Stage set: all eyes on Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland for counting of votes on March 2, 2023
The HinduThe countdown to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is expected to begin with the outcome of the Assembly elections in three northeastern States — Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura — on Thursday. The counting will be held at 13 centres across Meghalaya, 59 across Nagaland, and 60 across Tripura, officials in these three States said. An average of 87.04% of some 62.93 lakh voters in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura had sealed the fate of 811 candidates in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura — small landlocked States but considered the proverbial “morning” that would show how the “day” of the Lok Sabha polls a year hence would be. The BJP had a seat-sharing agreement with its current allies in Nagaland and Tripura but went it alone in Meghalaya despite being a constituent of a six-party alliance headed by the National People’s Party.