The Election Commission Of India(ECI) will on Thursday Jan 18,2018 announce the schedule for Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland Assembly Elections.
The term of the Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura Legislative Assemblies is ending on March 6, March 13 and March 14,2018 respectively.
The strength of the three assemblies is 60 members each.
The Congress-led government of Mukul Sangma has ruled for eight years in Meghalaya, which has seen years of political instability. The party faces a big challenge from the BJP, which has an alliance with the Manipur National People's party founded by PA Sangma, a former Congressman who died in 2016
The Left Front has been in power in Tripura since 1993 and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar in in his fourth term. This time, the BJP is hoping to change that and increase its northeast scorecard after six Trinamool Congress and one Congress lawmaker joined the party.
In Nagaland, the Naga People's Front-led Democratic Alliance, backed by the BJP, is in power with TR Zeliang as Chief Minister. In the past year, the state confronted a political crisis with the Chief Minister changing twice.
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Polls to 5 more states are due this year - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
These elections are seen as critical ahead of the 2019 Parliamentary Election
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