Hyderabad, Sept. 4 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday put the by-election to Huzurabad assembly constituency on hold until the end of festival season (Dasara in October), along with 30 other assembly constituency by-elections across the country.

There are currently 31 assembly and three parliamentary constituencies that are vacant.

The by-election in Huzurabad is necessitated with the resignation of the former health minister and four-time MLA Eatala Rajender from the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and his assembly membership. He later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The election is to be held before December, under six months of his resignation.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Telangana government informed the E...