Kohima Bureau
Kohima, Feb. 12 (EMN): One hundred ninety-five candidates are contesting in the Nagaland assembly elections scheduled to be held on Feb. 27. Informing this at a press briefing on Mon. evening, the chief electoral officer of Nagaland Abhijit Sinha said that out of 257 nominations, 228 candidates were found to be valid. 32 candidates have withdrawn their candidature as on Feb. 12, it was informed.