In 2023, nine states including Nagaland are scheduled to go for assembly elections and the year will be a litmus test for the vain efforts to bring all opposition parties to forge a unified front against the BJP. The state assembly elections in 2023 will be the last before the next Lok Sabha election in 2024. The Nagaland Legislative Assembly election in 2018 was held on February 27, 2018 in 59 out of 60 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland. The current 13th NLA was constituted on March 6,2018 and after the results of the assembly election are announced. The next 14th NLA has to be constituted within March 5,2023. In the 2018 assembly election, the then ruling DAN-III the NPF and BJP split their long political alliance and the nascent Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) grabbed the opportunity to form an alliance with the BJP. In the 2018 election, the NPF won 26 out of 58 seats it contested, NDPP won 18 out of 40, BJP 12 out of 20 and JDU one out of 13,independents one out of 11 contested. Subsequently in the bypolls the NPF tally dropped to 25 when it did not put up a candidate for the bye polls to the 60 Pungro-Kiphire constituency held after the demise of its sitting member T.Torechu. Independent candidate T.Yangseo Sangtam won the Bye Election to 60 Pungro Kiphire A\/C in November 2020. In the other three other bye polls, the ruling NDPP retained all three seats it held. However, after the two NPP, one JDU and 21 NPF legislators \u201cmerged\u201d with NDPP the party tally shot up to 42 while the BJP remained static at 12 and two independents more or less as associate members of NDPP. The NPF which had 26 seats has been reduced to four after 21 of its MLAs \u201cmerged\u201d with NDPP. There is hardly any issue in Nagaland state politics barring the \u2018Naga political issue\u2019 which has been well milked by politicians and all involved. Since 2003 when the then NPF promised solution within three months of coming to power, the promise evolved into the self-description as \u2018facilitator.\u2019 There is still an air of uncertainty about whether election will be held or not since there has been a huge push by various CSOs and public demanding solution first and election later. There are a lot of probabilities in the run up to the election. First of all, the Election Commission of India(ECI) has yet to issue notification calling for election in the state. The moot point is whether ECI is awaiting clearance from the centre? Secondly, if solution is arrived within November-December, then whether it will mean installing an interim government till clauses of the agreement are approved by Parliament before election is held? As parties gear up for polls, seat sharing between NDPP and BJP continues to be interpreted differently despite earlier announcement of continuing with a 40 (NDPP) and 20 (BJP)formula. This formula will be a challenge since NNDP has 44 MLAs and BJP workers wanting more seats. What will unravel in the coming weeks ahead of ticket distribution by NDPP high command, will be eagerly watched as it could indicate factors that will eventually decide on how the game will be played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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