Erode East Assembly Bypoll On February 27, Says EC

Erode East Bypoll: The counting of votes and declaration of results will take place on March 2.

Chennai: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced that the bypoll for Erode East constituency will be held on February 27, 2023 and the counting of votes will take place on March 2, 2023.

The EC announced that the filling of nomination will take place on January 31. The last date to file nominations will be February 7. The scrutiny of nominations will take place on February 8. The last date to withdraw the nomination will be February 10. 

The Erode East constituency seat fell vacant after the demise of Congress MP Thirumahan Everaa.

Thirumahan Everaa, Congress sitting MLA from Erode East constituency, died due to cardiac arrest at a private hospital in the district on Wednesday. He was 46 years old at the time of his death. 

Everaa complained of chest pain and became unwell. When the pain intensified, he was admitted to the hospital. However, he died at the hospital. 
 
Thirumahan is also the son of former Union Minister and senior Congress leader EVKS Elangovan.

Elangovan is the grandson of Periyar E.V.S. Ramaswamy's brother Krishnaswamy.

On January 11, the Assembly secretariat issued the vacancy notification. As a result, by-elections have to be mandatorily held for the seat within six months of notification.

The bypoll will be crucial for AIADMK since the party has been facing successive defeats since general elections 2019. This is also one of the crucial election in the western belt which is considered the turf of AIADMK after the ouster of former CM O Panneerselvam. 

Earlier, A. Yuvaraj of the Tamil Manila Congress contested against Thirumagan Evera in the two-leaves ticket of AIADMK but lost in the 2021 Assembly polls.