KOHIMA: Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio-led Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced the list of candidates for the upcoming state Assembly.
As per the 40:20 seat sharing formula, the names of candidates were made public by both the political parties on Thursday.
The list of candidates from the BJP include 20 seats, of which 11 are existing MLAs, four are seats contested in the last election, and five are new seats that were not contested in the last election. The list also include one woman representative of the party from 32 Atoizu (ST).
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