Election commission announced schedule for Assembly Polls in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

The Election Commission has announced schedule for three states Assembly elections on Wednesday.. Polling in Tripura on Feb 16, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Feb 27 and The  Counting of votes for these three states will take place on March 2.  The Poll Schedule  penciled keeping in mind in board examination and security forces movement.

Assembly Elections 2023

Meanwhile the election commission announced By polls in one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, two in Maharashtra, Lakshadweep Loksabha seat polling will take place on February 27. The term of these three Assemblies which have 60 members each will end in March. Assembly tenure for Tripura ends on March 12 , Meghalaya on March 15 and Nagaland on March 22

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said A total of 62.8 lakh voters in three states will cast their vote in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland Assembly elections. Around 2.8 Lakh New voters added to the list  376 polling stations across three states will be managed by Women staff. 

 97,000 voters are more than 80 years of age and 2,600 voters are more than 100 years of age.The BJP is in power in Tripura in coalitions with The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in Nagaland and with National People's Party ( NPP) in Meghalaya.