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    Nagaland elections 2018: Polling ends, 75 % voter turnout recorded

    The Nagaland Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP are contesting the election in alliance.

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    The voting to elect the 60-member Nagaland Assembly will be held on Tuesday amid tight security arrangements. 59 out of 60 constituencies will go to polls today as the election in Northern Angami II constituency will not take place as incumbent MLA Neiphiu Rio was the only one to file nomination from the assembly seat and hence declared winner unopposed. The Nagaland Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP are contesting the election in the alliance, while the Congress is in unofficial talks with the Naga People's Front (NPF) for a post-poll pact in a bid to keep the BJP-NDPP out of power.

    Polling in Nagaland (Image courtesy - Twitter/@Muletolu)
    Polling in Nagaland (Image courtesy - Twitter/@Muletolu)

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    6:03 PM, 27 Feb

    75% voter turnout recorded till 5PM.
    5:50 PM, 27 Feb

    Polling ends, 68 % voter turnout recorded so far.
    4:57 PM, 27 Feb

    67% voter turnout recoded in Nagaland till 3 pm.
    4:13 PM, 27 Feb

    57% voter turnout recorded in Nagaland till 2 pm.
    1:39 PM, 27 Feb

    56% voting recorded in Nagaland till 1 pm.
    12:55 PM, 27 Feb

    Clash breaks out between NPF and NDPP workers in Nagaland's in Akuluto. One dead, two injured, say reports.
    12:05 PM, 27 Feb

    Voting began late in around 100 polling stations due to malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines, said a PTI report.
    12:02 PM, 27 Feb

    Nagaland CM TR Zeliang casts vote, stresses on political solution for the Naga issue.
    11:41 AM, 27 Feb

    37% voting recorded in Nagaland till 11 am
    10:27 AM, 27 Feb

    17% voting recorded in Nagaland till 9:30 AM.
    10:27 AM, 27 Feb

    Voting halted in Ladigarh polling station due to tension along Assam-Nagaland Border under Tamlu constituency in Longleng district of Nagaland, said reports.
    9:57 AM, 27 Feb

    A crude handmade bomb was lobbed at Tizit polling station at around 5.45 am. One man suffered injuries in his left leg, said reports.
    9:51 AM, 27 Feb

    Tizit Assembly constituency is in Nagaland's Mon District.
    9:28 AM, 27 Feb

    One Injured in a Bomb Blast at Polling Station in Tizit Assembly constituency.
    9:10 AM, 27 Feb

    "We expect that polling will finish smoothly & we will get absolute majority as per voice of the people. We hope peace will prevail in the state and we will move for Naga political solution," Nagaland CM TR Zeliang tells ANI.
    9:02 AM, 27 Feb

    The Hindu reports that a polling station in Nagaland's Tizit Assembly constituency has been attacked.
    8:56 AM, 27 Feb

    Rio was in NPF for a long time but parted ways and formed a new party recently. Rio's NDPP is now in alliance with BJP. Zeliang in fact had said that he has no problems with the BJP so as the saffron party did not push the "communal agenda".
    8:54 AM, 27 Feb

    NPF leader and current CM TR Zeliang had slammed Neiphiu Rio for instability in the party. NPF leader have accused Rio of being power hungry.
    8:47 AM, 27 Feb

    Two former Chief Ministers, Neiphiu Rio and K L Chishi and present Chief Minister, T R Zeliang, along with 53 sitting MLAs are in the fray.
    8:43 AM, 27 Feb

    Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) chief Neiphiu Rio was declared elected unopposed from the Northern Angami-II constituency. No one else filed nomination from Northern Angami-II constituency so Rio was declared winner before polling even began.
    8:18 AM, 27 Feb

    BJP is technically still part of ruling NPF government with two ministers still under oath. The BJP stitched an alliance with NDPP only recently.
    8:17 AM, 27 Feb

    The BJP allied with Neiphiu Rio's party NDPP which was born out of the NPF only a few months ago. Neiphiu Rio has been chief minister for over a decade during NPF rule.
    8:13 AM, 27 Feb

    Modi urges people to vote in large numbers
    7:45 AM, 27 Feb

    Voting begins for 59 seats each in Meghalaya and Nagaland
    6:43 AM, 27 Feb

    Election Commission has set up 177 all-women polling stations across the state, where the entire polling staff, including the police and security personnel, shall be women.
    6:38 AM, 27 Feb

    Election commission has set up 177 all women polling teams from the 2156 polling stations across the state. where the entire polling staff, including the police and security personnel, shall be women.

    In Nagaland, the BJP's hope hinges on its alliance partner Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) of Neiphiu Rio which is contesting 40 seats. The BJP is fighting 20. In fact, the NPF and the BJP were having an alliance till recently. But just before polls, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the ruling NPF dissolved their electoral alliance.

    The Congress, which has given three chief ministers to Nagaland, is contesting only 18 seats, two less than the BJP.

    In the Christian-dominated state, while the prominent churches body has openly asked voters to reject "communal" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the saffron party's new ally, Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), defended its partner stating that it's not a "religious body". In order to woo Christian voters, both the BJP and the Congress have offered a free or subsidised trip to the holy land of Jerusalem if the parties are voted to power in Nagaland.

    There is a palpable apprehension regarding the BJP as it is seen as a party supporting "Hindutva" that has "communal agenda". The incumbent chief minister TR Zeliang also expressed the same concern regarding the BJP while stressing that otherwise his party, the Naga People's Front (NPF), has no problem having an alliance with the saffron party.

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    Nagaland Assembly
    Party2013Current Standing
    NPF3845Election Date : Feb 27 2018
    Counting: Mar 03 2018
    IND0808
    CONG0800
    NCP0401
    BJP0104
    JDU0101
    OTHERS0000
    Total6059 (1 Vacant)

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