Piravom Assembly by-poll by April 30, says EC

Thursday, January 5, 2012: Election Commission of India on Wednesday informed the Kerala High court that bypoll to the Piravom Assembly constituency will be conducted by April 30.
According to the commission as per provisions of the Representation of People Act, six months time was available for declaring election to a vacant seat.
Recording the submission, Justice S Sirijagan closed the petition by KK Joy, a voter of the constituency, who complained of political malafides in not conducting the bypoll in time.
The bypoll was necessitated following the death of T M Jacob, Kerala Congress (Jacob) leader and minister on October 30 last year.