Assembly Election 2023 Dates HIGHLIGHTS: Lakshwadeep, 5 States To Undergo Bypolls On Feb 27, Counting Of Votes On March 2
Assembly Election 2023 Dates: Follow this page for all the latest and fastest updates from the Election Commission of India press conference on January 18.
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Assembly Election 2023 Dates: Hello and welcome to ABP Live to get the updates from the Election Commission of India (ECI) press conference. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar announced the poll schedule for Nagaland, Tripura and Meghalaya legislative assemblies on Wednesday, January 18. The term of assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura is ending on March 12, March 15, and March 22, respectively.
While Tripura is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the other two states, the BJP is part of the ruling coalition. In Nagaland, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party is in power. National People’s Party, the only party from the Northeast to have national party recognition, runs the government in Meghalaya.
Nagaland Assembly Election Schedule 2023
To elect the 60 legislative members of the Nagaland assembly, polling will be held on February 27 and the counting of votes will happen on March 2.
Meghalaya Assembly Election Schedule 2023
To elect the 60 legislative members of the Meghalaya assembly, polling will be held on February 27 and the counting of votes will happen on March 2.
Tripura Assembly Election Schedule 2023
To elect the 60 legislative members of the Tripura assembly, polling will be held on February 16 and the counting of votes will happen on March 2.
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Tripura Legislative Assembly Election
- Four-cornered fight expected between BJP, Congress, Left, and Trinamool Congress
- BJP has changed the CM face to beat anti-incumbency
- In 2018, BJP won 35 seats and unseated the 20-year incumbent CM, Manik Sarkar of CPI(M)
Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election
- Congress emerged as the largest party in the 2018 assembly election with 21 seats
- BJP teamed up with the National People's Party to form the government, with Conrad Sangma as CM
Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election
- Demand for a separate state 'Frontier Nagaland' by tribal groups may play a crucial role in the election
- Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)-BJP alliance in power
- In 2018, NPF emerged as the single largest party but the NDPP-BJP alliance formed a government with support from other parties.
Assembly Election 2023 Dates Live: Lakshwadeep, 5 States To Undergo Bypolls On Feb 27, Counting Of Votes On March 2
The Union Territory of Lakshwadeep and six Assembly constituencies across five states will undergo bypolls along with Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
The bypolls for one Parliamentary seat in Lakshwadeep, Lumla Assembly constituency in Arunachal Pradesh, Ramgarh Assembly constituency in Jharkhand, Erode Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, Sagardighi Assembly constituency in West Bengal, and Kasba Peth and Chinchwad Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra will be held simultaneousy with following schedule.
Gazette notification will be issued on January 31 and the last date of nomination set on February 7. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on February 8 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination will be February 10.
Polling will take place on February 27 and votes will be counted on March 2 along with Tripura and Meghalaya and the poll process will be completed by March 4, 2023, said the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in a press conference in the national capital today.
Nagaland Assembly Election 2023 Dates Live: Nominations on February 7, Polling On February 27 - Check Full Dates
The election for the 60-member Nagaland Legislative Assembly will take place in a single phase with gazette notification being issued on January 31 and the last date of nomination set on February 7. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on February 8 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination will be February 10.
Polling will take place on February 27 and votes will be counted on March 2 along with Tripura and Meghalaya and the poll process will be completed by March 4, 2023, said the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in a press conference in the national capital today. Read More Here
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