The Election Commission on Tuesday announced the bypoll dates for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. As per the announcement, the bypolls in Gurdaspur LS seat will be held on October 11. The seat was lying vacant since April 24, after the demise of sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Vinod Khanna representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. The model code of conduct in the constituency has come into immediate effect after the announcement of the election date, Indian Express reported.

The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the bypolls according to which the gazette notification for the polls will be done on September 11 and the last date for filing nominations has been fixed at September 22. Nominations will be scrutinised on September 25 and the last date for the withdrawal candidature will be September 27. Elections will be taking place on October 11 and the poll counting will be done on October 15.

In the Gurdaspur bypolls, the EC will be using Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and conventional Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). It is expected that the announcement of the candidates by the major political parties will soon be announced. For Congress, it is suggested that the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, Sunil Jakhar will be the candidate whereas Kavita Khanna, wife of late Vinod Khanna will be in the race for a BJP ticket. APP candidate has not been finalised yet.