The Election Commission held a press conference on Tuesday and announced the election dates. The Election Commission announced the dates for assembly elections in two states, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Apart from this, the dates for by-elections on 48 assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats in different states of the country were also announced. Although by-elections were to be held on 10 seats in UP, the Election Commission announced the election dates only on 9 seats in UP. The only seat in UP where a by-election has not been announced is the Milkipur assembly seat of Ayodhya.
Why is the by-election not being held?
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar gave complete information related to the election in a press conference. However, later when he was questioned about not announcing the date of the by-election on the Milkipur seat, he replied, ‘Election petition (meaning the matter has reached the court) is filed in the court regarding those seats for which the by-election dates have not been announced.’ The Election Commission has fixed the date of November 13 for the by-election in Uttar Pradesh. Elections will be held on November 13 on all 9 seats of UP.
Why is the Milkipur assembly seat vacant
Let us tell you that earlier Awadhesh Prasad was the MLA on this seat, who was made the candidate by Samajwadi Party from Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha elections. Awadhesh Prasad left the Milkipur seat after winning the election.
By-elections will be held on these 9 seats
The 9 seats in UP where by-elections are to be held include – Sisamau seat in Kanpur, Phulpur seat in Prayagraj, Karhal seat in Mainpuri, Majhawan seat in Mirzapur, Katehari seat in Ambedkarnagar, Ghaziabad Sadar seat, Khair seat in Aligarh, Kundarki seat in Moradabad, Meerapur seat in Muzaffarnagar.
What did the Election Commission say on EVM
The Election Commission also answered questions about EVM. The Election Commission said that there is no problem with EVM. EVM is completely safe. Polling agents will also sign on the EVM battery. EVM will be under three layers of security. EVM uses a single-use battery. EVM does not have a battery like mobile.