Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland Assembly election results 2018: BJP set to win Tripura, leads in Nagaland; Congress leads in Meghalaya

The Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP is set to win the Tripura Assembly election results 2018. The party and its alliance is also leading in Nagaland. In Meghalaya, Congress is leading. "BJP is all set for a historic win in Tripura. Even our performance in Nagaland and Meghalaya is historic. An important day in Indian politics," said UP CM Yogi Adityanath while Congratulating PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. 

The BJP will form the government in all three states, said Kiren Rijiju, MoS Home, on Saturday with counting underway in three northeast states of Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland. "The results will change the political landscape of northeast. It will also have its bearing on the national scene," he said while referring to Lok Sabha 2019



elections.

With Tripura victory, BJP will be in power or a party of the ruling coalition in six of the eight states in the region.

The counting of votes began on Saturday morning in the three Assembly constituencies of North East – Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura. Counting was held for 59 of the 60 seats in all the three states. 

In Tripura, the chief contest is between BJP and CPI(M)-led Left Front. In Meghalaya, it's a four-cornered contest between Congress, National People's Party or NPP, BJP and the United Democratic Party (UDP)- Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP). In Nagaland, the contest is between Naga People's Front (NPF) and BJP-Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) alliance.