Bypolls to 4 Punjab Assembly seats to be held on Nov 13

The bypolls to four Punjab Assembly constituencies will be held on November 13.

These are Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal, Gidderbaha and Barnala.

Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C said that as per the programme issued for the by-elections, the notification will be issued on October 18.  The last date for filing nominations is October 25 and the scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on October 28, while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is October 30.

Sibin C said the counting of votes will be done on November 23.

He said the election code of conduct has come into effect in the districts where these constituencies are located: Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Sri Muktsar Sahib, and Barnala. The code of conduct will remain in force until the completion of the election process till November 25.

Uma Shankar Gupta, Deputy Commissioner of Gurdaspur, has been appointed the District Election Officer for the Dera Baba Nanak assembly constituency, while Komal Mittal, Deputy Commissioner of Hoshiarpur, will serve as the District Election Officer for Chabbewal (SC). Rajesh Tripathi, Deputy Commissioner of Sri Muktsar Sahib, has been appointed for the Gidderbaha constituency, and Poonamdeep Kaur, Deputy Commissioner of Barnala, will be the District Election Officer for Barnala.

Additionally, the SDM of Dera Baba Nanak has been appointed the Returning Officer for that constituency, while the ADC (G) of Hoshiarpur has been named the Returning Officer for Chabbewal (SC). The SDM of Gidderbaha has been appointed the Returning Officer for Gidderbaha, and the SDM of Barnala for Barnala.

The total number of voters in the four constituencies is 6,96,316, and there will be 831 polling stations.