Amid calls for opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, stakes are high for the BJP which is hoping to retain power in Tripura against the combined forces of the Left parties and Congress. The emergence of TIPRA Motha has thrown another challenge to the saffron party as the sway of its founder Pradyot Debbarma among a big section of the tribal population has disturbed conventional calculations.
In Meghalaya, BJP, not only, for the first time, contested on all 60 seats — polling for one seat has been postponed because of a candidate’s death — it ran a determined campaign with its bigwigs to expand its footprints in the state. The BJP was a partner in the state government but broke its alliance with the ruling National People’s Party (NPP). However, chief minister Conrad Sangma has hinted that the two parties can again come together if the verdict throws up a hung assembly like the last time. Trinamool Congress has also tried to push itself as stronger challenger than Congress.
Nagaland last time had the unique feature of having no opposition as all parties with presence in the 60-member assembly backed the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party-led government. NDPP-BJP alliance has again contested the polls with a 40:20 formula (40 seats for the NDPP and 20 for the BJP). The Congress fielded 23 candidates, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) 22, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) 15, Nationalist Congress Party and National People’s Party 12 each.
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Mar 02, 2023 06:08 AM IST
Meghalaya assembly elections 2023: All eyes on these constituencies
Exit polls have predicted a hung assembly in Meghalaya with chief minister Conrad Sangma’s NPP emerging as the single largest party in the assembly elections. Read more…
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Mar 02, 2023 06:03 AM IST
Tripura assembly elections 2023: Key seats, candidates to watch out for
Most of the exit polls predicted that the BJP and its ally, Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), will be very close to or cross the majority mark on its own, with the Left-Congress combine left far behind. Read more…
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Mar 02, 2023 05:57 AM IST
Results of assembly elections, bypolls today
Results will be declared today for assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland as well as bypolls for Erode (East) seat in Tamil Nadu, Sagardighi in West Bengal Ramgarh in Jharkhand.