Voting for the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections in Nagaland got underway this morning. It began at 7:30 AM and will end at 4:00 PM. This is the first-ever municipal election in Nagaland with a 33% reservation for women, compared to the last ULB election held in 2004 without such reservation.

Polling is taking place in 420 polling stations across 214 wards spread across three municipalities and 21 town councils.

A total of 523 candidates are in the fray, with the youngest candidate being a 22-year-old female contesting in Bhandari Ward-1, while the oldest candidate is an 81-year-old man in Chozuba Ward-5.

Earlier, 64 candidates had already been declared elected unopposed.