NEW DELHI: The results of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura assembly elections are being revealed today.
As per trends, the BJP-led alliance is easily ahead in Tripura and Nagaland while the NPP is becoming the front-runner in Meghalaya.
The elections for Tripura assembly were hung on February 16, where 89.95 percent of the 28.14 lakh citizens exercised their franchise.
The elections for Meghalaya and Nagaland assemblies were conducted on February 27.
Northeast assembly elections 2023 live updatesWinnersHekani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse: It took 59 years and 14 assembly elections for Nagaland to choose a female MLA but when the moment came, there were 2 of them.
Jakhalu, the 48-year-old lawyer-activist objecting to on a Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party ticket, defeated Azheto Zhimomi of Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) by 1,536 votes in the Dimapur-III seat while Kruse, also of the NDPP, narrowly beat Independent candidate Keneizhakho Nakhro by seven votes.
Jakhalu, a Lady Shri Ram College alumna who has a Master of Law degree from the University of San Francisco, was among only four females to object to the state polls.
She got the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2018.
Kruse, 56, is a regional hotelier.Election results: BJP ahead in close battle in Tripura and Nagaland, NPP emerges single biggest celebration in MeghalayaBJP: Another rewarding day for the BJP in a region where it had no traditional existence and where there are limits to its appeal.
It will be magnificent happy with its Tripura performance, where there were niggling doubts of a dip considering the less than outstanding governance and the looming hazard of Tipra Motha.
Both the number of seats and the vote share are likely to see a limited decrease, the celebration would happily take it.
The incremental gains in Nagaland and Meghalaya, 2 Christian-majority states where BJP is not a natural fit, will be gratifying.Conrad Sangma: Running a coalition government with the BJP, he revealed spunk in choosing to go solo in the assembly surveys.
He would have hoped to get a majority on his own but the results have actually vindicated his choice to contest independently, with his party improving upon the 19 seats and 20% vote share of 2018 to 25 seats and 31% vote this time.
He would likewise be pleased at enduring the BJPs corruption barrage on the NPP.Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma: The scion of the erstwhile Tripura royal family, whose party Tipra Motha went to the surveys requiring a different Tiprasa state for tribals, will end up with a praiseworthy 11 seats however might not get to play the kingmaker that he had hoped for.
The outcomes show that his party did well in the 20-odd tribal-dominated seats and has actually relegated the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, which represented the voice of the tribals in the last polls and got 8 seats and 7.38% of the vote, to the margins.
The IPFT is slated to get a singular seat with just 1.3% of the vote.
The BJP holding its ground in Tripura might have dampened the state of mind for Debbarma but he now has a solid base to develop upon.Neiphiu Rio: The four-time Nagaland chief minister looks set for a fifth term.
The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party-BJP alliance was never in doubt of retaining workplace, he will be pleased that the NDPP is poised to better its 2018 performance of 17 seats and 25.3% vote share to 26 seats and 34% vote.LosersCPM: The party is genuinely out of the picture in Tripura now.
When its long term in the state was halted by the BJP in 2018, it was still in a really strong position, logging 42.22% of the vote share, simply 1% less than the saffron clothing.
Its seat share had actually fallen dramatically from 49 to 16, however there was hope that it could claw its method back.
This survey has actually put paid to that hope, the party expected to win simply 11 seats and its vote share, amazingly, being up to 25%.
With no indications of a pick-up in West Bengal, the CPM is minimized to the status of a one-state party, with its sole federal government in Kerala.Congress: The slow death of Congress continues.
After being decimated in Tripura and Nagaland in the last surveys, and its MLAs decamping en masse in Meghalaya, the party has kipped down another limp efficiency, though its supporters will point to the 3 seats it is expected to win in Tripura and the five in Meghalaya.
The coming days will demonstrate how resilient those small gains are, considering the propensity of MLAs in this region to change loyalties.
The celebration now gives out the unique feeling of an also-ran and the lack of vigour is palpable.Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura: For long the voice of tribals in Tripura, the party saw its thunder stolen by the newbie Tipra Motha.
For all its efforts, it ended up with a single seat, below the 8 it won the last time.
In what might be much more destructive to its presence, its vote share has gone down from 7.38% in 2018 to a mere 1.3% this time.
With Tipra Motha controling the tribal space, it looks an uphill defend the IPFT hereon.Naga Peoples Front: The when magnificent champ of Naga rights has fallen by the wayside.
Formed in 2002, it remained in office for 15 years (2003-18) prior to being upended after the last surveys, where it became the single biggest celebration with 26 seats.
However, its erstwhile partner BJP consolidated the newly-emerged NDPP of Neiphiu Rio to form the federal government.
Its bad run continued with 21 of its MLAs later signing up with the NDPP.
It contested on 22 seats this time and its 38.78% vote share of 2018 has now been minimized to less than 7%.
It is anticipated to win a single seat.
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