The BJP-NDPP alliance have crossed the majority mark, winning 35 seats, and is leading in two more.
On the otherhand, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio defeated the Congress' Seyievilie Sachu to win from the Northern Angami-II constituency.
With the vote counting for election results 2023 underway, celebrations already break out in the BJP bastion in Tripura as chief minister Manik Saha registers a massive win from the Town Bordowali Assembly constituency.
With vote counting underway, TIPRA Motha is leading in 13 seats, and Left Front in 12 seats respectively.
A neck-to-neck battle is visible as per the latest trends of Meghalaya election results show CM Conrad Sangma led NPP party leading ahead with 30 seats while BJP giving a tough fight with 8 seats.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura began at 8 am today. A total of 352 candidates contested 52 seats each in Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Meanwhile, Tripura’s multi-cornered contest saw 259 candidates in the fray to fill 60 seats.
The general election for Tripura Assembly elections took place on February 16 last where 28,14,584 electorates comprising 14,15,233 male and 13,99,289 female voters have been destined to exercise their franchise. But 24,66,511 electorates comprising 12,18,764 male and 12,47,705 female voters have exercised their democratic right on the day of polling in 3,327 polling stations across the state.
In this election around 259 candidates from different political parties were in fray. Among them, 55 candidates nominated from BJP, 47 from Left Front including one independent candidate, 42 from TIPRA Motha party, 28 from TMC and 13 from Congress. Apart from that, parties like CPIML, TSP and RSP have candidates in one seat each. Seven candidates contested from unrecognized political parties.
There were a total of 3,337 polling stations in the state. Out of which there were 97 polling stations manned by women, 88 model polling stations, 33 polling stations manned by youth polling workers and 44 polling stations manned by persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Speaking on the counting, an official said that the counting started at 8 AM with postal ballot and from 8.30 AM the counting of EVM machines will start.
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BJP national president JP Nadda has advised the state unit of BJP, Meghalaya to support the National people’s Party in forming the next government in Meghalaya.
BJP office in Tripura has been allegedly vandalised by Tipra Motha workers after BJP candidate Susanta Deb won the election.
On the other hand, Tipra Motha workers also launched an attack on the Sub-divisional Magistrate office in Santir Bazar under the South district after BJP candidate Pramod Reang won the election.
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TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee thanked the electorate of Meghalaya for giving the party so much love and recognizing our efforts.
Congress has won three seats – Agartala, Banamalipur and Kailashahar – in the Tripura assembly.
NPP chief Conrad Sangma reaches Shillong and holds a meeting with its party MLAs for a possible post-poll alliance.
As Union minister Ramdas Athawale's RPI wins two seats in Nagaland, the minister said, "Rahul Gandhi wasted time with Bharat Jodo Yatra. Congress is breaking. They lost Tripura," Athawale said.
Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong asserted that an individual candidate was more important than a party in the hill state.
"In Meghalaya's politics, individual candidates matter more than the party. It is the nominees who win the elections, not the party," Tynsong told media after his victory was announced.
As of 4:50 pm, the NPP has won 17 seats in 60-seat Assembly in Meghalaya, while the UDP had bagged 10 seats so far.
The TMC and Congress have won 3 and 4 seats respectively, while the Voice of the People Party has won 4.
Meghalaya deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong won from the Pynursla constituency as per the assembly election results announced by the Election Commission of India on Thursday.
Congress leader from Meghalaya Vincent Pala lost his home turf Sutnga-Saipung by a margin of 1800+ votes
Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman has won by a big margin from Agartala Assembly constituency. Barman has won by a margin of 6000+ votes.
United Democratic Party's candidate from Meghalaya, Lahkmen Rymbui has won by a margin of 57 votes from Amlarem constituency.
With vote counting underway and many key leaders emerging victorious, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio has won by a big margin of 92.87 per cent from Northern Angami-ll Assembly constituency. The NDPP-BJP alliance is looking forward to form government in Nagaland.
In a surprise win, Nagaland has got its second woman MLA in NDPP's Salhoutuonuo Kruse who won by a big margin of 3000+ votes. Earlier, NDPP's Hekani Jakhalu who was trailing in her constituency Dimapur lll, won by a margin of 400 votes.
