Nagaland 2023 Mandate: BJP-led coalition headed for emphatic victory
It can be seen that the NDPP, led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, has been in an alliance with the BJP since the last elections in 2018. The alliance had won 30 seats in the previous elections while NPF won 26.
FollowThe ruling NDPP-BJP alliance got majority in the 60-member Nagaland Assembly by winning 33 seats on Thursday (March 2), election commission said. The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) won 21 seats while its alliance partner got 12 seats, the EC said. The NDPP-BJP had fought the elections on 40:20 seat sharing arrangement.
The Naga People's Front (NPF) and the Congress are leading in three seats each. The BJP is a junior partner in the leading coalition, which contested 20 seats, while ally NDPP fought in 40, as per a seat-sharing agreement.
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It can be seen that the NDPP, led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, has been in an alliance with the BJP since the last elections in 2018. The alliance had won 30 seats in the previous elections while NPF won 26.
The Congress, which ruled the state till 2003, does not have any member in the current House, and NPF contested in 23 and 22 seats respectively.
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Elections to 59 seats were held on February 27 as one seat - Akuluto in Zunheboto district - was won uncontested by BJP nominee and sitting MLA Kazheto Kinimi.
Meanwhile, there had been no woman MLA in Nagaland though the state has witnessed 14 assembly election since it was formed in 1963.
