Poll authorities in Goa have formally notified the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the vacancy created in the Panaji assembly seat following the death of its sitting MLA and former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
With this, four assembly seats have fallen vacant in the state, which has a 40-member House, and three of them will have bypolls next month.
Parrikar, 63, died Sunday after fighting a pancreatic ailment for over a year. He was cremated Monday at Miramar beach.
"We have communicated to ECI about the vacancy created due to death of Parrikar. Panaji will go for by-election, but ECI will have to decide the date," Goa Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kunal said Tuesday.
By-elections in three assembly constituencies
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