Bypolls to Kadapa, Pulivendula seats soon: CEO

The by-elections to the Kadapa Lok Sabha Seat and the Pulivendula Assembly constituency will be held as scheduled.

Talking to media persons at the state Secretariat on Friday, Chief Electoral Officer Bhanwar Lal said that the by-elections have been necessitated following the resignations of Mr YS Jaganmohan Reddy from the Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency and the resignation of Ms YS Vijayalakshmi from the Pulivendula Assembly Constituency on December 8, 2010.

Mr Bhanwar Lal said that the Election Commission will issue notification for the poll process for the by-poll within 6 months from December 8.

The CEO also informed that 6 ballot papers were stolen by a scrap dealer in Vijayawada.

Besides this, 25 EVMs were also stolen and the district Collector has been issued notice.

Mr Bhanwar Lal revealed that the district Collector had inspected the godowns stocking the EVMs on the orders of the Election Commission.