The assembly elections in Tripura will be held on February 18,2018 while Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to polls on February 27,2018 the Election Commission of India(ECI) announced on Thursday Jan 18,2018
Announcing the poll dates, Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti said the counting in the three states will be held on March 03,2018
The term of the Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura legislative assemblies is ending on March 6, March 13 and March 14 respectively
The three assemblies have 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.
Note
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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