Kohima, May 4 (IANS) BJP candidate Daochier I. Imchen has taken an early lead in the Koridang Assembly constituency bypoll in Nagaland, ahead by around 3,100 votes over his nearest rival, Independent candidate Major Toshikaba (Retd). The by-election was held on April 9. Counting of votes is underway, with initial trends indicating a good performance by the BJP nominee.After the second round of counting, Imchen secured 7,317 votes. Independent candidates Major Toshikaba (Retd) and Imtiwapang Kich…
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Kohima, May 4 (IANS) The counting of votes for the Koridang Assembly constituency bypoll in Nagaland, for which the election was held on April 9, commenced at 8 a.m. on Monday under multi-layer security arrangements, officials said. Election officials said that, as per the Election Commission guidelines, postal ballots were being counted first, followed by votes stored in the EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), and there will be three rounds of counting at the Mokokchung District Deputy Commissio…
Kohima, April 10 (IANS) More than 82.21 per cent of the 22,390 eligible voters exercised their franchise in the by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district, officials said on Friday. However, this turnout is lower than the 88.06 per cent of 21,740 voters recorded during the 2023 Assembly elections.Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Bhagyashree Banayat stated that polling for the by-election was conducted smoothly on Thursday, registering an overall v…
Kohima, April 9 (IANS) Around 81 per cent of the 22,390 eligible voters cast their votes in the bye-election for the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district on Thursday, officials said. Election officials stated that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the Koridang Assembly segment during the polling, which began at 7 A.M. across 30 polling stations.Polling continued in most stations in the mountainous constituency until 4 P.M. without any break. In a fe…
Kohima, April 9 (IANS) Nearly 60 per cent of voters cast their ballots in the Koridang Assembly bypoll in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district till 1 P.M. on Thursday, officials said.With the deployment of a large number of state and central forces, security has been significantly tightened across the entire Assembly constituency following pre-poll violence on April 5 and 6, in which one person died, several others were injured, and a few vehicles were damaged.Voting, which commenced at 7 A.M. acros…
Kohima, April 9 (IANS) Voting for the by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland’s Mokokchung district began on Thursday morning amid heavy security arrangements, election officials said. A large number of voters, including women, were seen standing in queues at most of the 30 polling stations across the Assembly segment, indicating an enthusiastic turnout. Polling commenced at 7 a.m. and will continue without any break until 4 p.m. in the constituency.A total of 22,390 elig…
Kohima, March 21 (IANS) A multi-cornered electoral contest is likely in the April 9 by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Mokokchung district of Nagaland, with major political parties having already announced their candidates. After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally, the National People’s Party (NPP), the opposition Congress on Saturday announced its nominee for the crucial Assembly seat.Congress General Secretary (Organisation), K.C. Venugopal, said in a statement tha…