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January 19, 2001

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Bypolls to 11 assembly seats on Feb 19

By-elections will be held on February 19 to fill 11 seats in eight state assemblies, including three in Uttar Pradesh and two in Andhra Pradesh, the Election Commission announced in New Delhi on Friday.

The model code of conduct comes into effect from Friday itself in the districts in which these constituencies are located, the commission said.

The constituencies going to the polls are Siwalkhas (SC), Sarsawa and Bhartana in Uttar Pradesh, Giddalu and Badvel in Andhra Pradesh, Asthawan in Bihar, Marwahi (ST) in Chhatisgarh, Sabarmati in Gujarat, Ramgarh in Jharkhand, Hindoli in Rajasthan and Kadantala in Tripura.

Electronic voting machines will be used in seven constituencies: two in Andhra Pradesh, three in Uttar Pradesh and one each in Gujarat and Rajasthan.

The notifications for elections will be issued on January 24 and the last date for filing nominations will be January 31.

Scrutiny of nominations will be done on February 1, while the last date for withdrawal of candidature will be February 3. Polling will be conducted on February 19 and the election process will be over by February 26. Voting will be held between 0800 hours and 1700 hours IST.

UNI

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