Election Schedule poll dates of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura

JAIPUR |Updated January 18, 2018:

Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

The Election Commission of India ECI has announced the schedule of elections in three eastern India states Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. The poll process will begin from January 24 with the gazette notification for elections in Tripura

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The Election Commission of India has announced poll dates for Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura. As per the EC, the election dates in these three states would be held from March 7 till March 14.

The Assembly elections in these three states would be held on these dates. Each of these states have 60 assembly seats and separate dates for the polling have been declared by the EC. Elections in these eastern India states would be held on the said dates. Poll dates of Meghalaya and Nagaland are the same.

The term of Meghalaya will be ending on 06.03.2018 while that of Nagaland on 13.03.2018 and that of Tripura on 14.03.2018.

S.NO.	HOUSE/STATE	FROM	TO	ASSEMBLY SEAT
1.	MEGHALAYA	07.03.2013	06.03.2018	60
2.	NAGALAND	14.03.2013	13.03.2018	60
3.	TRIPURA	15.03.2013	14.03.2018	60

The reservation of seats in the three state is as follows.

State	Total No. of ACs	Reserved for SCs	Reserved for STs
Meghalaya	60	—	55
Nagaland	60	—	59
Tripura	60	10	20

The number of electors in Meghalaya is 18 lakh, in Nagaland 12 lakh and that in Tripura is 25.69 lakh

While 100 per cent of the electors in Meghalaya and Tripura have photo ID cards, 97.92 per cent voters in Nagaland have photo ID cards.

Details of Polling stations

Details of Polling Stations	No. of Polling Stations in 2013	No. of Polling Stations in 2018	% Increase
Meghalaya	2485	3082	24%
Nagaland	2023	2187	8.10%
Tripura	3041	3214	5.69 %

As a New Initiative, VVPATs would be used at all the Polling Stations: VVPATs will be used along with EVMs in all Polling Stations of each assembly constituency of poll going States of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura to enhance the transparency and credibility of the elections.

Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura

Poll Events	Tripura (All 60 Assembly Constituencies
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	24.01.2018 (WED)
Last Date of Nominations	31.01.2018 (WED)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations	01.02.2018 (THU)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures	03.02.2018 (SAT)
Date of Polling	18.02.2018 (SUN)
Date of Counting	03.03.2018 (SAT)
Date before which election shall be completed	05.03.2018 (MON)

Schedule for the General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya and Nagaland

Poll Events	Meghalaya and Nagaland (All 60 Assembly Constituencies of both States)
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	31.01.2018 (WED)
Last Date of Nominations	07.02.2018 (WED)
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations	08.02.2018 (THU)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures	12.02.2018 (MON)
Date of Polling	27.02.2018 (TUE)
Date of Counting	03.03.2018 (SAT)
Date before which election shall be completed	05.03.2018 (MON)