India, new delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule of Assembly Elections in Meghalaya and Nagaland on 18th January, 2018. Polling in 60 Constituent Assemblies of Meghalaya and Nagaland is scheduled to be held on 27th February, 2018. The counting will be held on 3rd March, 2018. The term of Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya and Nagaland is due to expire on 6th March, 2018.
Following is the fact sheet on MEGHALAYA State
Number of Recognized State parties: 3
Assembly Constituencies:
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- Smallest and largest Constituencies:-By Area
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By Area |
Name of Constituency |
Area( in square kilometers |
|
Smallest |
18-West Shillong (GEN) |
1.57 sqkm |
|
Largest |
34-Mawshynrut (ST) |
1580.29 sqkm |
Smallest and largest Constituencies:-By Size of Electorate.
|
By Size of Electorate |
Name of Constituency |
Size of Electorate |
|
Smallest |
57-Dalu (ST) |
18,606 |
|
Largest |
15-Mawlai (ST) |
42,664 |
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- Electorate size-wise composition.
|
Size of Electorate |
No & Name of Assembly Constituencies |
|
Less than 1 Lakh |
All 60 Assembly Constituencies |
|
1 Lakh-1.50 Lakh |
NIL |
|
1.50 Lakhs 2 Lakh |
NIL |
|
More than 2 Lakh |
NIL |
3.Electors: 18,42,163
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- By Sex
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|
|
Male |
Female |
Others |
Total |
|
Population |
17,62,444 |
17,63,562 |
0 |
35,26,006 |
|
Size of Electorate |
91,2849 |
92,9314 |
|
18,42163 |
|
EPIC Issued To |
91,2849 |
92,9314 |
|
18,42163 |
NRI & Service Voters.
|
Number of NRI Voters |
1 |
|
|
|
Number of Service Voters |
2621 |
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Age and Sex-wise Composition of Electorate
|
|
Male |
Female |
Others |
Total |
|
18-25 years |
229086 |
222049 |
0 |
451135 |
|
25-40 |
377180 |
383619 |
0 |
760799 |
|
40-60 |
236940 |
247867 |
0 |
484806 |
|
>60 |
69643 |
75780 |
0 |
145423 |
- Total No of candidates (Male & Female):
|
Candidates |
Total Number of Candidates |
|
Male |
338 |
|
Female |
32 |
|
Total |
370 |
- No and Name of AC with Maximum and Minimum Number of Candidates:
|
1 |
No & Name of Assembly Constituency with Maximum number of candidates |
42-Rongjeng (ST) |
11-Candidates |
|
2 |
No & Name of Assembly Constituency with Manimum number of candidates |
23-Sohiong (ST) & 53-Ampati (ST) |
3-Candidates in each A/C. |
- Party wise list of Candidates
|
INC |
BJP |
NPP |
UDP |
NCP |
HSPDP |
|
KHNAM |
GNC |
NEINDP |
AAAP |
AITC |
LJP |
RPI |
IND |
|
60 |
47 |
52 |
35 |
21 |
13 |
26 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
84 |
No of EVMs to be used in the elections: 3083.
Total no of polling Stations: 3083.
Nagaland
Electoral Roll
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
Third Gender |
|
11,91,513 |
6,01,707 (50.50 %) |
5,89,806 (49.50 %) |
0 (0 %) |
Assembly Constituencies
|
Assembly Segments / Constituencies |
Total |
General |
SC |
ST |
|
60 |
1 |
0 |
59 |
Polling will be held in 59 Assembly Constituencies of state ( One candidate was declared unopposed from 11 Northern Angami AC)
Polling Stations
1. Presently there are a total of 2194 (Main) and 2 (Auxiliary) Polling Stations at 2017 polling locations. Polling will be held in 2156 polling stations of 59 Assembly Constituencies of state.( One candidate was declared unopposed from 11 Northern Angami II AC having 40 polling stations)
2. Voter assistance booth will be set up at all polling Stations.
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