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This is an archive article published on May 4, 2013

Bypolls on June 2,four Assembly,2 LS seats up for grabs

Bypolls to four Assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat will be held on June 2,the Election Commission announced Friday.

Bypolls to four Assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat will be held on June 2,the Election Commission announced Friday.

The four Assembly constituencies going to polls are Jetpur and Dhoraji in Rajkot district,Limbdi in Surendranagar district and Morva Hadaf in Panchmahals. All four were won by the Congress in the Assembly polls held in December last year.

The two Lok Sabha seats up for grabs are that of Porbandar and Banaskantha,which too were last held by the Congress. “By-elections will be held on June 2 and the model code of conduct will be effective from today,” state election commissioner Anita Karwal said. Election notification will be issued on May 8 and nominations can be filed from that day till May 15.

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Scrutiny of nomination forms will be held on May 16 and the last day for withdrawal of nominations is May 18. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 5.

The Assembly seats of Dhoraji and Jetpur fell vacant when Congress heavyweight Vithal Radadia and his son Jayesh resigned as MLAs to join the BJP after winning the two seats for Congress in the December 2012 Assembly polls. Limbdi seat was vacated by Congress leader Soma Patel,who chose to retain the Lok Sabha seat of Surendranagar. Morva Hadaf seat was won by Savita Khant of the Congress,who died hours after the results were announced on December 20.

Porbandar Lok Sabha seat was vacated by Vithal Radadia after he won the Dhoraji Assembly seat. The parliamentary seat of Banaskantha fell vacant when MP Mukesh Gadhvi passed away on March 1 this year.

At present,BJP has 115 seats while the Congress has 57 in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly.

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