The Election Commission today announced fresh dates for Lohardaga Assembly by-election in Jharkhand. The seat fell vacant in June this year.

According to the notification, polling in the reserved seat (Scheduled Tribe) will be held on December 14 and the counting of votes will be done on December 17.

The seat fell vacant after sitting MLA, Kamal Kishore Bhagat of AJSU party lost his membership after being convicted and jailed in an attempt to murder case in June.