Nagaland Assembly Elections Underway, Blast Reported in Tizit Constituency
One person was injured in a bomb blast in a polling station Mon District's Tizit in Nagaland. Election to the 60-member Nagaland assembly began at 7 am today.
Kohima, February 27: One person was injured in a bomb blast in a polling station Mon District's Tizit in Nagaland, news agency ANI reported. Election to the 60-member Nagaland assembly began at 7 am today amid tight security as more than half of 2,156 polling stations have been declared critical. Heavy security has already been deployed in constituencies marked as vulnerable and critical.
With Nationalist Democratic People's Party(NDPP) chief Neiphiu Rio winning unopposed the Northern Angami-II seat, polling is being held in 59 seats. Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang expected that his party will get the majority and form government again:
Voting will continue till 4 pm, except in some polling stations of the interior districts where it will end at 3 pm, election office sources said. Officials said many as 281 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), beside the state police force have been deployed throughout Nagaland to ensure peaceful polling. Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer Abhijit Sinha said of the 2,156 polling stations in Nagaland, 1,100 have been declared critical, 530 vulnerable and 526 normal.
All the polling stations would be manned by the CAPF personnel and the state police would also be assisting them, he added. The results of the polls in Nagaland will be declared along with those of Tripura and Meghalaya on March 3. You can follow all the updates related to elections here. (With Agency Inputs)
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