The electioneering for the polls came to an end at 1600 hours.
Polling will be held from 7 am till 4 pm on February 23 while counting of votes will be carried out on February 28.
The ruling Naga People's Front (NPF) is the only party to have fielded candidates in all the 60 seats.
Opposition
Congress is contesting in 57 constituencies, followed by NCP (15), BJP
(11), JD-U (three), RJD (two) and the United Nagaland Democratic Party
(one).
A
total of 52 MLAs are seeking re-election while 60 candidates are
contesting for the first time and 102 had contested unsuccessfully in
the 2008 polls.
Prominent
candidates include Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio (Northern Angami II),
Speaker Kiyanilie Peseyie (Western Angami), Opposition Leader Tokheho
Yepthomi (Dimapur III), Congress president SI Jamir (Dimapur II) and
former Home Minister Imkong L. Imchen (Koridang).
Of the two women contestants, Rakhila has been fielded by BJP from Tuensang Sadar-II.
The other one, Dr Yangerla, is contesting from Mokokchung Town as an independent candidate.
The strength of the electorate is 11,93,438, including 5,89,505 women.
As
many as 2600 electronic voting machines (EVMs) are being put up in 2023
polling stations in the state, of which 821 have been identified as
sensitive and 662 as hyper sensitive.
To conduct free and fair polls, 255 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed in the state.
A company comprises approximately a hundred personnel. One third of the constituencies will witness a straight contest.
UPA
chairperson Sonia Gandhi, AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Union Home
Minister Sushilkumar Shinde were among the star campaigners for Congress
who promised to find a solution of the Naga political issue.
On
the other hand, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is the overall star
campaigner for NPF who hit out at the central leadership for 'ignoring'
Nagaland and its problems.
NPF
got a jolt ahead of the election when Home Minister Imkong L Imchen was
arrested on February 18 for allegedly carrying over Rs one crore and
arms in his vehicle.
He later resigned from his post.
BJP national president Rajnath Singh and senior leader Ravishankar Prasad campaigned for the party candidates.
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