The Election commission of India on Saturday announced schedule for bypolls in four Assembly constituencies in Punjab—Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad.

Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S. Kruna Raju said that notification will be issued on September 23 and nomination process would commence on same day. The polling for the bypolls is scheduled on October 21 and the counting of the ballots will be held on October 24.

He said with the announcement of bye election for Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad Assembly Constituency model code of conduct has been enforced in areas under Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad Assembly Constituencies with immediate effect. The CEO informed the Deputy commissioners of Districts concerned regarding model code of conduct.Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the Congress would easily win bypolls to all the four Assembly seats in the state.

Talking informally with mediapersons after inaugurating a two-day Pashupaalan Mela in Ludhiana, Amarinder Singh said the party was fully geared to contest the upcoming by-elections on the back of the government''s progressive and welfare programmes and schemes.

The people of state would once again put their seal of electoral approval on the Congress, which had proved through its past two and a half years of governance that it was the only party equipped to ensure the development of Punjab.

As in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the people of the state would once again reject the regressive and divisive politics of the opposition parties, he added.

Bypoll to Mukerian Assembly seat was necessitated by the death of Rajnish Babbi of the Congress, those to Jalalabad, Dhaka and Phagwara were necessitated after their MLAs vacated the constituencies.

The Jalalabad Assembly seat was vacated by former deputy chief minister and Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal; Dhaka seat by AAP's H.S. Phoolka and Phagwara by BJP's Som Parkash.  The Congress has 78 legislators in a House of 117.

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The Election commission of India on Saturday announced schedule for bypolls in four Assembly constituencies in Punjab—Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad.

Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S. Kruna Raju said that notification will be issued on September 23 and nomination process would commence on same day. The polling for the bypolls is scheduled on October 21 and the counting of the ballots will be held on October 24.

He said with the announcement of bye election for Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad Assembly Constituency model code of conduct has been enforced in areas under Phagwara, Mukerian, Dakha and Jalalabad Assembly Constituencies with immediate effect. The CEO informed the Deputy commissioners of Districts concerned regarding model code of conduct.Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said the Congress would easily win bypolls to all the four Assembly seats in the state.

Talking informally with mediapersons after inaugurating a two-day Pashupaalan Mela in Ludhiana, Amarinder Singh said the party was fully geared to contest the upcoming by-elections on the back of the government''s progressive and welfare programmes and schemes.

The people of state would once again put their seal of electoral approval on the Congress, which had proved through its past two and a half years of governance that it was the only party equipped to ensure the development of Punjab.

As in the recent Lok Sabha elections, the people of the state would once again reject the regressive and divisive politics of the opposition parties, he added.

Bypoll to Mukerian Assembly seat was necessitated by the death of Rajnish Babbi of the Congress, those to Jalalabad, Dhaka and Phagwara were necessitated after their MLAs vacated the constituencies.

The Jalalabad Assembly seat was vacated by former deputy chief minister and Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal; Dhaka seat by AAP's H.S. Phoolka and Phagwara by BJP's Som Parkash.  The Congress has 78 legislators in a House of 117.