NPF crosses half-way mark in Nagaland

Agartala/Shillong/Kohima, Feb 28: Results for the assembly elections in

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were announced on Thursday. While the Left Front retained Tripura and was set to form its fifth consecutive government in the state, the Naga People's Front (NPF) and the Congress-UDP alliance were likely to retain Nagaland and Meghalaya, respectively.

4.45 pm

The NPF has won 32 of the 60 seats in Nagaland and is currently leading in 6 seats. The Congress bagged 5 and is leading in 3 seats. The NCP has won 4 seats.

4.25 pm

The Congress has already won 27 seats in Meghalaya and the party's candidates are leading in another 3 constituencies at the moment. The United Democratic Party has won 8 seats while candidates put up by the Hill State People's Democratic Party emerged victorious in 4 constituencies. The NCP and National People's Party managed to win 2 seats each.

4.05 pm

The ruling CPI(M) looks like it will end up with 49 seats out of the total 60 in Tripura. The Congress came a poor second with just 10 seats. The CPI candidate was elected from bagged one constituency.

3:25 pm

The NPF wins 24 seats and is just inches away from registering a thumping win in Nagaland. The Congress and the NCP are tied at four seats each.

3.14 pm

The NCP wins four seats in Nagaland. The NPF has retained its lead and won 24 seats. The Left in Tripura has won 47 seats, just two short of its tally in 2008. The Congress has won 11 seats in Meghalaya.

2.56 pm

PA Sangma's NPP finally manages to win one seat in Meghalaya. The Congress has won 9 seats in the state. The NPF has won 22 seats in Nagaland while the Left has bagged 49 seats in Tripura.

2.45 pm

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio wins from northern Angami II seat by 12, 671 votes. Tripura CM Manik Sarkar has won from Dhanpur by 5,000 votes. The biggest winning margin in Tripura was registered by the state finance minister Badal Chowdhury (12,450 votes).

2.38 pm

Left Front takes its tally to 40 in Tripura. The CPI(M) has won 39 seats while the CPI has won one seat. The Congress has won seven seats.

2.21 pm

The NPF has won 22 seats in Nagaland. It leads in 10 seats. The Congress has won four seats while the BJP and JD(U) won one seat each. In Tripura, the Left has bagged 35 seats against the Congress's 5. The Congress leads the show in Nagaland with seven seats.

2.04 pm

The Congress wins six seats in Meghalaya while the UDP clinches three seats. The NCP has won seat in the state.

1.58 pm

The NPF wins 21 seats in Nagaland. The JD(U) wins one seat in the state. Outgoing state Speaker Kiyanilie Peseyie wins Western Angami seat by 1,000 votes.

1.50 pm

The Left Front bags 33 seats in Tripura to win the state polls for the fifth consecutive time. It will extend its rule in the state to 25 years. The Congress has won 5 seats. Its alliance with the INPT and NCT has been crushed. Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi had spoken about kicking out the Left from the entire country. He will have to wait for five more years to try again for a Left-free nation.

1.37 pm

The Left Front's tally in Tripura reaches 27. The NPF wins 20 seats while the Congress adds another seat to its tally of 2 in Nagaland.The NCP wins one seat in Meghalaya.

1.18 pm

The NPF wins 18 seats in Nagaland. The Congress and NCP have won two seats each in the state.

1.06 pm

The Left Front wins 24 seats in Tripura. The Congress wins four seats in the state. The UDP wins three seats in Meghalaya. The HSPDP leads in four seats in Meghalaya. The Congress has won 5 seats in the state with Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, his wife D D Shira and brother Zenith Sangma poised for big victories.

12.54 pm

The Left's tally in Tripura reaches 19 as the CPI(M) bags 18 seats.

12.41 pm

The CPI(M) wins 16 seats in Tripura, taking the Left Front's tally to 17. The NPF also raises its tally to 17 in Nagaland. The Congress wins its second seat in Meghalaya.

12.36 pm

The BJP opens its account in Nagaland.

12.29 pm

The NPF and Left Front are running away with the show in Nagaland and Tripura, respectively. Both have won 13 seats.

12.25 pm

The Left Front wins 10 seats in Tripura, now just 21 short of the magic figure of 31. The NCP wins 2 seats in Nagaland.

12.15 pm

The NPF wins 11 seats in Nagaland and leads in 16 others. The Congress has bagged just one seat here.

12.07 pm

The CPI(M) wins 8 seats in Tripura. The Congress wins its first seat in Meghalaya where it is leading in another 24 seats. Rowell Lyngdoh defeated Independent candidate Hadrian Lyngdoh in Mawkyrwat. The NPF raises its tally to five in Nagaland.

