9 years ago
New Delhi:
Counting of votes is complete in the three north east states - Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. The BJP under its state chief Biplab Kumar Deb and along with its ally Indigenous People's Front of Tripura won 43 seats. CPI(M) leader and Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, who has been in power for 20 years, has reached the end, with the party getting 16 seats. In Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, which has partnered with the BJP, won a total of 29 seats. The Naga People's Front of TR Zeliang and its allies also got 29 seats. In Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has won in both the constituencies from where he fought the assembly election. But the results appear to headed for a hung house.