The Left Front is all set to retain power in Tripura winning 25 seats and leading in 24 others in the 60 member assembly.
In Nagaland, the ruling Naga Peoples Front wins 20 seats and is leading in nine, while in Meghalaya, eight results have been declared so far. Three each have gone in favour of the Congress and the UDP while NCP and others win one each.
In Tripura, the ruling Left Front has won 25 seats and the Congress four, the results of which have been declared so far. Left Front candidate were leading in 23 constituencies while Congress nominees in 6 when reports last came in. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has won from Dhanpur constituency by a margin of over 5000 votes. Former Congress Chief Minister Samir Ranjan Barman has lost to Left Front candidate but his son who is Tripura State Congress President Sudip Roy Barman was leading against his nearest CPIM rival when reports last came in.
Sitting CPIM candidate Yashbir Tripura has retained Jolaibari seat by defeating Congress candidate by over nine thousand vote. Jail minister and CPI candidate Manindra Reyang has been re-elected from Shantirbazar constituency by defeating his nearest Congress rival by three thousand 756 votes. Tribal Welfare minister Aghore Deb Barman is re-elected from Asharambari constituency. Finance Minister Badal Choudhury won his Hrishyamukh seat by a margin of over 12 thousand votes.CPIM sitting MLA Sudhan Das has been re-elected from Rajnagar constituency by over 10 thousand votes.
In Nagaland, out of 26 results declared so far, ruling Naga Peoples Front has bagged 20, Congress-3 and NCP two BJP – one and others three. The NPF was leading in nine constituencies, NCP in three and Congress -2 when reports last came in.
The Phek constituency has gone in favour of an independent candidate. The BJP has won in Tizit constituency while in the Aboi constituency, Congress party candidate has been declared elected.
Polling for the Tuensang Sadar- I Assembly Constituency was countermanded due to the death of Congress Candidate and sitting MLA P. Chuba Chang.
In Meghalaya, ten results declared so far. The Congress bagged five, UDP three and NCP and others one each. In Mawkyrwat constituency, the Congress candidate Rowell Lyngdoh defeated his nearest rival Hadrian Lyndoh, an independent candidate over a margin of 900 votes. In Ranikor constituency Martin M Danggo of Congress party defeated his nearest rival United Democratic party candidate P.K. Raswi over a margin of 450 votes.
In Mendipathar constituency, Marthon Sangma of Nationalist Congress party defeated the rival Congress party candidate Frankestein Momin by just 11 votes.In Shella constituency, Donkupar Roy of United Democratic Party defeated his rival independent candidate over 350 votes. According to the latest trend, the Congress is leading in 26 constituencies, United Democratic Party in 3 seats, Hill State Peoples Democractic party in 4 and Nationalist Congress party 1 and Nationalist Peoples Party in 2 constituencies, while others are leading in 11 seats.