In Tripura, the party received fewer votes (0.88%) than NOTA (1.36%), but in Meghalaya, it won 5 seats and 13.7% of the vote. However, after winning 12 of 17 Congress MLAs in November 2021, the party’s victory in five constituencies in this election may dampen its plans.

The Congress, which had its seat in the Meghalaya assembly stolen by the TMC, lashed out on Thursday. “There are parties that believe they can gain strength by removing members of Congress. “However, their performance has fallen short of their expectations,” said Jairam Ramesh, general secretary of the Congress.

In Meghalaya, the Trinamool won four seats in the Garo Hills, the stronghold of party leader and former chief minister Mukul Sangma, but none in the Jaintia Hills. In Tripura, the TMC received nearly 20% of the vote in the 2018 Agartala municipal election, fueling hopes that the party would create a three-cornered race in the Tripura assembly election.

These elections were crucial for the TMC to consolidate its gains in West Bengal, emerge as a potential rival to the Congress in its dominance of the Opposition, and challenge the BJP in at least two or three states. In these elections, the Trinamool tried to avoid the errors it made in Goa by working on the ground for an extended period of time prior to entering the electoral race.

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However, Trinamool asserted that it has a “decent beginning.” “Congratulations to the citizens of Meghalaya for exercising their freedom of speech. Despite having a pipe full of money, the BJP ended up with three seats. We received close to 15% of the vote and five seats on our debut. Only one year has passed since we founded Meghalaya TMC. According to Derek O’Brien, leader of the TMC’s parliamentary party in the Rajya Sabha, this is a respectable beginning by any metric.

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Meghalaya election result 2023 How to check results

The Election Commission of India (ECI) will deliver updates (from 8am) on its website – https://results.eci.gov.in/ – and mobile phone app.

Additionally, results can be monitored via the Voter Helpline app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

You can also get updates on republicaeon.com

What do exit polls indicate?

According to pollsters, Meghalaya may be in for a heated election. As per three exit polls the ruling National People’s Party (NPP) is likely to emerge as the single largest party in a hung assembly scenario, but may halt short of the halfway mark.

Three exit polls also said that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) – which is now being led in the state by former chief minister Mukul Sangma – may emerge as the second largest outfit, followed by the Congress and the BJP. Mukul Sangma led 12 congressmen to defect from the Congress and join the TMC in 2021. The United Democratic Party may also emerge as a decisive factor in a close election, the polls hinted.

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A meeting between the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma, at a hotel in Guwahati on Tuesday night has prompted rumours of the NPP’s return to the NDA after a bitter campaign. Exit polls predict a hung assembly in Meghalaya, with Sangma’s NPP emerging as the leader of the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA), despite the fact that the two parties contested the elections separately. Sarma, the convener of the North East Democratic Alliance (Neda), was instrumental in assembling a six-party coalition in 2018 that denied Congress, the single-largest party, the opportunity to form a government.

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