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XHyderabad: The nominations of 81 candidates for the Jubilee Hills Assembly bypoll here were found valid by the Election Commission during scrutiny, while papers of 130 candidates were rejected, officials said on Thursday. A total of 321 nominations were filed by 211 candidates, with some of them filing two sets of nominations. During the scrutiny of nomination papers that began on Wednesday, nominations of 81 candidates were accepted and 130 candidates were rejected, an official release said. As per the schedule, the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is October 24. The high-stakes bypoll to Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency here would take place on November 11, with votes to be counted on November 14. This bypoll is necessitated due to the death of BRS MLA Maganti Gopina

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