Bhopal, July 2 -- The Election Commission of India has announced that voting for the Datia assembly by-election will be held on July 30.

The by-election for the Datia assembly seat was necessitated after Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti's assembly membership was revoked on April 2 following his sentencing in a 25-year-old criminal case.

In the 2023 assembly election, he defeated former home minister and senior BJP leader Narottam Mishra by 7,742 votes.

According to the schedule announced by ECI, the notification for the by-election will be issued on July 6. The last date for filing nominations is July 13, scrutiny of nomination papers is set for July 14, and the deadline for withdrawing nominations is July 16. The polling will take place o...