Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls in one phase on February 27

First India Bureau Kohima/Shillong:

The Election Commission on Tuesday issued statutory notifications for the February 27 Assembly elections in Nagaland and Meghalaya. Election officials said that with the issuance of the notifications, candidates can submit their nomination papers to the returning officers.

The Chief Election Officer FR Kharkongor had mentioned that there are a total of 3,482 polling stations across the state and 50% of the polling stations will have webcasting while the rest will have video cameras.

120 companies of CAPF will be deployed in the upcoming Assembly Polls and 40 companies are already stationed in the State.

—FR Kharkongor, Chief Election Officer l Filling of nominations began on January 31 l Submit nomination papers till February 7 l The scrutiny will take place on February 8 l Last date to withdraw names is February 10 l The counting of votes will take place on March 2