Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018: Polling in Alwar district's Ramgarh seat postponed after BSP candidate's death

The BSP candidate in Alwar district's Ramgarh constituency in Rajasthan, Lakshman Singh, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, forcing authorities to postpone the polling on the Assembly seat. 

Elections will now take place in 199 out of the total 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan on December 7. 

Laxman Singh, 62, passed away after suffering a heart attack on Thursday morning. 

"BSP candidate Laxman Singh died Thursday morning. Elections are postponed on death of any candidate and next date of election on the seat will be notified by the Election Commission of India," Pankaj Kumar, returning officer of Ramgarh, told PTI.

In Ramgarh constituency, there were as many as 21 candidates in the fray.

There are provisions in Section 52 in The Representation of the People Act, 1951, that if a candidate of a national recognised party dies after filing nominations, Returning Officer will adjourn polling," Alwar collector Prakash Rajpurohit said. 

"Election Commision will give 7 days time to concerned party for nomination filing of new candidate and then announce fresh polling dates. The same procedure will be followed in this case. Polling has been adjourned and EC is finalising the new date," he added. 

The 200-member Rajasthan Assembly is scheduled to go to polls on December 7 and counting of votes will take place on December 11.