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The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22.
Counting of votes for the bypolls in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand will be taken up on Sunday.
Earlier this month, the EC had deleted from its register 87 such non-existent political parties.
The president is elected by the members of the electoral college consisting of elected members of both houses of Parliament, and elected members of the legislative assemblies of all states.
Special voter education and electoral participation awareness sessions would be held for such non-voting members of organisations.
He will assume charge on May 15 after incumbent Sushil Chandra demits office on May 14.
The term of office of Rajya Sabha members Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Shiromani Akali Dal), Partap Singh Bajwa (Congress), Shwait Malik (BJP), Naresh Gujral (SAD) and Shamsher Singh Dullo (Congress) is due to expire on April 9.
The Election Commission on Thursday lifted the ban on victory processions during the counting of votes and declaration of results in the five states.
The nodal officer for EVMs in Varanasi, a returning officer in Sonbhadra district and an additional election officer in Bareilly district have been pulled out from election duties, a day ahead of the counting of votes in UP.
The AIMIM chief said four rounds were fired at his car on a national highway.