AGARTALA, May 27 (TIWN): Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday has issued an official notification for by-elections slated to be held on June 27 in Tripura along with other states including Meghalaya, Kerela, Madya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

By-elections would be held at Pratapgarh and Surma assembly constituency in Tripura on June 27. According to the notification issued by the ECI on Tuesday, the last date of filing nomination papers by the candidates from the both the constituencies is June 10. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is June 13.

Elections would be held on June 27 and the counting of votes would be held on June 30, ECI notification. Scrutiny of the nomination papers would be on June 11.

The ECI on its notification declared that the polling for by-elections in the mentioned state would start from 8:00 AM and would continue till 5:00 PM.

The elections shall be completed by July 2, 2015, issued ECI on Tuesday.

The commission has decided that the voter’s identification shall be mandatory in the aforementioned by-elections at the time of poll. Electoral photo identity card (EPIC) shall be the main document of identification of a voter.

The model of conduct shall come into force with immediate effect in the districts in which the whole or any part of the Assembly Constituency going for by-election is included, ECI decided.

It shall be applicable to all candidates, political parties and the state govt. concerned. However the State Election Commission is entrusted to issue the notification for the by-elections on June 3, 2015.

It is to be mentioned here that almost all the political parties here in Tripura have geared up for the upcoming by-elections slated to be held on June 27, 2015.