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Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: 227 nominations out of 257 valid, says chief election officer

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha on Thursday said 227 nominations filed out of 257 for the February 27 Assembly polls have been found to be valid.

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The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Nagaland, Abhijit Sinha on Thursday said 227 nominations filed out of 257 for the February 27 Assembly polls have been found to be valid.

Scrutiny of nomination papers of the 257 candidates, including five women, from nine political parties and Independents was carried out today, he said.

The exercise was conducted under strict security arrangements across 53 offices of Returning Officers across the state, the CEO said.

A total of 231 candidates had filed their nomination papers in the 2013 polls.

Earlier, on On January 29, 11 political parties in the state signed a joined a declaration on January 29 to not contest the elections.

The core committee of civil organisations and tribal bodies and also the Naga insurgent groups had declared that anyone contesting the elections would be branded ‘anti-Naga’.

However, the lukewarm response to the state-wide bandh called by the Core Committee of the Nagaland Tribal Hohos and Civil Organisations (CCNTHC), meant that the electoral process remained on track. Hearing about the filing of nominations, CCNTHCO held close-door meeting in Kohima with representatives of political parties.

With the embarrassment of a no-show looming, with just one day to go, Kuzholuzo Azo Nienu of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Tuesday became the first candidate to file his nomination papers for the upcoming February 27 Nagaland Assembly polls.

Nagaland CEC Abhijit Sinha told Indian Express that the former state home minister was in the process of filing his nomination from 19 Phek Ac. He was followed by Dr Nicky Kire, who had recently joined the NDPP also reported that he filed his nomination papers from Kohima Town AC. The deadline expires on 3 PM on February 7.

The CEO said that documents of 29 candidates were found to be invalid, while one of them had been adjourned till February 10.

The last date for withdrawal of nomination is February 12.

Results of the polls will be declared on March 3

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