Nagaland assembly election results 2018: Allies help NDA go past the line

The BJP won unprecedented 11 seats in state, while its ally, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party led by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio, won 16 seats

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would form a coalition 

government in Nagaland, and indicated it would be willing to align with the Naga People’s Front (NPF), which has emerged as 

the single-largest party.

The BJP won an unprecedented 11 seats in the state, while its ally, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) led by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio, won 16 seats. Janata Dal (United) has won one seat, while an Independent and smaller parties have won three seats.

Currently, the majority mark eludes the BJP and NDPP alliance by four seats