Meghalaya Election Results 2023: The counting of votes to the 59 assembly seats of Meghalaya has begun at 13 centres across the state, according to Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor. Early trends suggest the National People's Party leading on 14 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken the lead on 6 seats. TMC moving ahead on 4 seats.
Meghalaya has a 60-member assembly, but polling in the Sohiong constituency was adjourned following the death of one of the candidates. The Congress and the BJP contested in 59 seats, while the NPP had put up nominees in 56 constituencies, the TMC in 57 and the UDP in 46.
After polling on February 27, F R Kharkongor said that 85.25 per cent of the state’s 21.6 lakh voters exercised their franchise during the assembly election held. The tenure of the 10th Meghalaya Assembly is scheduled to end on March 15, 2023. In the 2018 Meghalaya Assembly election, a coalition led by the National People's Party (NPP) formed the state government, with Conrad Sangma becoming Chief Minister.
The Election Commission (EC) has deployed 119 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in Meghalaya to ensure a smooth polling process. According to EC, 375 candidates are contesting for the 60 Assembly seats.
The ruling National People's Party (NPP) is striving to retain power in the northeastern state, while the BJP, Trinamool Congress, and other regional parties hope to bring about a change in the government.
Meghalaya Exit Poll Predictions:
Times Now-ETG, India Today-My Axis and Zee News-Matrize predicted a hung house in the state, even though Meghalaya’s Chief Minister Conrad Sangma remained confident of victory. The majority mark to form government in the state is 31.