Voters turnout for Nagaland and Meghalaya till 1pm is 58.06% and 44.73% respectively
Meghalaya and Nagaland assembly elections began amid tight security today. Mock polls were held in the constituencies prior to voting.Voters were seen queuing outside polling stations in Shillong and Kohima, the capitals of Meghalaya and Nagaland, respectively. Voting will close at 4 p.m., and the results for these two states and Tripura will be announced on March 2.
Voter turnout for the state assembly elections in Nagaland is around 58.06% and in Meghalaya it is 44.73% till 1pm, according to the Election commission of India (ECI) report.
Meghalaya will also see a multi-party election, with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress competing alongside the Congress, BJP, and NPP (National People's Party).
Triangular elections are scheduled in 59 of Nagaland's 60 assembly constituencies. The BJP, which won 12 of the state's 60 seats in 2018, will run in coalition with the NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party). The NDPP will contest 40 seats, while the BJP will contest 20 under the seat-sharing agreement.
More than 1,300,000 voters in Nagaland are eligible to vote to determine the electoral fate of 183 candidates running for 59 of 60 assembly seats. Polling will take place at 2,291 polling stations, 196 of which will be managed by women poll workers and 10 by people with disabilities.
Polling is also taking place in 59 of the 60 assembly seats in Meghalaya. Due to the death of one of the candidates, voting in the Sohiong constituency has been postponed.
There are over 2,160,000 people who are eligible to vote. There were 3,419 polling booths in total. There are 640 "vulnerable" polling booths and 323 "critical" polling booths. There are 369 candidates in total, with 36 of them being women.
On Monday, voting will take place for assembly by-elections in Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Jharkhand.
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