New Delhi, Oct 9 (PTI) Bypoll to Nagaland's Tapi assembly constituency will be held on November 7, the Election Commission said on Monday.

The bypoll was necessitated following the death of sitting member Noke Wangnao.

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The bypoll will coincide with the assembly election in Mizoram and the first phase of poll in Chhattisgarh.

A 10-time MLA, Wangnao, 87, died at a hospital in Dimapur on August 28 after a brief illness.

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Having been elected as a Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate in the Nagaland assembly elections in February, he served as an advisor for the Social Welfare Department till his death.

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