By-elections to the Brahmanbaria-2 and Lakshmipur-3 constituencies are scheduled for November 5, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam has said.

The announcement came after a meeting of the Election Commission on Tuesday.

Nomination papers must be submitted by October 11, as stated by the secretary. Candidates wishing to withdraw from the race have until October 19 to do so.

The Parliament Secretariat recently declared the two constituencies vacant due to the passing of Lakshmipur-3 lawmaker AKM Shajahan Kamal and Brahmanbaria-2 lawmaker Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan on Saturday.