Assembly Polls in Tripura will be held on 14th of next month while Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to polls on 23rd of next month. Announcing the dates in New Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner V.S Sampath said counting of votes in all the three states will take place on 28th February. He said the model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect.

Mr Sampath said, for Tripura the notification will be issued on 21st of this month while for Meghalaya and Nagaland it will be issued on 30th of this month.All the three state assemblies have 60 seats each.

According to the poll schedule, the last date for filing of nominations in Tripura is 28th of January and after scrutiny the next day, the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is 31st of this month. For Meghalaya and Nagaland, the last date for filing of nominations is 6th of February and after scrutiny the next day, the last date for withdrawal is 9th of February.

The Election Commision also announced bye-elections to nine assembly constituencies in seven States. Bye- Polls will take place on 23rd of next month in West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Mizoram. While bye- polls in Assan, Bihar and Maharashtra will take place on 24th of February. Couting for bye-polls for all these states will be held on 28th of next month.