Meghalaya recorded over 85% turnout despite militant calls for the assembly polls boycott on Saturday.
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, fighting for a separate Garoland, had called for a 36-hour bandh to prevent people from voting. But a large number of voters queued up for voting as soon as the polling began.
The BSF had sealed off Meghalaya’s borders with Bangladesh to ensure peaceful polling to decide the fate of 345 candidates in 60 constituencies.
Officials said the turnout was low in Garo Hills compared to the Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
In Nagaland, voting for the 60-member assembly was by and large smooth amid reports of stray incidents of violence. Polling was postponed in one constituency due to a Congress candidate’s death. Overall 83% turnout was recorded. Reports said voters had begun arriving at poll stations hours before the balloting.
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