SHILLONG, MAR 20: Not a single candidate has filed nominations from Shillong and Tura parliamentary seats during the first day, officials said on Wednesday.
“No one has filed nomination from the two constituencies for the first phase of general elections to the 18th Lok Sabha,” they said.
Sources informed that NPP candidate Ampareen Lyngdoh will be filing her nominations on March 22 while RDA candidate Robertjune Kharjahrin on March 26.
The other candidates for Shillong parliamentary seat include Congress sitting MP Vincent H Pala, VPP candidate Dr Ricky AJ Syngkon, and Independent candidate Prof Lakhon Kma.
The BJP however is yet to announce its candidates for both Shillong and Tura.
Candidates from Tura include NPP Tura MP Agatha K Sangma, Congress legislator from Gambegre Saleng A Sangma and former TMC legislator Zenith M Sangma.
Nominations in other states have begun to be filed on Wednesday.
Meghalaya is one among 21 states/UTs going for the first phase of elections, to be held on April 19. Altogether, there are 102 parliamentary constituencies under the first phase.
The other States/UTs in Phase 1 are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.