Puthuppally bypoll in 6 months; notification of vacancy today

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Legislative Assembly will issue a notification on July 19 announcing the vacancy of the representative of the Puthuppally constituency, following the death of Oommen Chandy.

A copy of the notification will be provided to the Election Commission of India. Following this, the Commission will begin preparations for conducting the by-election in the constituency within six months.

The usual practice is to conduct by-elections that are due in different states simultaneously.

The Puthuppally bypoll would be the second by-election in the state after the second Pinarayi Vijayan regime assumed office. Earlier, a bypoll was conducted in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency following the death of P T Thomas, another Congress MLA. Thomas' wife, Uma Thomas, emerged winner with a majority of 25,015 votes in the contest.

Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy passed away on Tuesday at 79.

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