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News Elections Assembly Elections 2018: Meghalaya records 67% polling, 75% voting in Nagaland

Assembly Elections 2018: Meghalaya records 67% polling, 75% voting in Nagaland

In last assembly elections, 90.57 per cent polling was recorded in Nagaland and 89 per cent in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma and his family members show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting vote during Meghalaya Assembly elections, in Garo Hills on Tuesday Image Source : PTIMeghalaya CM Mukul Sangma and his family members show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting vote during Meghalaya Assembly elections, in Garo Hills on Tuesday
India TV Politics Desk Shillong/KohimaFebruary 27, 2018 20:45 IST

Seventy-five per cent polling was recorded in Nagaland and 67 per cent in Meghalaya in the assembly polls held today in the two northeastern states, Election Commission (EC) officials said.

In last assembly elections, 90.57 per cent polling was recorded in Nagaland and 89 per cent in Meghalaya.

The final polling per cent is expected to increase in both states as many people were still in queues till the last reports came, an EC official said.

Briefing the media, OSD in the Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar said that voting process was completely peaceful in Meghalaya without any incident of violence.

In 59 seats of Meghalaya, polling was conducted in all 3,025 polling stations. In one seat Williamnagar (ST), polling was adjourned because of death of the NCP candidate on February 18.

Over 18 lakh electors -- more than 9 lakh females and 8.96 lakh males -- are registered in these 59 seats. This is one of the few states where women outnumber men in the electoral list.

Kumar further said more than Rs 1.20 crore were seized by the EC's expenditure monitoring teams besides over 25,000 litre of liquors in the state.

In Nagaland also, polling was held for 59 seats as one candidate was elected unopposed. There are more than 11.91 lakh electors in the state, of which 6.01 lakh are males and 5.89 females, Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain told reporters here.

In order to ensure peaceful and trouble-free security atmosphere, 5,443 arms comprising 11.67 per cent were deposited. Five hundred and thirty vulnerable hamlets were identified and confidence building measures were taken in all these hamlets.

Counting for both states along with Tripura will be held on March 3.

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Live updates : Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: LIVE Updates on Voting

  • February 27, 2018 8:42 PM (IST)

    Total voter turnout

    Seventy-five per cent polling was recorded in Nagaland and 67 per cent in Meghalaya in the assembly polls held today in the two northeastern states, Election Commission (EC) officials said.

  • February 27, 2018 6:28 PM (IST)

    75 per cent polling recorded in Nagaland assembly elections: EC

    Election Commission says 75 per cent polling recorded in Nagaland assembly elections

  • February 27, 2018 6:08 PM (IST)

    Voter turnout till 4pm

    75% and 67% voting recorded respectively in Nagaland and Meghalaya, respectively. Voting continues.

  • February 27, 2018 1:35 PM (IST)

    Voter turnout till 1 AM

    Meghalaya records 31% polling, 56% voting in Nagaland till 1pm 

  • February 27, 2018 1:28 PM (IST)

    Poll violence in Nagaland

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  • February 27, 2018 1:24 PM (IST)

    Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma cast his vote

    Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma cast his vote at polling booth number 25 in Chengkompara.

  • February 27, 2018 12:00 PM (IST)

    Voter turnout till 11 AM

    38% voter turnout recorded in Nagaland and 20% voter turnout recorded in Meghalaya assembly polls till 11 am.

  • February 27, 2018 11:20 AM (IST)

    17 per cent polling till 9 am in Nagaland assembly polls

    Around 17 per cent polling was registered in the first two hours of voting for the 60-member Nagaland Assembly today, a top election official said. 

     

  • February 27, 2018 11:06 AM (IST)

    Governor of Meghalaya cast his vote

    Governor of Meghalaya Ganga Prasad cast his vote at Oakland A4 polling booth at MTDC Office North in Shillong.

  • February 27, 2018 9:14 AM (IST)

    Nagaland CM TR Zeliang hopes for peace during polling

    We expect that polling will finish smoothly & we will get absolute majority as per voice of the people. We hope peace will prevail in the state & we will move for Naga political solution: Nagaland CM TR Zeliang 

  • February 27, 2018 9:11 AM (IST)

    Heavy security for polls in Nagaland, Meghalaya

    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. 

    State Director General of Police S B Singh said 580 polling stations have been categorised as 'vulnerable' and strict security measures are in place across Meghalaya to ensure free and fair polls. The BSF has also been asked to keep a close vigil along the 443 km-long India-Bangladesh border.

     

  • February 27, 2018 9:06 AM (IST)

    Bomb blast at Nagaland polling booth

    Nagaland: One person injured in a bomb blast in a polling station Mon District's Tizit

  • February 27, 2018 8:28 AM (IST)

    Voting underway in Nagaland

    Voting is currently underway in Nagaland; visuals from a polling station in Peren district's Jalukie

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  • February 27, 2018 8:24 AM (IST)

    Voting begins at Shillong model polling station North

    Voting begins at Shillong model polling station North after it was delayed due to issues with the EVM. 

  • February 27, 2018 7:56 AM (IST)

    PM Modi appeals voters to turn out in large numbers

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals voters to turnout in large numbers in the Meghalaya, Nagaland assembly elections.

  • February 27, 2018 7:27 AM (IST)

    Voting delayed in Shillong

    Voting delayed at Shillong model polling station North due to issues with the EVM .

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  • February 27, 2018 7:08 AM (IST)

    Voting begins

    Voting begins for 59 seats each in Meghalaya and Nagaland

  • February 27, 2018 7:04 AM (IST)

    Voting begins in Meghalaya

    Meghalaya Election 2018: Voters queue up outside Chengkompara-25 polling station in Ampatigiri; CM Mukul Sangma is the sitting MLA from the constituency.

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  • February 27, 2018 6:32 AM (IST)

    Voting on 59 seats out 60 in Meghalaya and Nagaland

    The two states have a 60-member House each, but voting will be held for 59 constituencies in both. In Meghalaya, the election has been countermanded in Williamnagar in the wake of the killing of NCP candidate Jonathone N Sangma in an IED blast in East Garo Hills district on February 18. In Nagaland, NDPP chief Neiphiu Rio has been declared elected unopposed from the Northern Angami-II constituency.