West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Puducherry bypolls: Constituencies, candidates, result date and more
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Five Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, and one Lok Sabha seat in Assam are heading for byelections. The byelections were necessitated following the resignations of elected legislators across the three States and the Union Territory for various reasons. Here’s all you need to know about the upcoming bypolls:
The election for all the six seats will be held on October 6, 2026. The nomination process closed on September 16 and the election process is to be completed by October 11.
The counting of votes will be held on October 9.
Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies in Tamil Nadu, Thattanchavady constituency in Puducherry, Rejinagar and Nandigram constituencies in West Bengal head to the bypolls on Tuesday, along with the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.
In Tamil Nadu, vacancies arose in Madurantakam and Dharapuram following the resignations of Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, respectively.
In Puducherry, the Thattanchavady constituency opened up after the resignation of Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, who retained the Mangalam constituency.
In Rejinagar and Nandigram in West Bengal, it is due to the resignations of Humayun Kabir and Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, respectively.
In Assam, the bypoll will be held in the Nagaon Parliamentary Constituency following the resignation of Pradyut Bordoloi.
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