Meghalaya

Meghalaya overall turnout is 85.17%

Shillong: Meghalaya registered a voter turnout of 85.17 per cent for the assembly elections that held on Monday, Chief Electoral Officer Fredrick Roy Kharkongor said on Tuesday. The voter turnout percentage is a marginal drop from the 2018 assembly elections...

Over 75% polling in Meghalaya

Shillong: Over 75 per cent voting of the 21 lakh voters on Monday exercised their franchise in the elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly.“Polling was held peacefully across 59 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, except stray incidents of violence and...

NPP will form government in Meghalaya: Conrad Sangma; voters turnout 44.73 pc till 1 PM

Shillong:As voting is picking up in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma exuded confidence that the National People’s Party (NPP) would secure a second straight term at the hustings in the state.“We are getting a good response from across the...

Meghalaya polls : 26.7 per cent polled till 11 am

Shillong:Voting for the elections to the 60-member Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, which began on a dull note, picked up momentum by noon amid tight security arrangements to ensure free and fair polling.Chief Electoral Officer Frederick Roy Kharkongor said polling is...

Meghalaya polling official dies in road accident

Shillong: A polling officer died in Meghalaya when the vehicle in which he was travelling overturned, an election official said on Sunday.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Frederick Roy Kharkongor said a vehicle carrying the polling officials enroute to Jangrapara polling...

Meghalaya all set to vote for a new Assembly tomorrow

Raymond KharmujaiShillong: Will the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) be able to retain power or will other political parties forge an alliance to lead the next government in Meghalaya - that seems like a moot question as the picturesque...

Campaigning for Meghalaya polls concludes

Shillong: Campaigning for the Meghalaya assembly polls came to a close on Saturday evening with 21.4 lakh voters casting their ballot to elect 59 members of the 11th assembly. Voting to the 59 of 60 assembly constituencies will take place...

BJP confident of making impressive gains in Meghalaya

Shillong: Ahead of the single-phase of Meghalaya polls, top BJP leaders on Friday exuded confidence that the party will make impressive gains and lead the first ever BJP government in Meghalaya.“We are confident to get a double-digit in Meghalaya....

Ahead of polling, Meghalaya CM urges all to join NPP

Tura: In an interesting development in the run-up to the Meghalaya assembly elections, National People’s Party (NPP) supremo and Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Thursday made a clarion call to members of other political parties including the TMC to...

Meghalaya polls: NPP changed ‘perception’ regarding Garo Hills, says Conrad Sangma

Resubelpara: Chief minister and president of the ruling National People’s Party (NPP), Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday said the NPP-led government had “managed to change the perception of Garo Hills” among the people, both in Meghalaya and outside of...

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