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Schedule for bye-elections to fill up the casual vacancies in the Legislative Assemblies of Bihar & NCT of Delhi
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The Commission had vide Press Note No. ECI/PN/43/2009 dated 17th August, 2009, announced programme for holding bye-elections to fill up 11 vacancies in Bihar Legislative Assembly namely, 02-Bagaha (SC), 09-Nautan, 105-Begusarai, 113-Tribeniganj, 119-Simri-Bakhtiarpur, 130-Araria, 155-Dhuraiya (SC), 167-Munger, 193-Phulwari (SC), 228-Ghosi, 235-Bodh Gaya (SC) and 1 vacancy in NCT of Delhi Legislative Assembly namely 54-Okhla. Earlier, the Commission had announced holding of certain bye-elections vide Press Note No. ECI/PN/42/2009 dated 12th August 2009, which included 7 Assembly Constituencies in Bihar and 1 Assembly Constituency in NCT of Delhi.

The Commission has now decided that in respect of 18 bye-elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly and the 2 bye-elections to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi announced by the Commission vide Press Notes dated 12th August and 17th August 2009, the date of counting shall be 17-09-2009 afternoon.

Election Commission of India
New Delhi, Sravana 27, 1931 / August 18, 2009

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