The by-election in Rupauli became necessary when sitting JDU MLA Bima Bharti resigned from her post on March 24 and joined RJD.

Bharti also contested the Lok Sabha elections from Purnia on an RJD ticket, but finished third behind independent candidate Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, and JD-U's Santosh Kushwaha came second.

Gazette notification for filing nominations for the by-election will be issued on June 14, while the last date for filing nominations is June 21.

Candidates can withdraw their candidature till 26th June.

Voting will take place on July 10 and the results will be declared on July 13.

The other 12 assembly seats on which by-elections will be held on July 10 are Raiganj, Ranaghat South, Bagda and Maniktala (West Bengal), Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu), Amarwada (Madhya Pradesh), Badrinath and Mangalore (Uttarakhand), Jalandhar West (Punjab). ), and Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh).