Alongtaki Election Result 2023 LIVE:Temjen Imna Along, Nagaland BJP unit president and state minister, has won Alongtaki assembly seat for the second consecutive time. Temjen Imna Along defeated JD(U) candidate Lanu Longchar by 3,000 votes in assembly elections 2023, results for which were announced on Thursday (March 2).
"Victory to all of you," the BJP leader tweeted soon after the results were announced thanking his party workers and supporters.
Alongtaki seat, one of the key constituencies of Nagaland Assembly, falls in Mokokchung district of Nagaland and is reserved for Scheduled Tribe category. Temjen Imna had defeated Dr Benjongliba Aier of NPF by a wafer-thin margin of 86 votes in the last elections in 2018.
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Temjen Imma Along, who is also the president of BJP's Nagaland unit and minister of higher education and tribal affairs, has a huge following on social media. He is known for his witty and humorous remarks of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also taken a note of.
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PM Modi recently praised Temjen Imna Along and said he represents the northeast to the world. "He represents Nagaland and the entire Northeast beautifully on digital platform. I too always try to look at all his posts," PM Modi said during election rally.
Voting on Alongtaki seat took place on February 27 and according to the Election Commission of India, the estimated voter turnout in this seat was 91.94%. In 2018 this seat registered a turnout of 82.81%, while it was 92.98% in 2013.
