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Highlights: Voting Begins In Meghalaya, Nagaland; Results On Saturday
Counting of votes in all the three states in the north-east is on March 3.
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Updated : February 27, 2018 12:47 pm IST
Results of elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will be declared on March 3.
People in Meghalaya and Nagaland are voting in the assembly elections today. The assembly election in Left Front-ruled Tripura was held on February 18. Counting of votes in all the three states in the north-east is on March 3. The model code of conduct is in force in the three states since January 19. All the three states have 60 seats each in their assembly. Tripura voted for 59 seats on Sunday last as voting in Charilam was postponed to March 12 after the death of CPI(M) candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma. The Congress is in power in Meghalaya, the Left Front is running Tripura and the Naga People's Front in alliance with the BJP is in charge in Nagaland. BJP leaders have been the north-east in recent times to firm up election plans. The Congress is also looking to strengthen its presence in the region, which the BJP has been taking inch by inch with the victories in Assam and Manipur in the last two years.
Feb 27, 2018 12:47 (IST)
For the first time, 67 all-women polling stations and 61 model polling stations have been set up in Meghalaya.
Feb 27, 2018 12:14 (IST)
Feb 27, 2018 09:56 (IST)
16 per cent voters turned up in Meghalaya till 9 am
Nagaland saw 17 per cent voter turnout
Feb 27, 2018 09:09 (IST)
One person injured in a bomb blast in a polling station Mon District's Tizit in Nagaland: news agency ANI
Feb 27, 2018 08:56 (IST)
A look at rich candidates in Nagaland this election
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Feb 27, 2018 08:49 (IST)
Feb 27, 2018 08:48 (IST)
PM Narendra Modi tweeted this morning and asked voters in Meghalaya and Nagaland to come out in large numbers.
Feb 27, 2018 08:45 (IST)
Feb 27, 2018 08:44 (IST)
Polling began in Meghalaya and Nagaland at 7 am. Long queues of voters were seen outside the polling booths this morning.
Feb 26, 2018 08:47 (IST)
Election Commission engineers will be present at all booths in Nagaland where re-polling will be held. One company of central security forces would be deployed for each booth to prevent any untoward incident.
Feb 26, 2018 08:47 (IST)
Re-polling will be held in six booths in six assembly constituencies in Tripura today. Web-casting will be carried out in six polling booths to ensure zero interference during the election.
Feb 26, 2018 08:15 (IST)
The election campaign in Meghalaya and Nagaland, during which barbs flew thick and fast among parties, ended on Sunday. Voting in the two states, both having 60-member assemblies, will take place on Tuesday. The results will be declared on March 3 along with that of Tripura, where elections were held on February 18.
Feb 25, 2018 07:22 (IST)
In Nagaland, the Congress had nominated 23 contenders for the February 27 polls. However, the actual number of its candidates in fray is 18 after five of its contenders withdrew nominations. The Nagaland Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP are contesting the election in alliance.
Feb 25, 2018 07:20 (IST)
The Congress is in unofficial talks with the Naga People's Front (NPF) for a post-poll pact in a bid to keep the BJP-NDPP out of power in Nagaland, sources said: news agency PTI.
Feb 25, 2018 07:16 (IST)
In Meghalaya, the big election battle is Sangma versus Sangma - two families that dominate state politics and are, in a way, also trying to keep the BJP at a distance from their territory.
Feb 22, 2018 19:51 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a BJP-NDPP government in Nagaland would plug the loopholes causing wastage of public money and work towards improving road connectivity in the state."
Feb 22, 2018 19:50 (IST)
Meghalaya needs double engine - one from Meghalaya, another from Delhi: PM Modi
- The current government has wasted your 50 years. I urge you to provide us with one opportunity for five years
- Today the world is appreciating India, the reason behind this is not Modi but you, the people
- Meghalaya needs double engine - one from Meghalaya, another from Delhi. If both the engines come to work together, all the work which had been halted for 50 years will begin at once
- What is the reason that even if Crores of rupees are released by Delhi for roads, there are no roads to be seen in Meghalaya?
Feb 22, 2018 19:49 (IST)
Feb 22, 2018 12:24 (IST)
Highlights of PM Modi's address:
- Can see the picture of "Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat" in front of me here in Tuensang: PM Modi
- By coming to this rally in large numbers, you have given a fitting reply to those who play vote bank politics and divide the society
- Talented people of Nagaland, be it in the field of sports, art, culture, music, have always enhanced the value of the country
- India's development is not possible without the development of the north-east
- There is a need for a strong and stable government in Nagaland which will work for the development of the state
- The NDA Government is giving special priority to the north-east. We are making efforts to further prosperity in the north-east
- When a party makes an honest attempt to take everyone along with the agenda of "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas", only then people come out in large numbers, like you have
- In the past few years this state has seen political instability, the cabinet was reshuffled four times in four years. We want to give a stable government for faster development
Feb 22, 2018 12:19 (IST)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Tuensang rally in Nagaland.
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