Zoom News : May 25, 2022, 10:37 PM
Bypoll | The Election Commission on Wednesday released the schedule of Lok Sabha and Assembly by-elections in five states and Delhi. By-elections are to be held in three Lok Sabha and 7 assembly seats in these states. This includes Punjab, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Delhi. Voting will be held on these seats on June 23 and results will be declared on 26.By-election is to be held for Sangrur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. Bhagwant Mann was the MP from here who resigned after the Aam Aadmi Party's big victory in Punjab and took oath as the Chief Minister. Bhagwant Mann had won this seat in 2014 and again became an MP in 2019. He was the lone MP in the Lok Sabha from the Aam Aadmi Party.Lok Sabha by-elections are to be held in Azamgarh and Rampur seats in Uttar Pradesh. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was the MP in Azamgarh. He had contested from Karhal assembly seat. Apart from this, Azam Khan was an MP from Rampur seat. He won the Rampur assembly seat. After this they resigned on their respective Lok Sabha seats.