Filling of nominations for Assembly Elections in Nagaland to begin on January 31

Kohima: Filing of nominations for assembly elections in Nagaland will begin today with the issuance of notification. The process for nomination of candidature for the ensuing general Election in Nagaland will begin today.

Candidates will be allowed to submit their nomination papers till February 7. The scrutiny will take place on February 8 while the last date for withdrawal of candidature is February 10. The State will go to polls on February 27 and counting will take place on March 2.    

Altogether 13 lakh 17 thousand 632 electors are eligible to exercise their democratic right in the



ensuing elections. A total of 24 thousand 689 new voters were included in the final electoral rolls.  4 Ghaspani-1 Assembly Constituency has highest number of 74,395 electors and 27 Mokokchung Town Assembly Constituency with lowest number of 8,302 electors.

A total of  2,315 polling stations have been designated, wherein 680 have been marked as vulnerable and 920 as critical polling stations. 57 are designated as model polling stations, while, 196 polling stations will be manned by women. Further, 10 polling stations in the state will be manned by Persons with Disabilities