The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that the by-poll to Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu would be held on April 12.
The last date of fiing nomination is March 23.
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa's niece Deepa Jayakumar, at the time of launching her political party MGR Amma Deepa Peravai, had said she intended to contest from the Dr. RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Chennai, which Jayalalithaa last represented as and when a by-poll is conducted there.
The by-election to Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency will also be conducted on the same date. Bypoll was due because of the death of IUML president E Ahamed.
Bypolls to Srinagar and Anantnag Lok Sabha seats will be held on April 9 and 12, respectively.
Among the 12 assembly seats for which bypoll will be held is Delhi’s Rajouri Garden. It fell vacant after Jarnail Singh of AAP decided to contest the Punjab assembly polls held last month. The byelection for the seat is on April 9.
Anantnag seat fell vacant in June last after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti won the assembly polls and resigned from the Lok Sabha. The Srinagar Lok Sabha seat was vacated by former PDP leader Tariq Hamid Karra who had resigned in protest against alleged “brutalities” on Kashmir protesters.
The other assembly seats are: Dhemaji in Assam, Bhoranj in Himachal Pradesh, Ater and Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh, Kanthi Dakshin in West Bengal, Dholpur in Rajasthan, Nanjangud and Gundlupet in Karnataka, Litipara in Jharkhand and Upper Burtuk in Sikkim.