Key Candidate: N Jacob Zhimomi (BJP) – Ghaspani-I

Jacob Zhimomi, the sitting MLA, is a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Ghaspani-I seat in the upcoming Assembly elections in Nagaland. He has been consecutively elected in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly election from Ghaspani-I since 2013. He is currently serving as the Minister of the Minister, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) in the government […]

Key Candidate: Sharingain Longkumer (NDPP) – Aonglenden

Sharingain Longkumer, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate, was chosen to represent the Aonglenden Assembly constituency in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in the 2019 bypoll. He won the by-poll. Soon, he was elected as the Deputy Speaker. He was chosen to serve as the Speaker of the Thirteenth Nagaland Legislative Assembly following the death […]

Key Candidate: KG Kenye (NDPP) – Chizami

The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) candidate for the Chizami seat is KG Kenye, a former member of the Rajya Sabha. This election, he will be a strong candidate for the NDPP. He is contesting against Kezhienyi Khalo (sitting MLA) of the NPF, Vevoyi Wideo of the National People’s Party (NPP) and Kevechutso Doulo of […]

Key Candidate: G Kaito Aye (NDPP) – Satakha

G Kaito Aye, who is the Agriculture Minister in the Rio Cabinet, is contesting from the Satakha Assembly seat. As a Janata Dal (United) candidate, he won a seat in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in 2018, however, he afterwards left the JD(U) and joined the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. Aye made important contributions to the […]

Key Candidate: Neiphiu Rio, NDPP, CM. Contesting from North Angami-II

Neiphiu Rio is the longest serving Chief Minister of Nagaland serving 4 terms (2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018). Rio has been winning the Northern Angami II seat since 1989. In 1989, 1993 and 1998, Rio won the seat as a Congress candidate. In 2002, 2008 and 2013 he won the seat on a NPF ticket. […]

Key Candidate: Kuzholuzo Nienu (NPF) – Phek

The NPF is led by Kuzholuzo Nienu in the Assembly. He has won four consecutive elections from the Phek seat to the Nagaland Assembly. He initially took the position in the 2003 elections and held it in 2008, 2013, and 2018. He served as a minister in the TR Zeliang-led administration. The Naga People’s Front […]

Key Candidate: Taditui Rangkau Zeliang (NDPP) – Peren

Taditui Rangkau Zeliang, a 70-year-old former Chief Minister of Nagaland, has played a significant role in the state’s politics for the past 20 years. He is a seven-time MLA who won his first Assembly elections in 1989. From 2004 to 2008, he served as a Rajya Sabha MP. Zeliang was a Cabinet minister in the […]

Key Candidate: Kewekhape Therie (Congress) – Dimapur-I

Kewekhape Therie, the president of Nagaland Congress, has several obstacles in the upcoming elections because his party failed to win any seats in the state’s 2018 Assembly elections. In the upcoming election, Therie is contesting from the Dimapur-I constituency against H Tovihoto Ayemi (sitting MLA) of the BJP. The last three Assembly elections have ended […]

Key Candidate: Khriehu Liezietsu (NPF) – Northern Angami – I

Khriehu Liezietsu, a two-time MLA from the Northern Angami-I constituency, is the son of the former Chief Minister of Nagaland Shurhozelie Liezietsu. His father, the former CM, Shurhozelie is one of the most decorated educationists in Angami language literature. He is contesting against Kekhrielhoulie Yhome of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) in the upcoming […]