Rajkot West assembly seat by-election on 15 October


Rajkot, 12 September 2014

By-election of Rajkot West assembly seat will be held on Wednesday, 15 October along with the general elections of assembly in Maharashtra and Haryana.

With an announcement in this regard made today, the model code of conduct is effective in Rajkot.

Date of Issue of Gazetter notification: 20 September
Last date of nominations: 27 September
Date for scrutiny of nominations: 29 September
Last date for withdrawal of candidates: 1 October
Date of polling: 15 October
Date of counting: 19 October

It should be mentioned that Rajkot West assembly seat was represented by Vajubhai Vala who recently resigned from the post of Speaker of Gujarat assembly after his appointment as Governor of Karnataka. Vala’s resignation has caused by-poll on this seat.