Nagaland Election 2023: RJD, NEDF, NPF announce more candidates

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday announced the names of five candidates it had selected to contest in the upcoming general election to the 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

An update from the party informed that the selected candidates been allocated tickets following a meeting of the Nagaland state candidate selection committee and RJD office bearers on Monday, in the presence of Nagaland RJD president Nikhezhe Sumi, Agriculture Minister of Bihar Kumar Sarvjeet, RJD National General Secretary Bhola Prasad Yadav and several other party leaders.

The North East Democratic Front (NEDF), which was officially launched in the state on January 24 this year, also declared the list of intending Independent candidates it will back for the upcoming state Assembly election scheduled to be held on February 27.

It announced six intending candidates, including former legislator C John Konyak.

“Though a new party, NEDF is more than ready to set its foot in the upcoming election with the commitment to restructure Northeast and most importantly, our State, in the spirit of true democratic and responsible tiers of government so as to achieve a just equitable society. We hope that with these fresh faces in the political scene, we bring fresh perspective, ideas and a just ecosystem for the welfare of the public,” read the statement from NEDF.

Meanwhile, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Monday issued one more party ticket to Vikato S. Aye for the 4 Ghaspani-I constituency, taking its total number of candidates so far for this election to 22.

List of RJD candidates
Name of candidate	Name of constituency
Kiyazhe Shohe	1 Dimapur-I
Amos	4 Ghaspani-I
Hopeson Snock	20 Meluri
Y Kikon	37 Tyui
Senkathung Jami	39 Sanis

NPF candidate
Name of candidate	Name of constituency
Vikato S. Aye	4 Ghaspani-I