Nagaland state BJP chief Temjen Imna Along has won from Alongtaki constituency by a big margin of 3500+ votes
The Deputy chief minister of Tripura, Jishnu Dev Varma lost to TIPRA Motha candidate Subodh Deb Barma by 800 votes.
Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma won from South Tura defeating its opponent and BJP leader Bernard Marak.
Tripura CM Manik Saha wins from 8 Town Bordowali Assembly constituency. Town Bordowali constituency is one of the key constituencies in the 60 assembly constituencies of Tripura. Chief Minister Manik Saha won the MLA by-elections held in 2022.
With vote counting underway in Nagaland, NDPP's T R Zeliang has registered a massive win from Peren constituency by a margin of 9639 votes
Nagaland gets its first woman MLA as NDPP's Hekani Jakhulu wins from Dimapur 3 assembly constituency.
NPP candidate and cabinet minister James Sangma loses from Dadenggre constituency.
Nagaland NPF candidate Achumbemo Kikon wins from Bhandari constituency, BJP's Mmhonlumo Kikon is second with 2069 votes.
A surprising trend reflects the current vote counting in Nagaland as RPI(A) candidate Imtichoba wins from Tuensang Sadar ll Assembly constituency by a margin of 400 votes.
In a biggest upset, Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along is trailing in Alongtaki constituency.
The third round of counting of votes has ended and trends show that CM Conrad Sangma is leading in South Tura by 508 votes. Meanwhile Trinamool Congress's Rupa Marak is leading in Dadenggre constituency and NPP's James K Sangma trailing.
As the vote counting for first round comes to an end, NPP is maintaining its lead in Meghalaya. CM Conrad Sangma led NPP has registered its first win as Sniawbhalag Dhar won from Nartiang Assembly seat by 1947 votes.
With the first round of vote counting coming to a closure, NPP candidate Brening A Sangma has defeated BJP's Akki A Sangma from Dalu constituency by a close margin.
BJP has yet again created history in Tripura by crossing the majority mark as vote counting for the 60 Assembly constituencies is underway. While Left Front has managed to grab 12 seats and TIPRA Motha is leading in 13 seats in Tripura, as per current trends.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already crossed the halfway mark in Tripura although numbers indicate losses compared to 2018 elections. Simultaneously, Pradyot Manikya Debbarma led TIPRA Motha is going strong and may play kingmaker as per latest trends.
BJP lead NDPP alliance in Nagaland is looking forward to create history as it is leading in 40 seats.
Latest trends show TIPRA Motha giving a tough fight to BJP in Tripura as it leads in 13 seats while BJP is leading in 29 seats.
With counting of votes underway, NDPP-BJP alliance looks forward to create history and form government as key political leaders are leading in their respective constituencies. Nagaland BJP chief Temjen Imna Along is currently leading in Alongtaki constituency and cheif minister Neiphiu Rio leading in Northern Angami ll Constituency.
Even as BJP heads to sweep Tripura elections, latest trends show heavy weight BJP leader Ramprasad Paul trailing while INC leading
from Suryamaninagar Assembly constituency. While CM Manik Saha is leading from 8 Town Bordowali constituency, INC candidate Sudip Roy Barman is leading from 6 Agartala Assembly Constituency
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma led NPP is looking forward to create history as the party is leading in 30 seats and have already crossed the halfway mark
Key BJP leaders including CM Neiphiu Rio and Deputy CM Y Patton are leading in their respective constituencies as BJP-NDPP alliance looks forward to retain power.
Latest trends to the ongoing vote counting in Meghalaya shows Conrad Sangma led NPP party is leading ahead with 20 seats, while TMC is leading in 8 seats. Meanwhile BJP is leading in 8 seats and Congress is leading in 7 seats.
Latest trends for Nagaland Election results show the alliance party of NDPP and BJP taking onto the scoreboard as NDPP leads in 24 seats while BJP in 12 seats. Congress continues to stand at zero
Latest trends show BJP leading in 19 seats while the Left front leading with 7 seats. Pradyot Manikya Debbarma led TIPRA Motha party is leading with 7 seats.
Latest trends show, Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma led National People's Party (NPP) leading in 19 seats followed by Trinamool Congress in 8 seats, United Democratic Party (UDP) is leading in 6 and BJP in 7 seats while Congress is leading in five seats.