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Election results in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will be declared today
Here are the live updates of the election results in Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya:
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The BJP and the ruling CPM are neck and neck in very early rounds of counting of votes in Tripura; the BJP hopes to end the two-decade run of the Left party's Manik Sarkar as chief minister.
People at a polo ground in Shillong, Meghalaya where counting trends are being projected (Photo: ANI)
Congress supporters come out on the streets in Shillong, Meghalaya. Counting of votes is on.
BJP's north east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "I am sure Tripura will have our own majority and Nagaland will have our majority with our allied partner. But Meghalaya, we have to talk among parties and install a non-Congress government."
First leads: BJP alliance ahead in 4 seats in Tripura, Congress leads in 1 in Meghalaya, NDPP-BJP has 1 in Nagaland
One of the main issues in the Nagaland election is the Framework Agreement that the centre had signed with Naga groups. The groups have demanded that the centre take the Naga Accord to a logical conclusion.
In Meghalaya, if the National People's Party manages to win substantial seats, and if the BJP wins decently, then speculation is that the BJP could give support from outside.
The Nagaland assembly election is seen as a battle between Chief Minister T R Zeliang of the NPF and his predecessor Neiphiu Rio, once his colleague but who has now launched his own party the NDPP.
It's a crucial election for the Left party which is now in power only in Tripura and Kerala after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ended its three-decade rule in West Bengal seven years ago.
Counting of votes has begun in all the three states -- Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura.
Election officials arrive at a counting centre in Nagaland. Counting of votes began at 8 am.
Ahead of the election result in Meghalaya, BJP's north east strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma told NDTV, "If we win Tripura and if we can regain Nagaland, and have a government in Meghalaya, then our expansion in the north east will be complete, barring Mizoram. Today will be a big day."
Chief Electoral Officer Sriram Taranikanti said counting for the 59 of the 60 assembly constituencies will start at 80 am at 20 centres, and by the noon all results are expected to be declared.
As Tripura waits for results of the assembly election, the state election department said it has taken all steps to make the counting process smooth. Chief Electoral Officer Sriram Taranikanti said strict security is in place at all the 20 counting centres spread across Tripura.
The BJP contested 20 seats in Nagaland, and left the rest to its ally - the NDPP, led by three-time Chief Minister Neipheu Rio, who formed the party after quitting NPF last year. The powerful NPF snapped its 15-year-old ties with the BJP, which decided to go with Mr Rio, who had the backing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. But there is room for a post-poll alliance.
In Nagaland, the BJP contested 20 seats, leaving the remaining 40 seats to its ally Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party or NDPP that's headed by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio. "NDPP-BJP will go beyond 30 seats. There are some smaller parties which has given some kind of support to us. I have already spoken to some of them. They will also come with us," union minister Kiren Rijiju said.
As Nagaland and Meghalaya, Tripura also has 60 assembly constituencies, out of which 20 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, 10 for Scheduled Castes and the rest for general candidates. The number of candidates who contested the Tripura assembly election 2018 was 297. Of these, 20 are women.
Meghalaya has 60 assembly constituencies, out of which 55 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and the rest are for general candidates. A total of 370 candidates contested the Meghalaya assembly election 2018. Of these, 338 are men and 32 are women.
After 54 years of statehood and 12 assembly elections, Nagaland is yet to see any woman representative in the assembly.
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