Nizamabad byelection on October 9, result on October 12

HYDERABAD: Byeelection to the Nizamabad Local Authority Constituency (MLC) will be held on October 9. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that polling will be held from 9am to 5pm and results will be declared on October 12. Model code of conduct will come into effect immediately in the constituency, the Commission said.
The ECI had issued notification for fill up the vacancy on March 12, 2020 following the disqualification of sitting member R Bhoopathi Reddy.
Three candidates, including former MP of Nizamabad and KCR’s daughter Kalwakuntla Kavitha from TRS, Vaddepally Subash Reddy from Congress and P Laxmi Narayana from BJP filed their nominations. The polling was supposed to be held on April 7, but the ECI postponed it for 45 days in view of rising number of coronavirus cases and nation-wide lockdown.
“The commission has taken inputs from the chief electoral officer of Telangana and has now decided to conduct bye-election to the Nizamabad Local Authority’s constituency,” the ECI said. The elected candidate term ends in March 2022.
In view of Covid-19, the ECI said during the polling, every person should wear a face mask and all entry areas of halls, rooms and premises should be sanitised. “The election authorities have to conduct thermal screening, and sanitisers should be made at all the locations and social distancing should be maintained as per the guidelines of the Centre and state government. Adequate number of vehicles should also be made available for movement of polling and security personnel,” Praful Awasthi, undersecretary of ECI said.