Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls begin: Congress looks to retain hold, BJP looks for clean sweep in Northeast
NEW DELHI: Voting is underway in the Assembly elections in Meghalaya and Nagaland amid tight safety. While the two states have a 60-member area every, voting is being held just for 59 constituencies in both. With consecutive victories in Manipur and Assam, the BJP is hoping for a clean sweep in Meghalaya and Nagaland. Simultaneously, the Congress is seeking to regain its hang in the northeast.
The results of the polls in the two states can be declared on Saturday, together with the ones of Tripura whose electorate cast their poll on February 18.
Polling began at 7 am nowadays and can finish at four pm, apart from in some polling stations of the interior districts of Nagaland, the place the method is scheduled to conclude at three pm. As of nine am, the poll share in Nagaland was once 17% and in Meghalaya, it was once 16.five%. Here are the top tendencies of the day from both states:
MEGHALAYA
*There are 370 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya. A total of 18.four lakh electorate are eligible to workout their franchise in three,083 polling stations in the state.
* Meghalaya's leader electoral officer R Kharkongor mentioned a total of 106 firms of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) had been deployed, together with the state's armed personnel and police, particularly in the Garo Hills area. Six further firms of CAPF had been deployed in the East and South Garo Hills districts.
* For the first time, 67 all-women polling stations and 61 type polling stations are in operation in Meghalaya.
*As many as 580 polling stations are categorised as 'vulnerable' and strict safety features are in position across the state to verify a free-and-fair election. 340 polling cubicles had been categorised as "critical" whilst 67 had been categorised as 'vulnerable' in addition to 'crucial'.
*The BSF has also been asked to keep a detailed vigil along the 443-km-long India-Bangladesh border, Kharkongor mentioned. The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 43 observers to verify hassle-free polls, he added.
NAGALAND
*Election to the 60-member Nagaland assembly began at 7 am nowadays amid tight safety as more than part of two,156 polling stations had been declared crucial. A total of 11,91,513 electorate -- 6,01,707 (50.50 per cent) men and five,89,806 (49.50 per cent) females will workout their franchise nowadays. There also are five,925 provider electorate.
* With Nationalist Democratic People's Party leader Neiphiu Rio winning unopposed the Northern Angami-II seat, polling is being held in 59 seats.
*The election process in Nagaland began on a shaky observe with the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations advocating a "solution (to the Naga political issue) before election" is held. Following this no-election diktat, political events first of all avoided the poll process and the first batch of 22 contestants filed their candidature best on the penultimate day on February five, despite the fact that filing of nominations had begun on January 31.
* Ahead of elections the day prior to this, one particular person was once injured in a bomb blast in a polling station in the Mon district of Nagaland.
*To ensure peaceful and protected polls, officials mentioned many as 281 firms of the CAPF had been deployed all over the state, along with the state police drive. All the polling stations could be manned by the CAPF personnel and the state police would even be aiding them, he added.
*Nagaland leader electoral officer Abhijit Sinha mentioned of the two,156 polling stations in Nagaland, 1,100 had been declared crucial, 530 vulnerable and 526 commonplace. Over 15,000 executive staff are on poll accountability whilst there are 177 all-women polling stations across 25 constituencies in the state.
* Sinha mentioned there are 55 election observers, come with 22 normal and expenditure observers every and 11 police observers, but even so 442 micro observers. Electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines can be used for voting, he added.
The results of the polls in the two states can be declared on Saturday, together with the ones of Tripura whose electorate cast their poll on February 18.
Polling began at 7 am nowadays and can finish at four pm, apart from in some polling stations of the interior districts of Nagaland, the place the method is scheduled to conclude at three pm. As of nine am, the poll share in Nagaland was once 17% and in Meghalaya, it was once 16.five%. Here are the top tendencies of the day from both states:
MEGHALAYA
*There are 370 candidates in the fray in Meghalaya. A total of 18.four lakh electorate are eligible to workout their franchise in three,083 polling stations in the state.
* Meghalaya's leader electoral officer R Kharkongor mentioned a total of 106 firms of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) had been deployed, together with the state's armed personnel and police, particularly in the Garo Hills area. Six further firms of CAPF had been deployed in the East and South Garo Hills districts.
* For the first time, 67 all-women polling stations and 61 type polling stations are in operation in Meghalaya.
*As many as 580 polling stations are categorised as 'vulnerable' and strict safety features are in position across the state to verify a free-and-fair election. 340 polling cubicles had been categorised as "critical" whilst 67 had been categorised as 'vulnerable' in addition to 'crucial'.
*The BSF has also been asked to keep a detailed vigil along the 443-km-long India-Bangladesh border, Kharkongor mentioned. The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 43 observers to verify hassle-free polls, he added.
NAGALAND
*Election to the 60-member Nagaland assembly began at 7 am nowadays amid tight safety as more than part of two,156 polling stations had been declared crucial. A total of 11,91,513 electorate -- 6,01,707 (50.50 per cent) men and five,89,806 (49.50 per cent) females will workout their franchise nowadays. There also are five,925 provider electorate.
* With Nationalist Democratic People's Party leader Neiphiu Rio winning unopposed the Northern Angami-II seat, polling is being held in 59 seats.
*The election process in Nagaland began on a shaky observe with the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations advocating a "solution (to the Naga political issue) before election" is held. Following this no-election diktat, political events first of all avoided the poll process and the first batch of 22 contestants filed their candidature best on the penultimate day on February five, despite the fact that filing of nominations had begun on January 31.
* Ahead of elections the day prior to this, one particular person was once injured in a bomb blast in a polling station in the Mon district of Nagaland.
*To ensure peaceful and protected polls, officials mentioned many as 281 firms of the CAPF had been deployed all over the state, along with the state police drive. All the polling stations could be manned by the CAPF personnel and the state police would even be aiding them, he added.
*Nagaland leader electoral officer Abhijit Sinha mentioned of the two,156 polling stations in Nagaland, 1,100 had been declared crucial, 530 vulnerable and 526 commonplace. Over 15,000 executive staff are on poll accountability whilst there are 177 all-women polling stations across 25 constituencies in the state.
* Sinha mentioned there are 55 election observers, come with 22 normal and expenditure observers every and 11 police observers, but even so 442 micro observers. Electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines can be used for voting, he added.
Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls begin: Congress looks to retain hold, BJP looks for clean sweep in Northeast
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