Massive win for NDPP in by-poll for lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland
First Published: 31st May, 2018 20:05 IST
The Nationalist Democratic People’s party (NDPP) has won the Lok Sabha by-polls to the lone Lok Sabha seat from Nagaland. NDPP candidate Tokheho Yepthomi has won the by-poll to the
The Nationalist Democratic People’s party (NDPP) has won the Lok Sabha by-polls to the lone Lok Sabha seat from Nagaland.
NDPP candidate Tokheho Yepthomi has won the by-poll to the lone Lok Sabha seat by a humongous margin of over one lakh seventy thousand votes.
#NEWSUPDATE | NDPP wins wins by-polls to lone Nagaland Lok Sabha seat. NDPP wins by a margin of over 1.70 lakh.#NagalandLSBypoll pic.twitter.com/V8Hue3y5CG
— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) May 31, 2018
Meanwhile, NDPP party officials including Chief Minister Nephieu Rio, Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton and Speaker Vikho-o Yhoshu have arrived at Hotel Vivor in Kohima, where the party has organised a programme to felicitate Tokheho Yepthomi for his win in the by-polls.
Yepthomi won a total of five lakh ninety four thousand two hundred and four votes to defeat NPF candidate C Apok Jamir who managed to bag only a total of four lakh twenty thousand four hundred and ninety five votes.
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