Meghalaya assembly elections 2018 News
Sangma met the Governor on Sunday evening and staked claim to form the government with the support of 34 MLAs in the 60-member Assembly.
The ruling Congress emerged as the single largest party in Meghalaya and won 21 seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi revelled in his party's victory in the Tripura Assembly elections, and launched a scathing attack on the politics of the Left. He said the Northeast would show the way to the rest of the country when it comes to development.
Only if the BJP has won in West Bengal, Kerala and Odisha would he call it a golden age, Shah said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called the 'historic victory' in Tripura an ideological win and said that democracy had won over brute force.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has won from both Ampati and Songsak constituencies
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally surged ahead of the Left Front in Tripura establishing a lead in 41 seats in the 59-seat elections. It is a close fight in Meghalaya with the Congress ahead in 20 seats and NPP is leading in 19 seats. In Nagaland, the ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) was ahead in 28 constituencies while the BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leading in 26 seats.
Elections to 60-member Meghalaya Assembly were held on February 27.
It is up to the national leaders to decide, but there can be a possibility of a post-poll alliance, Kohli said.
Sangma, who is the chief minister since 2010, retained Ampati seat defeating his nearest BJP rival Bakul Ch Hajong by over 6,000 votes.
Madhav conceded that the CPI-M gave a good fight in Tripura but people voted for change.
Polling for 59 seats of the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly was held on February 27.
Polling for 59 seats of the 60-member Assembly was held on February 27.
Counting of votes for Assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland is underway. With the trends showing a decent performance by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies in Tripura and Nagaland, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the results will “change the political landscape of northeast”.
Polling for 59 seats of the 60-member Assembly was held on February 27.
Riding the crest of a 'Modi wave', the BJP on Saturday demolished the communist citadel of Tripura, winning a two-third majority with ally IPFT.
The National People`s Party (NPP) has bagged 19 seats in Meghalaya Assembly elections.
The polling was for the 60-seat Meghalaya Assembly was held on February 27. Of the 60 Assembly seats in Meghalaya, as many as 55 seats in the state are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.
Meghalaya has witnessed a massive voter turnout of 84.86% in the elections, which is lesser than the turnout in 2013 Assembly elections, which stood at 86.82%.
Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will get new Assemblies today after the election results are declared later in the day. Initial trends show a close contest between the Left Front and BJP-led alliance in Tripura. In Nagaland BJP and its allies have already taken a slender lead and in Meghalaya Congress and BJP are in a neck and neck fight.
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