Key Points
The Election Commission on March 29 announced by-elections to the Lok Sabha constituency of Jalandhar as well as four Assembly seats, to be held along with the Karnataka Assembly election on May 10...
The four Assembly constituencies where bypolls will be held are Jharsuguda (Odisha), Suar (Uttar Pradesh), Chhanbey (Uttar Pradesh) and Sohiong (Meghalaya)...
In Uttar Pradesh, the Suar Assembly seat fell vacant following the disqualification of Samajwadi Party MLA Abdullah Azam Khan, while Chhanbey is going to polls after the death of its sitting Apna Dal MLA Rahul Prakash Kol due to cancer...
In Meghalayas Sohiong Assembly seat, the bypoll is being held after the election was adjourned due to the death of a candidate of the United Democratic Party..
