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Nagaland Meghalaya Election 2023: The Election Commission (EC) said that voting for the Meghalaya and Nagaland assembly elections was conducted peacefully on Monday. The commission also said that no demand for re-polling has come from both the northeastern states.
Voting took place on 59 seats in both the states.
The Election Commission said that there are 60 assembly seats in both the states, while voting was held in 59 seats in each state. Polling in Meghalaya’s Sohyeong seat was postponed due to the death of a candidate. Since there was only one candidate for the Akuluto seat in Nagaland, there was no need to hold elections there.
Peaceful polling
The commission said polling in 3,419 polling stations in Meghalaya and 2,291 polling stations in Nagaland was conducted peacefully today. Advance planning and extensive monitoring by the commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar ensured smooth conduct of elections in both the states without any glitches. Also, no re-polling has been reported in any of the 5,710 polling stations.
In 2018, re-polling was held in 11 places in Nagaland and one in Meghalaya.
In 2018, re-polling was held in 11 places in Nagaland and one in Meghalaya. Polling was also held in the Erode (East) assembly seat in Tamil Nadu and the Sagardighi seat in West Bengal, where by-elections were held to fill the vacant seats due to the death of MLAs. Along with this, a by-election was also held in Ramgarh assembly seat in Jharkhand where the MLA was disqualified. Voting was held on Sunday in Maharashtra’s Kasba Peth and Chinchwad assembly seats. Voting was also not held for Lumla seat in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district. The BJP candidate from the constituency, Tshering Lhamu, was declared elected as MLA without any contest on Friday. Tshering Lhamu, wife of former MLA Jambe Tashi, was the only candidate who filed her nomination for the by-election for the seat. Due to the death of her husband in November last year, it was necessary to conduct a by-election on this seat.
There were 74 such polling stations in Meghalaya where no vehicle could go
The Election Commission said that careful planning was done on its part for the hilly areas of Meghalaya, which require traveling through mountainous terrain, crossing rivers and reaching inaccessible areas. There were 74 such polling stations where no vehicle could go. There were many such polling stations in the Garo Hills region, where polling parties had to pass through temporary bamboo bridges and double-decker root bridges. Kumar praised the significant efforts of the polling teams who reached such difficult areas to ensure that no voter is left out. An ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh was given to the family of a polling officer who died in a road accident while on duty in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district.
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