Counting commences for Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya election results
The ruling BJP-IPFT alliance, which surged ahead in Tripura in the very early trends, is now struggling around the halfway-mark while the Left-Congress alliance is ahead in 16 seats, just six seats ahead of Pradyot Manikya Debbarma’s Tipra Motha, early trends show.
The BJP, however, has attained a comfortable lead in Nagaland where it is part of an alliance with NDPP. The alliance is ahead in 35 seats while the NPF was leading in three seats, as per early trends.
In Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma’s NPP is ahead in 23 seats while the BJP is ahead in 7 seats, as per trends. The voting on 178 seats across the three states was held on February 16 and 27 marking the first round of polls in an electorally-crucial year.
While there are 60 seats in Nagaland, polls were held in 59 seats as one constituency (Akuluto) has been won uncontested by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In Meghalaya too, the total number come down from 60 to 59 as election on one seat has been countermanded.
Stakes are high for the BJP in Tripura, a Left stronghold captured by the party in 2018. The results of the polls in Meghalaya and Nagaland will also answer whether it has made further inroads in the two states or the opposition has managed to dent its influence.