Meghalaya assembly elections News
In Meghalaya, NPP chief Conrad Sangma will take oath as the chief minister for a second consecutive term, while Nagaland's political stalwart Neiphiu Rio will be sworn as CM for the fifth term.
Polling in the northeastern states of Meghalaya and Nagaland started at 7 am and will continue till 4 pm, while the results will be declared on March 2.
In a resignation letter to Congress president Malikarjun Kharge, Ampareen Lyngdoh said that the party has lost its "sense of direction".
While Ferlin Sangma and Benedic Marak were from the ruling NPP, HM Shangpliang was of the opposition TMC.
Meghalaya threw up a fractured mandate on Saturday.
Meghalaya threw up a fractured mandate on Saturday.
Meghalaya threw up a fractured mandate on Saturday with the ruling Congress emerging as the largest party, marginally ahead of its rival, the NPP, an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Manipur.
Rahul Gandhi said the leadership was committed to strengthening Congress across northeast and winning back the trust of the people.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Ananth Kumar led the group of MPs to felicitate PM Modi and Amit Shah.
A saffron wave seems to have swept through India’s three north-eastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland.
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.
The ruling Congress has maintained its lead on 20 seats while the NPP continues to lead on 19 seats.
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.
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.
The polling was for the 60-seat Meghalaya Assembly was held on February 27, 2018.
Meghalaya's Chief Electoral Officer said on Friday that there will be 13 counting centres in the state.
Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP) chief Neiphiu Rio has won Northern Angami-II seat unopposed.
Meghalaya and Nagaland have a 60-member House each.
Meghalaya and Nagaland have a 60-member House each.
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