Voting is going on for the by-election in Punjab tomorrow i.e. on 20th November. At the same time, a holiday has been declared in 4 assembly constituencies Barnala, Hoshiarpur and Sri Muktsar Sahib district.
Let us tell you that there will be a local holiday in government offices, boards, corporations and schools-colleges in these four districts. Notification has also been issued in this regard. If any government officer\employee is a voter in the voter list used for Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal, Gidderbaha and Barnala constituencies and is working in a government office or school-college in any other district of Punjab, then he can take leave by showing his voter card.
These seats became vacant due to Lok Sabha elections
Four assembly seats of Punjab fell vacant during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Barnala seat of Aam Aadmi Party cabinet minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer has become vacant. At the same time, the Chabbewal seat of Hoshiarpur is vacant after Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal became an MP.
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Gidderbaha and former Congress deputy CM Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Dera Baba Nanak seat have also won the Lok Sabha elections. Elections are to be held on all these four seats.