The Election Commission (EC) has started the process for the by-election to the Kairana Lok Sabha seat, which fell vacant after the death of BJP MP Hukum Singh last February.
Though the commission has not yet announced the date, the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer L Venkateshwar Lu is today visiting Saharanpur and Shamli district tomorrow for the poll process.
Kairana parliamentary constituency comprises five assembly segments, three in Shamli and two in Saharanpur district.
According to election commission sources, the EC has established 883 polling centres in five assembly constituencies -- Shamli, Thanabhawan, Kairana (all in Shamli district) and Gangoh and Nukar in Saharanpur district.
16,095,80 voters including 7,36,420 women would exercise their franchise in the coming bypoll.
Political parties including BJP, SP, RLD and Congress have started poll preparations.
Yesterday, state president of Samajwadi Party, Naresh Uttam Patel visited Kairana and asked the party workers to be ready for the polls.
Ruling BJP ministers have also been visiting the constituency.
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