Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Susner Civic Body President Bypoll Set For September 29
Susner will hold an election to choose a new municipal council president.
Voting will happen on September 29.
Officials will count the votes on October 3.
People can submit nomination papers from September 8 to September 15.
Officials will check the papers on September 16.
Candidates can withdraw until September 18.
The election rules limit rallies, posters, loudspeakers and other campaign activities without permission.
The election is needed because the previous president resigned.
Voting for the Susner Municipal Council president’s by-election will be held on September 29.
Counting of votes will begin at 9 a.m. on October 3.
Nominations will be accepted from September 8 to September 15, with scrutiny on September 16.
The Model Code of Conduct now applies across all 15 municipal wards.
The civic body has 13,843 registered voters, and the post became vacant after Lakshmi Rahul Sisodia resigned.
- Who
- Voters in Susner Municipal Council’s 15 wards will elect the next council president; Lakshmi Rahul Sisodia was the former president.
- What
- A by-election will be held for the vacant Susner Municipal Council president’s post.
- When
- Voting is scheduled for September 29, with counting on October 3; nominations run from September 8 to 15.
- Where
- Susner, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The post became vacant after former president Lakshmi Rahul Sisodia’s resignation was accepted on February 19, 2026.
- Voting date
- September 29, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Counting date
- October 3, beginning at 9 a.m.
- Wards
- 15
- Registered voters
- 13,843: 6,928 women, 6,914 men and one third-gender voter.
- Nomination schedule
- September 8 to 15; scrutiny on September 16; withdrawal deadline on September 18.
- Returning officer
- Susner SDM Devkunwar Solanki.
- Vacancy
- Former president Lakshmi Rahul Sisodia’s resignation was accepted on February 19, 2026.