Nagaland Assembly elections 2018: Here's the full list of winning candidates

After a neck and neck battle in Nagaland, the ruling Naga People's Front emerged as the single largest party by winning 27 seats while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) combine bagged 29 seats. Though the BJP-NDPP alliance failed to secure a majority with the state throwing up a hung Assembly, the party's participation in the future government looks certain.

While the BJP-NDPP combine might be able to form a government with help from smaller parties like the NPP, JD(U) and an Independent, the ruling NPF has also extended an invitation to the BJP to form government.

Former Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio was declared the winner uncontested in the Northern Angami II constituency. His newly formed party, the NDPP, made a number of gains in the run-up to the polls, with a number of defections from the NPF. The BJP too managed to strengthen its profile by absorbing a number of independents and Congress leaders.