In 1963 a by-election was held for the
Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, which was at the time in
Madhya Pradesh. The by-election was won by the
Indian National Congress candidate
Chandrabhan Singh, with votes, against M. L. Shukla of
Jana Sangh with votes. This by-election was needed because the original election for this seat was declared void by the
Madhya Pradesh High Court, which judged that the nomination papers of one of the candidates, Bashir Ahmed Qureshi, "was improperly and illegally rejected by the Returning Officer". ==See also==