KOHIMA: Election to the 60-member Nagaland meeting started at 7 am on Tuesday amid tight safety as more than part of 2,156 polling stations were declared important.
With Nationalist Democratic People's Party(NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio successful unopposed the Northern Angami-II seat, polling is being held in 59 seats.
Voting will continue until four pm, except for in some polling stations of the internal districts the place it will end at three pm, election place of business resources mentioned.
Officials mentioned many as 281 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), beside the state police drive were deployed throughout Nagaland to verify peaceful polling.
Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha mentioned of the two,156 polling stations in Nagaland, 1,100 were declared important, 530 prone and 526 standard.
All the polling stations can be manned by the CAPF personnel and the state police would even be helping them, he added.
A complete of 11,76,432 voters, comprising of five,97,281 male, five,79,151 feminine and 5884 service voters, are eligible to workout their franchise all the way through the day to make a decision the fate of 195 applicants.
There aren't any third-gender voters within the state while the first time voters between the age team 18-19 years are 26,900, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer, Awa Lorin mentioned nowadays.
Voting will be carried out in 2,156 polling stations as 40 polling stations fall under the Northern Angami-II seat, from the place Rio has been declared elected unopposed.
Out of the 2156 polling stations, 1062 are important, 530 prone and 564 standard polling stations, he mentioned.
Over 15,000 executive workers will be on ballot duty and there will be 177 all-women polling stations across 25 constituencies within the state.
Sinha mentioned there are 55 election observers, include 22 common and expenditure observers each and 11 police observers, besides 442 mirco observers.
Electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines will be used for voting, he added.
The election procedure in Nagaland had began on a difficult notice with the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHCO) advocating "solution (to the Naga political issue) before election".
Following this no-election diktat the political parties had to begin with refrained from the ballot procedure and the first batch of 22 contestants filed their candidature simplest at the penultimate day on February five, although submitting of nominations had begun on January 31.
There was a heavy rush of nominees submitting their papers at the closing day.
BJP, which is determined to make bigger its foot print within the northeast this time after Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, is depending on its spouse, the NDPP.
In Nagaland, BJP's hope hinges on its alliance spouse NDPP which is contesting from 40 seats. The saffron celebration has fielded applicants from the remaining 20 seats.
The Congress, which has given 3 leader ministers to Nagaland for the reason that state's inception in 1963, is contesting from simplest 18 seats - two less than the BJP.
The result of the polls in Nagaland will be declared at the side of the ones of Tripura and Meghalaya on March three.
With Nationalist Democratic People's Party(NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio successful unopposed the Northern Angami-II seat, polling is being held in 59 seats.
Voting will continue until four pm, except for in some polling stations of the internal districts the place it will end at three pm, election place of business resources mentioned.
Officials mentioned many as 281 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), beside the state police drive were deployed throughout Nagaland to verify peaceful polling.
Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha mentioned of the two,156 polling stations in Nagaland, 1,100 were declared important, 530 prone and 526 standard.
All the polling stations can be manned by the CAPF personnel and the state police would even be helping them, he added.
A complete of 11,76,432 voters, comprising of five,97,281 male, five,79,151 feminine and 5884 service voters, are eligible to workout their franchise all the way through the day to make a decision the fate of 195 applicants.
There aren't any third-gender voters within the state while the first time voters between the age team 18-19 years are 26,900, Assistant Chief Electoral Officer, Awa Lorin mentioned nowadays.
Voting will be carried out in 2,156 polling stations as 40 polling stations fall under the Northern Angami-II seat, from the place Rio has been declared elected unopposed.
Out of the 2156 polling stations, 1062 are important, 530 prone and 564 standard polling stations, he mentioned.
Over 15,000 executive workers will be on ballot duty and there will be 177 all-women polling stations across 25 constituencies within the state.
Sinha mentioned there are 55 election observers, include 22 common and expenditure observers each and 11 police observers, besides 442 mirco observers.
Electronic voting machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines will be used for voting, he added.
The election procedure in Nagaland had began on a difficult notice with the Core Committee of Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHCO) advocating "solution (to the Naga political issue) before election".
Following this no-election diktat the political parties had to begin with refrained from the ballot procedure and the first batch of 22 contestants filed their candidature simplest at the penultimate day on February five, although submitting of nominations had begun on January 31.
There was a heavy rush of nominees submitting their papers at the closing day.
BJP, which is determined to make bigger its foot print within the northeast this time after Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, is depending on its spouse, the NDPP.
In Nagaland, BJP's hope hinges on its alliance spouse NDPP which is contesting from 40 seats. The saffron celebration has fielded applicants from the remaining 20 seats.
The Congress, which has given 3 leader ministers to Nagaland for the reason that state's inception in 1963, is contesting from simplest 18 seats - two less than the BJP.
The result of the polls in Nagaland will be declared at the side of the ones of Tripura and Meghalaya on March three.
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