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UP Bypolls 2024: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to hold a press conference today and will release the schedule of Uttar Pradesh by-elections along with election dates of Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections, scheduled to be held this year. 

The Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh are set to take place for 10 assembly seats including key constituencies such as Karhal in Mainpuri, Sisamau in Kanpur, and Milkipur in Ayodhya. Other constituencies involved are Katehari (Ambedkarnagar), Kundarki (Moradabad), Khair (Aligarh), Ghaziabad, Phulpur (Prayagraj), Majhava (Mirzapur), and Meerapur (Muzaffarnagar). 

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The Sisamau seat in Kanpur has fallen vacant due to the conviction of SP MLA Irfan Solanki whereas 9 MLAs have become Lok Sabha members. Earlier on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary discussed the selection of candidates for by-polls to 10 assembly seats with party’s national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. 

During the meeting, the BJP reportedly decided to contest nine assembly seats, leaving the Meerapur seat in Muzaffarnagar for its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

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“The election process will be completed before December 7. We expect the Election Commission of India to announce the dates soon. Preparations have been done for the elections and even the machines (EVMs) to be used have been checked,” Navdeep Rinwa, chief electoral officer of Uttar Pradesh said on October 4. 

Out of the 10 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, five of the 10 assembly seats were held by the Samajwadi Party (SP), three by the BJP and one each by the NISHAD party and the RLD. The SP has also declared candidates for six seats and said it will contest the by-polls with the Congress, which contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections together.