11.57 am

The CPI(M) bags its fourth seat in Tripura. Niranjan Debbarma defeated Rajeshwar Debbarma of the INPT in the Takarjala seat. The RSP is leading in two seats. Can the party better its 2008 tally of 46 seats?

11.49 am

The CPI(M) wins three seats in Tripura. The Congress leads in 24 seats in Meghalaya. The NCP leads in 5 seats in Nagaland.

11.39 am

The NPF wins 4 seats in Nagaland. The CPI(M) wins two in Tripura. The Congress bags one seat each in Nagaland and Tripura. In Tripura, Congress's Jitendra Sarkar defeated CPI(M)'s Jitendra Das in Barjala seat.

11.32 am

The Left Front leads in 53 seats while the Congress leads in just seven seat in Tripura. Manik Sarkar set to return with a huge mandate, it looks.

11.18 am

NPF wins second seat in Nagaland. Pohwang defeated K Konngam Konyak of the Congress. The Congress leads in 24 seats in Meghalaya. The CPI(M) leads in 45 seats.

11.14 am

The NPF leads in 23 seats in Nagaland. The Congress leads in 6 seats in the state. In Meghalaya, the Congress leads in 22 seats. PA Sangma's NPP leads in 2 seats in the state.

11.06 am

The CPI has bagged one seat in Tripura. Manindra Reang defeated the Congress's Gouri Sankar Reang in Santirbazar. The CPI(M) is leading in 45 seats. The NPF leads in 22 seats in Nagaland.

10.58 am

The NPF leads in 19 seats in Nagaland. It has already won one seat.

10.53 am

The CPI(M) leads in 43 seats in Tripura, while the Left leads in 45 seats. The Congress leads in 22 seats in Meghalaya.

10.46 am

The RSP leads in one seat in Tripura. The Congress leads in 19 seats in Meghalaya while the NPF leads in 18 seats in Nagaland. The UDP leads in 5 seats in Meghalaya.

10.39 am

The Congress leads in 19 seats while the UDP leads in 6 seats in Meghalaya. The CPI(M) leads in 41 seats in Tripura where the Congress leads in just 7 seats.

10.35 am

The Congress leads in 16 seats in Meghalaya. The NPF leads in 17 seats while the NCP leads in 3 seats in Nagaland.

10.32 am

Left Front leads in 41 seats in Tripura. The Congress leads in 12 seats in Meghalaya and 7 seats in Nagaland.

10.27 am

The CPI(M) and NPF win one seat each in Tripura and Nagaland, respectively. The Left leads in 39 seats in Tripura while the Congress leads in 10 seats in Meghalaya. The NPF leads in 16 seats in Negaland.

10.16 am

The CPI(M) leads in 34 seats while the NPF leads in 16 seats in Nagaland. The NCP leads in 1 seat in Meghalaya.

10.11 am

The CPI(M) leads in 32 seats in Tripura as against the Congress's 4. The NPF leads in 15 seats in Nagaland while the UDP leads in 5 seats in Meghalaya.

10.05 am

The Left leads in 30 seats in Tripura. The Congress leads in 9 seats in Meghalaya while the NPF leads in 13 seats in Nagaland.

9.59 am

The CPI(M) extends its lead to 26 seats in Tripura. The Congress leads in 8 seats in Meghalaya.

9.50 am

The Congress leads in one seat in Meghalaya while the UDP leads in 2 seats. The Congress leads in 2 seats in Nagaland while the Left leads in 16 seats in Tripura. The CPI(M) leads in 15 seats.The Congress leads in 4 seats.

9.43 am

Left leads in 11 seats while CPI leads in 1 seat in Tripura. The NPF is leading in 11 seats in Nagaland.

9.37 am

Left Front leads in 6 seats in Tripura. The NPF leading in seven seats in Nagaland. The UDP is leading in 2 seats in Meghalaya.

9.30 am

NPF leads in 5 seats in Nagaland.

9.17 am

Left Front was leading in two seats while the Congress was leading in three seats in Tripura. Janata Dal (U) leading in one seat in Nagaland. NPF leading in 4 seats.

9:06 am

The Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) and the Congress were leading in one seat each in Meghalaya. The NPF was leading in one seat in Nagaland.

9:00 am

It's been an hour since the counting began but no leads were confirmed yet. The first round of counting was still on.

8.00 am

First round of counting was on all the three states. No leads were reported yet.

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