Dr Andrew Simons, commissioner and secretary of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, told ANI that three MLAs, including two NPP legislators and one TMC MLA, submitted their resignation letters on Monday.

Banjul [Gambia], November 17 (ANI/Xinhua): Politicians in The Gambia have been making last-minute promises to convince the electorates to vote for them as the country gears up for the December 4 presidential election to determine who would govern the nation for the next five years.

Shillong Oct 30 PTI Over 80 per cent of the one lakh plus voters exercised their franchise in the bye-elections to three assembly constituencies in Meghalaya on Saturday Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor saidThere was no report of any untoward incident during the polling in Mawryngkneng Mawphlang and Rajabala he saidThe voter turnout is 8086 per cent till 7 pm Reports are awaited from some of the remote polling stations Kharkongor saidThe highest voter turnout at 9063 per cent was recorded in Rajabala while Mawphlang and Mawryngkneng registered 769 per cent and 7506 per cent polling respectivelyThirteen candidates are in the fray for the by-polls to the three seatsIn Mawryngkneng ruling National Peoples Party candidate Pyniaid Sing Syiem is locking horns with Congress nominee Highlander Kharmalki There are three Independent candidates as wellFormer national footballer Eugeneson Lyngdoh is contesting the election from Mawphlang on a United Democratic Party ticket He is up against Kennedy C Khyriem of the Congress and NPP nominee Lamphrang BlahIn the Rajabala constituency the contestants are Hashina Yasmin Mondal of the Congress D Shira UDP Md Abdus Saleh NPP Kingston B Marak BJP and an Independent candidateBypolls were necessitated in the three seats following the death of sitting MLAs PTI JOP RMS BDC NN NN