Kohima, March 3: The Election Commission of India will announce the results of Nagaland assembly elections 2018 today. The polling for Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2018 was held on 27 February 2018 in 59 out of 60 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland. You also catch live updates of Meghalaya election results 2018 here. The counting of votes will begin at 8 AM and the LIVE STREAMING of counting of votes in Nagaland can be viewed here.

The counting of votes today will decide the fate of 195 candidates in the northeastern state.  As per reports, of the 195 candidates vying for a seat in the 60-member Assembly this time, five are women. The reason why polling was held in 59 of the 60 constituencies is that the scheduled election in Northern Angami II constituency did not take place as only incumbent MLA Neiphiu Rio was nominated and was therefore declared elected unopposed.

Even after 54 years of statehood and 12 assembly elections, Nagaland is yet to see any woman representative in the Assembly. The tenure of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly ends on 13 March 2018.

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The counting of votes for three Northeastern states, including Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland are scheduled for today. As per exit polls by JanKiBaat-NewsX, the BJP-NDPP alliance is likely to storm the ruling NPF bastion as it is predicted to win 27-32 seats with a vote share of 48 per cent, against NPF's 20-25 seats and a vote share of 42 per cent. Reports further state that the Congress in Nagaland is likely to get 0-2 seats with a vote share of 4.4 per cent and others are likely to get 5-7 seats with a vote share of 5-6 per cent.

To recall, the last elections for the Nagaland assembly were held on 23 February 2013. The ruling Nagaland People's Front (NPF) won the election with a majority by winning 37 seats. The BJP got 2 seats while UDP secured 1 and only 8 Independents won the seats. The current Chief Minister of Nagaland is TR Zeliang who took over after Neiphiu Rio's resignation on the 23 May, 2014. TR Zeliang was sworn in as the 17th chief minister of the state on 24 May 2014.

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