NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced assembly bypoll dates for UP’s Milkipur and Tamil Nadu’s Erode East. The two constituencies are set to go to polls on February 5.
The votes would be counted on February 8. The dates correspond with the assembly elections in Delhi.
“The Commission has decided to hold bye-elections to fill vacancies in the following Assembly Constituencies along with General Election to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi, 2025,” the EC said.
The vacancy in Milkipur was created after the resignation of Awadhesh Prasad. Meanwhile, vacancy in Erode was created after the demise of EVKS Elangovan.
Here’s full schedule for the bypolls:
| Poll events | Date |
| Date of Issue of GazetteNotification | January 10 |
| Last date for filing ofnominations | January 17 |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | January 18 |
| Last date for the withdrawal ofcandidatures | January 20 |
| Date of Poll | February 5 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | February 8 |
| Date before which election shallbe completed | February 10 |
