Meghalaya election results: 59 of the 60 constituencies went to polls on February 27.
Counting of votes for
Assembly Elections in Meghalaya began today after it went to
polls on February 27, the election commission had said earlier. Meghalaya has strength of 60 seats, but voting was held only for 59 seats after a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate was killed in Meghalaya. The Congress hopes to retain power in the state that has been their strong hold with a 10-year rule. The BJP gave the ruling Congress government a tough fight and fielded 47 candidates in the assembly polls, while the Congress put up nominees in 59 constituencies. Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma is contesting from two seats for the first time. The state saw a voter turnout of 84.86 per cent, two per cent less that the turnout in 2013.
Here are the live updates of Meghalaya election results 2018:
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Meghalaya election results: Congress leads in 3 seats and NPP leads in 1, show initial trends
Vikram Chandra and his panel of experts in the studio as counting begins in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
Live Election Results 2018: Stakes High In Tripura, Meghalaya And NagalandCounting of votes has begun in the three north east states - Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. The results of the high-stakes assembly elections in the three states will be known later today. The BJP is looking to take all the three north east states, confident of its performance after its two successive victories in Assam and Manipur in the last two years.
Assembly election results: Congress leads in one seat in Meghalaya show initial trends
Counting begins for the 59 constituencies in Meghalaya.
Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor said a three-tier security arrangement was made at all the 13 counting centres and 11 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployed for the counting process.
15,35,846 voters out of the total 18.09 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in 59 constituencies when Meghalaya went to polls on February 27.
The Election Commission has ordered re-polling in Meghalaya's Kyndong Tuber polling station in Raliang constituency of West Jaintia Hills district tomorrow. Voting will be held from 7 am to 4 pm, he said.
The order came after he recommended re-polling in the polling station due to a ''human error'' which had resulted in a mix up of EVMs from another constituency. This had led to voting being stopped in the polling station.
Four prominent parties are fighting the poll battle in Meghalaya - Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), National People's Party (NPP) and United Democratic Party (UDP). The ruling Indian National Congress fielded 60 candidates. The United Democratic Party contested from 35 seats. The BJP fielded 47 candidates while National People's Party contested from 52 constituencies. In the 60-member Meghalaya assembly elections, a party would need 31 seats to get a clear majority.
Meghalaya saw 84.86 per cent voter turnout on February 27. In 2013 Meghalaya Assembly elections, the voter turnout was 87 per cent. According to the State Election Commission, 1,842,163 electors were eligible to cast their vote. Of these, 9,12,849 were men and 9,29,314 were women. The polling was held on 3,082 polling booths.
Meghalaya comprises of 60 assembly constituencies. A total of 55 constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and the remaining are for the general candidates. In total, 370 candidates contested the Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018. Of these, 338 are men and 32 are women.
