74.32% voter turnout was recorded in Meghalaya and 81.94% in Nagaland till 5 pm

Assembly polls were held in Meghalaya and Nagaland today amid tight security. In Meghalaya, the BJP is going it alone after a rift with Conrad Sangma's NPP and hopes to increase its tally. Meghalaya will also see a multi-cornered contest, where besides the Congress, BJP, and the NPP (National People's Party), Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is in the fray.

In Nagaland, triangular contests are on the cards in 59 of the 60 assembly constituencies. The BJP, which won 12 of the state's 60 seats in 2018, is contesting in alliance with the NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party). Under the seat-sharing agreement, the NDPP is contesting 40 seats and the BJP on 20 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged voters in Meghalaya and Nagaland to cast their votes in record numbers. Assembly polls are being held in the two northeast states on Monday. PM Modi tweeted, "Urging the people of Meghalaya and Nagaland, particularly the young and first-time voters, to vote in record numbers today." 

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• Till 3 pm, 63.91% voter turnout was recorded in Meghalaya and 72.99% in Nagaland

• 57.06% voting in Nagaland, 44.73% in Meghalaya till 1 pm

• Till 11 am, 26.70% voter turnout was recorded in Meghalaya

• 35.76% voter turnout recorded by 11 am in Nagaland: Four hours after voting started in Nagaland, the voter turnout was recorded at 38.82 percent by 11 am. 

  District-wise breakdown: Chumoukedima district - 35.04, Dimapur district - 34.43, Kiphire district - 38.14, Kohima district - 41.25, Longleng district - 29.24, Mokokchung district - 41.69, Mon district - 47.47, Noklak district - 23.88, Peren district - 40.88, Phek district - 40.21, Pughoboto district - 49.44, Shamator district - 41.00, Tuensang district - 32.61, Tseminyu district - 44.69, Wokha district - 36.56, Zunheboto district - 38.87

• Meghalaya records 12.06 pc voter turnout till 9 am

• 15.76% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in Nagaland, says EC
• EC sets up a temporary polling station in Meghalaya in Ri-Bhoi District in the Leprosy Colony for 309 voters to ensure no one is left behind