Apart from announcing the dates for the Bihar Assembly elections, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday also announced bypolls for eight Assembly constituencies spread across Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan.

These will coincide with the second phase of polling in Bihar, on November 11 and the results will be declared on November 14, the same day as Bihar.

The Assembly constituencies in J&K, Budgam and Nagrota, have been vacant since October 2024, Rajasthan’s Anta has not had an MLA since this May, Telangana’s Jubilee Hills and Tarn Taran in Punjab have been vacant since June, Dampa in Mizoram since July, Jharkhand’s Ghatshila constituency since August, and Nuapada in Odisha since September 8.

Budgam, J&K (Last winner: NC)

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