India, Oct. 5 -- Campaigning for six crucial by-elections - five assembly seats and one Lok Sabha constituency across three states and a Union Territory - ended on Sunday, with parties making a final push in what has become a key mid-term test for ruling parties.

Voting will be held on October 6 in Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal; Madurantakam and Dharapuram in Tamil Nadu; Thattanchavady in Puducherry; and the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

All six seats fell vacant after sitting legislators resigned following the April 2026 general and assembly elections, where several leaders won from two constituencies and later retained one.

The Nandigram seat fell vacant after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari retained Bhabanipur, wh...