Polling will be held at 3,419 polling stations across 59 Assembly constituencies in the state. The voting will begin at 7 am and continue till 4 pm, on Monday. Of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 36 fall in Khasi, Jaintia Hills region while 24 are in Garo Hills region.
In South Garo Hills, the first polling party to leave early morning is the team going to Rongcheng Polling Station where they will need to trek 8 km to reach the polling station from the last motorable point, officials said.
The Election Commission of India has deployed 119 companies of Central Armed Police Forces in Meghalaya to smoothly conduct the assembly polls in the state which will be held on February 27.
Polling for Sohiong Assembly constituency of Meghalaya in the February 27 state elections has been postponed following the demise of the state's former Home minister and United Democratic Party candidate from the seat, HDR Lyngdoh.
The voting for the Tripura Assembly elections closed at 4 pm, with the voter turnout recorded at 81.20 per cent, informed the Election Commission on Thursday.
A person allegedly suffered a leg injury during a clash between suppporters of the ruling BJP and Opposition CPI outside a polling booth in Tripura, amid the ongoing Assembly elections in the state, the chief election officer of Tripura said on Thursday.
Tripura witnessed a voter turnout of over 32.06 per cent till 11 am in the ongoing polling for 60 Assembly seats, the Election Commission (EC) informed on Thursday.
BJP leader and Former CM Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb offered prayers ahead of casting his vote in state assembly elections voting for which begun at 7 am in early Thursday morning.