Meghalaya Election Result 2023: Conrad Sangma submits letter of support of 32 MLAs to guv, stakes claim to form govt

TMC leader and former Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma is not in fight in Tikrikilla assembly seat. The fight is going on between NPP and BJP here. NPP candidate Jimmy D Sangma is leading by 140 votes. BJP candidate is Rahinath Barchung is giving tough fight to the NPP candidate.

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: According to TV reports, Conrad Sangma's NPP is maintaining lead in 31 seats, followed by BJP (7 seats) and Congress (3 seats). Others are maintaining lead on over 18 seats.

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: Garo National Council's Nikman Ch Marak leading from the #Chokpot assembly seat, as per ECI. As per early trends, TMC leading on 2 seats

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: TMC candidate Dr Rajesh M Marak is leading in Rongara Siju assembly constituency (under South Garo hills) by a margin of 155 votes. NPP candidate Rakkam A Sangma is trailing.

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: According to TV reports, Conrad Sangma's NPP is maintaining lead in 28 seats, followed by BJP (12 seats) and Congress (6 seats). Others are maintaining lead on over 13 seats.

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma (NPP), who contested from the South Tura assembly constituency, said his party will get an absolute majority and the advantage of a fractured opposition. "We are not worried about the results," he said.

Five VVPATs to be randomly opened at each counting centre. There are 27 observers and over 500 micro observers

Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live: Counting of votes begins in Meghalaya in 13 locations (12 district headquarters and 1 sub division) amid tight security. The counting of postal ballot votes is going on in the first round.

22 companies of central forces have been deployed for safeguarding the strong rooms and to control post-poll contingencies. State police personnel have been deployed at counting venues.

A meeting between Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, at a hotel here on Tuesday night has sparked off indications of return of NPP to NDA fold after a bitter campaign. The meeting comes amid exit polls predicting a hung assembly in Meghalaya with Sangma’s NPP emerging as the the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) but the two parties fought the elections on their own. Sarma, who is the convener of the North East Democratic Alliance (Neda), was instrumental in stitching up a six party coalition in 2018 that denied Congress, which had emerged as the single-largest party, the chance to form a government.

Results for the 59 seats in the Meghalaya Assembly will be declared on Thursday after the counting of votes which is scheduled to begin at 8am. After a high voltage campaign in Meghalaya, voting was held on February 27 for 59 seats of the Meghalaya Assembly and 85.17 per cent of voters cast their vote to decide the fate of 369 candidates.

Poll officials of the two states said that the poll percentage will increase after the calculation of postal ballots. Thousands of polling staff, security personnel, and other workers engaged in election related duties, and 80 plus senior citizens and physically challenged voters cast their votes through the postal ballots.

After the exit polls were announced, Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma indicated allying with others to form a coalition government like in 2018 after exit polls suggested a hung assembly in polls held Monday. "If we get a fraction of the mandate, then we have to talk to parties to form the government," said Sangma

The voting for 59 assembly constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly was held on February 27 and an 85.17 per cent voter turnout was recorded.

The Election Commission has strengthened security at all 13 counting centres in Meghalaya. The state has taken ample security measures, with up to three layers of protection at all Electronic Voting Machine strong rooms.

Ahead of the counting of votes in three Northeastern states, Meghalaya Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Ernest Mawrie on Wednesday said that his party would win 10-15 seats in this election in Meghalaya. "After voting, we have discussed and we believe, we will win a minimum of 10 seats and a maximum of 15 seats," Ernest Mawrie told ANI. He further said that without BJP no one party would be able to form the next government in Meghalaya. Talking about the part of the next government in the state, the Meghalaya BJP Chief said that, it will be discussed at the party level after the result.

Meghalaya Election Results: Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor told IANS that vote counting will take place at 13 centres in all 12 district headquarters and one sub-divisional headquarter in Sohra.

A secret meeting between Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, Conrad Sangma, in Guwahati on Tuesday night - before counting of votes in three northeastern states on Thursday - has sparked off speculation about the return of NPP to the NDA fold after a bitter campaign in which both parties went solo.

Asserting there will be no hung assembly in either Tripura, Nagaland or Meghalaya, as predicted in some exit polls, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed the NDA will form governments with absolute majority in all three northeastern states.

Amid exit polls forecast of a hung assembly in Meghalaya, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma met Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati.

In Meghalaya around 77.9% of the electorate exercised their franchise on Monday.

The Election Commission of India has set up 13 centres for the counting of votes for Meghalaya. All the counting centres have been provided security according to the protocols.Three-layered security has been provided in accordance with the ECI protocols.

The poll of three exit polls shows that the NPP is going to win around 20 out of the 59 seats that went to polls in Meghalaya.