EC announces Khatauli Assembly bypoll on Dec 5 after sitting MLA’s conviction in riots case

Counting for Khatauli bypoll as well as Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections will take place on December 8.

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BJP MLA Vikram Saini. (File photo)

The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced that the bypoll for the Khatauli Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh would be held on December 5.

The Khatauli Assembly seat fell vacant on Monday following BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini’s disqualification after being convicted in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.

Counting for Khatauli bypoll as well as Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections will take place on December 8.

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With the announcement of the by-poll schedule, an EC official said all vacancies in 2022 had been covered.

The EC had on November 5 announced by-polls in five Assembly seats – one each in Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar and Chhattisgarh – and one Parliamentary constituency, Mainpuri in UP. The Mainpuri seat fell vacant upon the death of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in October.

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