Key Points
The States of Meghalaya and Nagaland are set to go to polls today, across 59 Assembly constituencies each, where more than 34 lakh electors will choose their new representatives from among 552 candidates...
In Nagaland, the Congress party is contesting 25 seats, while the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP have agreed to continue with the 2018 seat-sharing formula of 40:20..
Nagaland hopes to end long wait for first woman MLA. This time around, these parties have invested heavily in the winnability of their women candidates, unlike in the 13 past elections where women usually featured as an afterthought...
30 CAPF companies have deployed in vulnerable and critical polling stations, the Deputy Commissioner of West Garo Hills district told ANI on Sunday.The CEO of Meghalaya said that around 19,000 polling personnel and staff have been deployed in the election process.The Election Commission has deployed 119 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Meghalaya.Out of the total of 3419 polling stations, 640 have been identified as vulnerable, 323 are critical and 84 are identified as both.-.
The Naga Peoples Front (NPF) and Congress, two parties that ruled Nagaland for a combined 31 years, struggled to find candidates for the February 27 Assembly polls in the State..
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