NEW DELHI: The
Election Commission will announce the schedule of assembly elections in
Tripura, Meghalaya and
Nagaland on Wednesday afternoon.
The poll panel will address the press conference at 2.30 pm in
the national capital for the purpose. The term of the three assemblies is ending on different dates in March.
Here are the details-
Tripura assembly electionTotal seats: 60
Majority mark: 31 seats
Current tenure: 23 March, 2018 - 22 March, 2023
Current CM: Manik Saha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Tripura chief ministers and their tenure Since 1963, Tripura has had eleven chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as chief minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The incumbent is Manik Saha ,after Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from the post.
Meghalaya assembly electionTotal seats: 60
Majority mark: 31 seats
Current tenure: 16 March, 2018 - 15 March, 2023
Current CM: Conrad Sangma (National People's Party)
Meghalaya chief ministers and their tenureSince Williamson A. Sangma entered office in 1970 till Conrad Sangma, who is presently serving as chief minister and is a member of the National People's Party, Meghalaya has had 12 chief ministers. 6 of these chief ministers are members of the Indian National Congress. The longest-serving chief minister, Mukul Sangma, in office for eight years. Meghalaya has only been governed by the president for two brief years. The All Party Hill Leaders Conference has been the main governing party.
Nagaland assembly electionTotal seats: 60
Majority mark: 31 seats
Current tenure: 13 March, 2018 - 12 March, 2023
Current CM: Neiphiu Rio (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party)
Nagaland chief ministers and their tenureSince 1963, Nagaland has seen 24 people as chief minister starting from P.Shilu Ao who took oath in 1963 to currently serving Neiphiu Rio who took oath in 2018 and is from Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. Out of this, 4 chief ministers are from Indian National Congress party.
The 2023 is a crucial year as assembly polls in 9 states are due this year. Apart from the four northeast states - Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana will be going ahead for elections for the year 2023 and the winner's tenurity shall continue for the next 5 years.
Notably, this will also set the base platform for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024.