Saturday, 13 May 2023

Three North-Eastern State Elections

The Election Commission announced General Election result to the legislative assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura of 180 seats on March 3,2023.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allies retained Tripura and Nagaland, and will be forming the government in Meghalaya with the ruling National People's Party seeking support for majority.  
Meghalaya
-The National People's Party (NPP) felt short by five seats to touch the magic figure in the 60-member assembly in Meghalaya.
The party got 26 seats, while the BJP managed to win 3 seats.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conard Sangma, after falling short of majority, called Union Home Minister Amit Shah for support to form a government in the state. -This was the first time that the BJP fought on all 60 seats in Meghalaya.

Final Results of Assembly Election:

- Total assembly constituencies: 60

- Date of Poli: February 27, 2023

- Result: NPP 26, Others 22, INC 5, TMC 5, BJP 2

Nagaland
In Nagaland, the BJP and its coalitiori partner, the NDPP, have gained a comfortable victory, as was predicted by several exit polls.

- The alliance crossed the majority mark of 31 seats after BJP-NDPP contested on a 20:40 seat-sharing arrangement.

-The primary contest was between the NDPP and BJP alliance against the NPF (Naga People's Front).

-However, NPF fielded 22 candidates while Congress contested 23 constituencies.

Final Results
-Total assembly constituencies: 60
-Date of Poll: February 27, 2023 
-Result: NDPP+ BJP 39, NCP 7, NPF 2, Others 12

Two Women MLA's for the First Time

-Nagaland created history by electing two women candidates to its assembly Salhoutuonuo Kruse and Hekani Jakhalu.

-This is the first time Nagaland has elected a woman MLA since its creation in 1963. 
Both candidates are from the ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).

- Kruse won from the Western Angami AC and Jakhalu from the Dimapur -III constituency.
 
Tripura:

-The BJP is all set to form a new government in Tripura for the second straight term.

-Tripura Chief  Minister Manik Saha has successfully led the BJP in its efforts to retain power in the state, with the party beating anti-incumbency and the emergence of TIPRA Motha to cross the majority mark and bag 32 seats.

-The CM himself won from the constituency of Town Bardowali by 1257 votes.

- Tipra Motha Party (TMP) , which for the first time contested 42 seats on its own, emerged as the second largest party securing 13 seats.

-The CPI-M won 11 seats while the Congress bagged three.

Final Results

-Total Assembly Constituencies: 60

- Date of poll: February 16, 2023

- Result : BJP 33, Left 14. TIPRA (Tipra Motha Party) 13

About Northeast State:

- Northeast India (officially the North Eastern Region (NER)) is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country.

- The North Eastern Region (NER) comprises of eight States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.

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