Bhubaneswar, March 29 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the date for the by-election to the Jharsuguda Assembly seat.

As per the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Rajeev Kumar, the notification for the bypoll will be released on April 13.

While submission of nominations for the bypoll will continue till April 20, scrutiny of the same will be held on April 21. Nominations for the by-election can be withdrawn till April 24.

Later, on May 10, voting for the assembly constituency will be held and counting of the votes will be done on May 13, informed Kumar.

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