Nagaland Current Affairs Digest – January 2023

18 January 2023: Nagaland Assembly Election 2023 Date Announced – Nagaland goes to polls on 27th February 2023

The Election Commission of India announced the date for Nagaland Assembly election 2023 on 18 January 2023.

Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 Poll Date: 27th February 2023

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	31 January 2023
Last Date for filing nomination	7 February 2023
Scrutiny of nomination	8 February 2023
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	10 February 2023
Date of Poll	27 February 2023
Date of Counting of Votes	2 March 2023

Term of Assembly: 13th March, 2018 To 12th March, 2023
Total assembly constituencies in Nagaland: 60 (59 constituencies are reserved for ST and 1 constituency is General)

The total number of voters in Nagaland 2023:

As per the finally published electoral roll, the total number of voters in Nagaland is 13,17,634, comprising of 13,09,651 general and 7,983 Service electors.

Number of voters marked as PwD, Third Gender and Senior Citizen (80+) in Nagaland:

Total PwD Electors: 6,970
Total Third Gender: 0
Total Senior Citizens (80+) : 36,403

Number of Polling Stations in the State of Nagaland for Assembly Elections 2023: 2315, an increase of 5.51% as compared to the Number of Polling Stations during Nagaland Assembly Elections 2018: 2194

Voting for assembly elections in Tripura to be held on February 16
Voting for assembly elections in Nagaland & Meghalaya on February 27.
The results to be declared on March 2.
Besides, on 27th February 2023, by-elections to one assembly constituency each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and two assembly constituencies in Maharashtra will be held also.

References:

General Elections to State Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, 2023