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- Tripura went to the polls on February 18 and elections were held in Nagaland and Meghalaya on February 27.
- The terms of elected governments in the Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura are scheduled to expire on 6, 13 and 14 March respectively.
- The three north-eastern states have 60 assembly constituencies each.
- National People’s Party (NPP) president Conrad Sangma sworn in as Meghalaya chief minister,
- Meghalaya governor Ganga Prasad governed the oath in Shillong.
- Sangma will be leading an alliance of the NPP, BJP, United Democratic Party (UDP), Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and others.
Nagaland
- Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) leader Neiphiu Rio sworn in as Nagaland chief minister and Nagaland governor B. Acharya governed the oath.
- BJP’s Y. Patton sworn as the deputy chief minister of Nagaland.
- This is Rio’s fourth time as the chief minister of the north eastern state.
- Rio is heading the ‘People’s Democratic Alliance’ government in partnership with the BJP in the state.
- Neiphiu Rio was the Chief Minister of Nagaland for three terms between 2003 and 2014, making him the only Nagaland Chief Minister to have served three consecutive terms.
Tripura
- In the Left Front bastion of Tripura, the BJP and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) won a total of 43 seats against CPM 16.
- Biplab Kumar Deb, the Tripura BJP president, is set to take oath as the 10th chief minister of the state.
- Manik Sarkar, the Ex chief minister has governed Tripura since 1998. He was at the helm for the four consecutive times.
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