New Delhi:The election for the three states will happen in two phases. Tripura will vote on 18 February 2018, which is a Sunday. Meghalaya and Nagaland will vote on 27 February which is a Tuesday," said  EC commissioner AK Joti.

 He further announced the Model code of conduct comes into effect from today onwards on Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura legislative assembly elections.

The CEC further said that the counting of votes in all three states will be held on 3 March 2018. The results will be declared on the same day.

Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura all have 60 seats each. EVM and VVPAT will be practiced in all three states, “first level checks have been completed informed, CEC AK Joti”

As per reports of PTI, which showed that Women electoral outnumbered men in the state of Meghalaya. In the voters' list which was just published showed Women make up 50.4 percent of the registered voters. There are 18, 30,104 voters, of which 9,23,848 are women. No one registered under the third gender option. Meghalaya, with a population of 3.2 million people, has a hopeful literacy rate of 74.4 percent.

IN SHORT: Important dates

Polling in Tripura: 18 February, 2018 (Sunday)

Polling in Meghalaya and Nagaland: 27 February, 2018 (Tuesday)

Counting of votes in all three states: 3 March, 2018 (Saturday)

Results: 3 March, 2018 (Saturday)