First phase of Lok Sabha elections: 16 seats from Northeast set to vote tomorrow

GUWAHATI: 16 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northeast are among the 102 seats that go to polls on Friday (April 19) in the first phase of elections to the lower house.

The eight Northeast states collectively hold 25 Lok Sabha seats, with 16 of them scheduled for polling on Friday (April 19).

In Assam, out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, polling will be conducted in five constituencies.

The five Lok Sabha seats in Assam that go to polls on Friday (April 19) in the first phase of the elections are: Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur.

Similarly, both seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura, along with the lone seat in Mizoram and Nagaland, are set for polling on Friday (April 19).

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Notable candidates contesting in the first phase include union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who is vying for the Dibrugarh seat, and Gaurav Gogoi, the deputy leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha from Jorhat.

Former Tripura chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Biplab Deb are among those contesting from the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat.

In Meghalaya, key candidates include former union minister and NPP leader Agatha Sangma from Tura constituency and Meghalaya Congress president Vincent Pala from Shillong seat.

Moreover, Meghalaya health minister and NPP leader Dr Ampareen Lyngdoh is contesting from Shillong Lok Sabha seat.