AMARAVATI: The by-election for the lone vacancy in the state legislative council will be held on March 24.
The by-election was necessitated following the death of YSRC MLC, Shaik Karimunnisa of Vijayawada. The Election Commission on Monday released the schedule to conduct the bypoll. The EC will release the election notification on March 7. The last date for filing of nominations is March 14. While scrutiny of nominations will be taken up on March 15, the last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 17. Polling will be held on March 24 and the counting of votes will be taken up immediately after the commencement of polling.