Here's what you need to know about the Assembly Elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura

Three north-eastern states - Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura - will go to polls at the end of February 2018. Voter-verified paper audit trail are to be used for the first time in Meghalaya, where the Congress has been in power for eight years now.

In Nagaland, the BJP would contest the polls in alliance with the newly-formed National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio. Currently, Naga People's Front (NPF) is the ruling party in Nagaland.

In Tripura, the Manik Sarkar-led CPI(M) government is in power.

Here's what you need to know about the Assembly Elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura:

ELECTION AND COUNTING DATES
Meghalaya (60-member assembly)
443 candidates have filed their nomination papers.
Election: February 27, 2018
Counting: March 3, 2018

Tripura (60-member assembly)
Election: February 18, 2018
Counting: March 3, 2018

Nagaland (60-member assembly)
253 candidates have filed their nomination papers.
Election: February 27, 2018
Counting: March 3, 2018