Neiphiu Rio became the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the fifth time

Neiphiu Rio became the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the fifth time

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Category : State Published on: March 11 2023

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Neiphiu Rio, the chief of the nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), was sworn in as the fifth chief minister of Nagaland.
Taditui Rangkau Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton took oath as Deputy chief ministers of Nagaland in Kohima.
Rio won the Northern Angami-II Assembly constituency, trouncing Seyievilie Sachu of the Congress by a mammoth margin of 15,824 votes.
He bagged a total of 17,045 votes, which comes to 92.87 per cent of the total votes polled in the seat.
The BJP-NDPP alliance bagged 37 seats in the in 60-constituency Nagaland Legislative Assembly elections 2023.
For the first time in the 60-year history of Nagaland assembly elections, a woman legislator has been elected. A total of 13 assembly elections have been held in Nagaland so far.

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