Nagaland Election 2018

The BJP and its allies raced ahead in Nagaland and Tripura as votes were counted today in three northeastern states. In Meghalaya, the BJP's estranged ally Conrad Sangma's NPP is leading but hasn't cross the majority mark yet.

G Kaito Aye quit the NPF to join JD(U) in February 2018 just days before the Assembly election

Voting is underway in 73 polling booths in western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after the Election Commission (EC) announced that re-polling will take place in these booths after widespread failure of the machines in Monday's by-elections.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

By-elections in Nagaland are being held in the Parliamentary Constituency of the state on May 28. Apart from Nagaland, other states to have by-elections on the same date are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Neiphiu Rio, whose party the BJP has partnered with in Nagaland, took oath today as the Chief Minister of the state. This comes after the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP) won 29 seats in the elections, results for which were announced last week. BJP chief Amit Shah,Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Defence Mi...

The BJP's victory in the Northeast has changed the perception that only the Congress can survive there, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

Nagaland has 75 per cent 'crorepati' legislators, or 45 out of 60 legislators elected to the legislative assembly this year have individual wealth worth over Rs 1 crore, a report said on Sunday.

Sunil Deodhar, BJP leader and RSS pracharak considered to be the architect of the BJP's good showing in the Assembly polls in the three northeast states, today said targeting the youth and tribal communities in all the three states helped the party.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said the excellent performance of the BJP in north-eastern states indicated that it has emerged as an all-India party.

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio along with senior BJP leader Ram Madhav met Governor PB Acharya at his house today to stake claim to form the government. The BJP and its new partner Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) will form the government in the state with the help of two other candidates who offered their support soon...

In Meghalaya, the National People's Party or NPP leader Conrad Sangma took oath this morning as the Meghalaya Chief Minister. The Congress under the leadership of Mukul Sangma on Sunday had said it isthe single-largest party to get votes and that it should be invited to form government in Meghalaya. The Congress was 10 seats short of the halfway ma...

The Congress in Karnataka today said the election results in three north-eastern states will not have any bearing on the upcoming state assembly polls.

On a day the BJP stormed the Red bastion of Tripura putting an end to 25 years of Left rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's journey in the state from "no one" to "won". The BJP that failed to win a single seat in the last assembly elections has won 35 seats this time, enough to form the government on its own. Its ally IPFT has won ...

The BJP and its allies raced ahead in Nagaland and Tripura as votes were counted today in three northeastern states. In Meghalaya, the BJP's estranged ally Conrad Sangma's NPP is leading but hasn't cross the majority mark yet.

G Kaito Aye quit the NPF to join JD(U) in February 2018 just days before the Assembly election

Voting is underway in 73 polling booths in western Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling stations in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia and one polling station in Nagaland, after the Election Commission (EC) announced that re-polling will take place in these booths after widespread failure of the machines in Monday's by-elections.

By-elections to four Lok Sabha seats and 10 assembly constituencies across 10 states are being held today. The Lok Sabha seats that will vote include Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya in Maharashtra and the lone seat in Nagaland. While the BJP held three of these seats, its former ally Naga People's Front (NPF) had won the Naga...

By-elections in Nagaland are being held in the Parliamentary Constituency of the state on May 28. Apart from Nagaland, other states to have by-elections on the same date are Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Meghalaya, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

Neiphiu Rio, whose party the BJP has partnered with in Nagaland, took oath today as the Chief Minister of the state. This comes after the BJP and the Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP) won 29 seats in the elections, results for which were announced last week. BJP chief Amit Shah,Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju and Defence Mi...

The BJP's victory in the Northeast has changed the perception that only the Congress can survive there, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, back last night in India from a short vacation, assessed the results of assembly elections in the northeast today, accusing the BJP of "usurping" power through a proxy in Meghalaya.

Nagaland has 75 per cent 'crorepati' legislators, or 45 out of 60 legislators elected to the legislative assembly this year have individual wealth worth over Rs 1 crore, a report said on Sunday.

Sunil Deodhar, BJP leader and RSS pracharak considered to be the architect of the BJP's good showing in the Assembly polls in the three northeast states, today said targeting the youth and tribal communities in all the three states helped the party.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday said the excellent performance of the BJP in north-eastern states indicated that it has emerged as an all-India party.

Former Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio along with senior BJP leader Ram Madhav met Governor PB Acharya at his house today to stake claim to form the government. The BJP and its new partner Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) will form the government in the state with the help of two other candidates who offered their support soon...

In Meghalaya, the National People's Party or NPP leader Conrad Sangma took oath this morning as the Meghalaya Chief Minister. The Congress under the leadership of Mukul Sangma on Sunday had said it isthe single-largest party to get votes and that it should be invited to form government in Meghalaya. The Congress was 10 seats short of the halfway ma...

The Congress in Karnataka today said the election results in three north-eastern states will not have any bearing on the upcoming state assembly polls.

On a day the BJP stormed the Red bastion of Tripura putting an end to 25 years of Left rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called his party's journey in the state from "no one" to "won". The BJP that failed to win a single seat in the last assembly elections has won 35 seats this time, enough to form the government on its own. Its ally IPFT has won ...