Election Commission of India announced schedule for bye – elections for Parliamentary Constituency of Punjab and State Legislative Assembly of Kerala recently. It is going to conduct these elections because there is vacancy in both Punjab and Kerala states. The Election Commission of India had also announced elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council where elections will be held on 15 September 2017.
Notifications on bye – elections in Indian states
ECI or Election Commission of India took this decision on election schedule after checking calendar. And that is why you can see that here ECI made election schedule based on festivals. It also checked weather conditions and electoral rolls before finalising its decision to hold bye – elections. These bye – elections will be held to fill casual vacancies in State Legislative Assembly of Kerala as well as Parliamentary Constituency of Punjab.
Below you can see as to where exactly will the elections be held. It means that it talks about assembly or parliamentary constituency name and number.
| Name and number of Assembly or Parliamentary Constituency | Name of the state |
| 1 – Gurdaspur Parliamentary Constituency | Punjab |
| 41 – Vengara Assembly Constituency | Kerala |
Further Election Commission of India gave complete schedule of election dates in both the states so that you are ready to cast your vote on that particular date. Moreover you can even check last date of nominations in case you are standing for elections.
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Schedule of bye – elections in Punjab and Kerala in 2017
| Name of the event | Date of event |
| Date of issue of Gazette notification | 15 September 2017 / Friday |
| Last date to file nominations | 22 September 2017 / Friday |
| Date to verify nominations | 25 September 2017 / Monday |
| Last date to withdraw candidature | 27 September 2017 / Wednesday |
| Date of poll | 11 October 2017 / Wednesday |
| Date to count votes | 15 September 2017 or Sunday |
| Last date before which bye – elections will complete | 17 October 2017 or Tuesday |
Thus according to the schedule like the one stated above elections will be held. Additionally there will be no change in the election schedule. While these bye – elections in Kerala and Punjab states will be according to existing rolls and there has been no change in this rule also.
Voter ID card mandatory
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It is also necessary for all voters to carry their Voter ID card because only then they will be able to vote. Besides this Voter ID card or EPIC / Electoral Photo Identity Card is document to identify voters. Voter ID card is main document for elections so you should have one Voter ID card.
In case you applied for Voter ID card and did not receive it till now then learn to check status of Voter ID card.