Assembly Elections: Tripura to vote on Feb 16, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Feb 27; Results on March 2

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the poll schedule for Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.

Elections in Tripura will be held on February 16, 2023. Meanwhile, polls in Nagaland and Meghalaya will be held on February 27, 2023. The counting of votes will be done on March 2, 2023.

EC held a press briefing where it announced dates for upcoming assembly elections for the three northeastern states.


"There are more than 62.8 lakh electors combined in Nagaland, Meghalaya & Tripura including - 31.47 lakh female electors, 97,000 80+ voters, and 31,700 PwD voters. Over 1.76 lakh first-time voters to participate in the elections in 3 states," stated CEC Rajiv Kumar.

The five-year term of assemblies of Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura will end on March 12, March 15 and March 22, respectively, and before that period, new assemblies have to be constituted.

Earlier, a full team of the EC had visited the states to review the poll preparedness and held meetings with representatives of political parties besides taking stock of security arrangements.

Also, it had met the poll officials and held separate meeting on security arrangements with the police heads.

Besides, the poll panel team also had meetings with representatives of political parties for free and fair elections.

(With inputs from agencies)