With all the trends coming in from the three North-Eastern States, it is clear that BJP and its alliance is set to form governments in Tripura and Nagaland. Congress suffered a major setback in Meghalaya as the ruling party failed to reach the majority mark by a huge margin. Biplab Kumar Deb is the frontrunner for the Chief Minister post in Tripura. As the BJP-NDPP Alliance set to win Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018, Neiphiu Rio is likely to be next Chief Minister of the North-eastern state. Check Full List of Constituency-Wise Winners from Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya Assembly Election Results, 2018 here.
Northeast Assembly Election Results 2018 Live News Updates: Biplab Kumar Deb & Neiphiu Rio Likely to be The Chief Ministers of Tripura & Nagaland Respectively
The results of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland - the three Northeastern states where assembly elections were held last month - will be declared today.
Agartala/Shillong/Kohima, March 3: The results of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland - the three Northeastern states where assembly elections were held last month - will be declared today. The counting of votes was scheduled to begin at 8 am. The campaign trail witnessed a high-voltage electoral battle between the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left Front and a slew of regional political outfits.
Tripura, which first went into polls on February 18, witnessed a voter turnout of over 89 per cent. The state remains under the lens of pollsters as the BJP has appeared closer than any other party in the past 25 years to dethrone the incumbent CPI(M).
Meghalaya and Nagaland witnessed a voter turnout around 75 per cent. The two states have also indicated signs of ending the status quo, as the post-poll surveys have predicted massive inroads for the BJP. While there are 59 constituencies each in Meghalaya and Tripura, Nagaland has 60 seats. But all three states will wait for the results of 59 constituencies as, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) chief and three-time chief minister Neiphiu Rio was declared elected from the Northern Angami II constituency as his opponent Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate withdrew his nomination.
The exit polls, released on February 27, predicted a saffron swipe not only in the red bastion of Tripura, but also Nagaland, where the TR Zeliang-led Naga People's Front (NPF) has been ruling since 2003.
In Meghalaya, the 10-year Congress rule could also be drawing towards its end as the exit polls predicted a hung assembly, giving edge to the National People's Party (NPP), led by late Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma's son Conrad Sangma.
What exit polls have predicted
In Tripura, two major post-poll surveys predicted a victory for the BJP, whereas, one predicts a battle neck-to-neck, giving a narrow edge to the CPM.
Axis My-India Survey
- BJP-IPFT: 44-50
- CPI(M): 9-15
- Others (including Congress): 0-3
NewsX survey
- BJP-IPFT: 35-45
- CPI(M): 14-23
- Others (including Congress): 0-1
CVoter survey
- BJP-IPFT: 24-32
- CPI(M): 26-34
- Others (including Congress): 0-4
In Meghalaya, the Axis My-India survey predicts a hung assembly, with the incumbent Congress emerging as the single-largest party. The NewsX exit poll, however, indicates a wave in favour of the NPP.
Axis My-India Survey
- Congress: 20
- NPP: 14
- BJP: 5
- Others: 20
NewsX survey
- Congress: 13-17
- NPP: 23-27
- BJP: 8-12
- Others: 2-6
In Nagaland, the voters have rallied behind BJP and its regional alliance partner - the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), claims two major post-poll surveys.
NewsX survey
- BJP-NDPP: 27-32
- NPF: 20-25
- Congress: 0-2
- Others: 5-7
CVoter survey
- BJP-NDPP: 25-31
- NPF: 19-25
- Congress: 0-4
- Others: 6-10
Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang has ruled out the findings of the survey, claiming that the NPF would emerge as the winner ater the actual results are out. "We are confident of emerging as the number one choice of the Naga people," he said. Stay tuned with the live updates above to find out who reigns supreme in the electoral battle for the three Northeast states - Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland.
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