Tripura elections 2023 schedule: Important dates, polling, result, counting details; all you need to know

The Election Commission on January 18 announced the schedule for Assembly elections to the northeastern states of Tripura Meghalaya and Nagaland to be held in FebruaryMarch this year The results of all three states will be declared on March 2 2023The Assembly polls in the northeastern states of Nagaland Meghalaya and Tripura were announced on Wednesday thus beginning the election season in 2023Voting for Assembly elections in Tripura will be held in a single phase on February 16 and in Nagaland and Meghalaya on February 27 The results will be declared on March 2 Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said during a press conferenceThe CEC said that the terms of the pollbound states of Nagaland Meghalaya and Tripura are coming to an end on March 12 15 and 22 respectivelyThe term of Assemblies of respective states in Nagaland Meghalaya and Tripura are due to expire on March 12 15 and 22 The 3 states have 60 Assembly constituencies each the CEC saidAlso Read Tripura Election 2023 All you need to know about Chief Minister Manik SahaDetailing the number of voters in the pollbound states Kumar said There are more than 628 lakh electors combined in Nagaland Meghalaya and Tripura including 3147 lakh female electors 97000 80 voters and 31700 PwD voters Over 176 lakh firsttime voters to participate in the elections in 3 statesTripura assembly elections 2023 Important datesJanuary 21 Issue of gazette notificationJanuary 30 Last date of filing nominationJanuary 31 Scrutiny of nominationsFebruary 2 Last date for withdrawing nominationFebruary 16 Date of pollingMarch 2 Date of counting of votesTotal Assembly Seats 60Current strength 53BJP 33IPFT 4CPIM 15Congress 1Vacant 7Also Read Tipra Motha has secret understanding with Congress CPIM Amit Shah in TripuraHighvoltage campaign for Tripura assembly polls endsThe highvoltage campaign for the Tripura assembly elections ended on February 14The campaign for the assembly elections ended at 4 pm on Tuesday without any major law and order issue The poll machinery is geared up to conduct free fair and peaceful elections on February 16 Chief Electoral Officer CEO Gitte Kirankumar Dinakarrao told PTIDuring the monthlong campaign Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah BJP president J P Nadda and a dozen central ministers canvassed in favour of candidates of the saffron partyThe BJP organised Vijay Sankalp Yatra rallies and roadshows to woo the electorsCPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and senior leaders Prakash Karat Brinda Karat and Mohammad Salim along with former CM Manik Sarkar and party state secretary Jitendra Choudhury campaigned in favour of the partyCongress leaders Adhir Chowdhury Dipa Dasmunshi and AICC general secretary Ajay Kumar campaigned for the grand old party but neither Rahul Gandhi nor Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the state for campaigningFormer royal scion Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma singlehandedly canvassed for his Tipra Motha partyWhile the BJPs star campaigners highlighted the development that has taken place in the northeastern state in the last five years the Left Front and the Congress stressed on misrule and misgovernance of the BJPIPFT governmentTipra Motha a regional political party contesting 42 assembly constituencies stressed on its Greater Tipraland statehood demandThe BJP is contesting 55 assembly seats its ally IPFT has fielded candidates in six constituencies while there will be friendly fight in one seatThe CPIM is contesting 47 seats and the Congress is fighting in 13 constituenciesThe Trinamool Congress has fielded nominees in 28 constituencies and there are 58 independent aspirants tooWith inputs from Agencies