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New Delhi: The Election Commission has announced the dates of by-elections for eight assembly seats spread across six states of the country. These by-elections will be held in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura. According to the Commission, all the seats have become vacant due to the death of the then MLAs, on which new public representatives will now be elected.

The voting process will be completed in two phases. The first phase of voting will be held on April 9, while the date for the second phase has been fixed for April 23. The results of all seats will be declared simultaneously on May 4.

Voting will be held on these 5 seats in the first phase

According to the schedule released by the Election Commission, in the first phase, voting will be held on five assembly seats in four states. Voting for this will take place on April 9. These seats include:

• Goa: Ponda
• Karnataka: Bagalkot and Devnagar South
• Nagaland: koridang
• Tripura: Dharmanagar

Notification has been issued for these seats and the last date for filing nominations was March 23. The nomination papers will be scrutinized on March 24 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 26.

Elections in the second phase in Maharashtra and Gujarat

In the second phase, voting will be held on two assembly seats in Maharashtra and one in Gujarat. Voting on these seats will take place on April 23. Apart from Baramati and Rahuri seats of Maharashtra, elections will be conducted in Umreth seat of Gujarat in this phase.

Notification for these three seats will be released on March 30. Candidates will be able to file their nominations till April 6. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on 7th April and names can be withdrawn till 9th ​​April.

Counting of votes for all the by-elections will take place on May 4, after which it will become clear who the public elects as their new MLA on these eight seats.