of Conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the district(s) in which the whole or any part of the Assembly constituency going for election is included, subject to provision of the instruction vide Commission’s letter No. 437/6/1NST/ECI/FUNCT/MCC/2024/(BYE ELECTIONS) dated 02^nd January, 2024 (available on the Commission’s website).