Assembly bypolls in 5 constituencies to be held on June 19 | See full schedule

The bypolls are being conducted to fill the vacancies in five assembly constituencies - Gujarat’s Kadi and Visavadar, Kerala’s Nilambur, Punjab’s Ludhiana West, and West Bengal’s Kaliganj.

In Gujarat, the bypolls will held to fill the posts left vacant by Bharatiya Janata Party’s Janata Party’s Janata Party’s MLA from Kadi Karsanbhai Punjabhai Solanki, who passed away in February this year and Aam Aadmi Party Party Party MLA from Visavadar, Bhayani Bhupendrabhai Gandubhai, who had resigned.

In Kerala, the Nilambur assembly seats remained vacant after PV Anvar, an LDF-backed MLA, resigned in January this year. He was appointed convenor of the Kerala unit of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), according to ANI.