New Delhi, March 15 By-elections for five assembly seats in Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland, and Tripura will be held on April 9, and for another three constituencies in Gujarat and Maharashtra on April 23, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ganeshkumar announced on Sunday.
Addressing a press conference to announce the poll schedule, Kumar said that the counting of votes for the by-elections will be held on May 4 for all eight constituencies.
The by-elections in all eight constituencies were necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs.
The eight constituencies are: Ponda in Goa, Bagalkot and Davnagere South in Karnataka, Koridang in Nagaland, Dharmanagar in Tripura, Umreth in Gujarat, and Rahuri and Baramati in Maharashtra.