Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India has decided to hold three bye-elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and one to the Telangana Legislative Council by the Members of the respective Legislative Assembly to fill the vacancies in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and one in the Telangana Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly.
The bye-elections will be held on August 26 from 9 am to 4 pm to fill the vacancies caused by resignations of Karanam Balarama Krishna Murthy, Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas and Kolagatla Veerabhadra Swamy of Andhra Pradesh and K Yadava Reddy of Telangana State.
In a pressnote, the Election Commission will issue notifications on August 7; Last date of filing nominations August 14, scrutiny of nominations on August 16, last date for withdrawal of nominations August 19, date of polling on August 26 from 9 am to 4 pm, counting of votes on the same day at 5 pm. The entire election process will be completed by August 28. (NSS)