Sharingain Longkumer chosen by unanimous vote As Speaker of Nagaland Legislative Assembly

Guwahati: The 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly’s Speaker was overwhelmingly chosen on March 20 to be Sharingain Longkumer, a candidate for the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP).

Remarkably, the state Legislative Assembly of Nagaland had only received one candidature for the position of Speaker at the time of the filing of nomination papers.

Longkumer submitted his applications to become the Legislative Assembly’s Speaker on March 18, 2023.

Longkumer will be serving his second consecutive term as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

The recently held elections were won by Longkumer, who also served as Speaker of the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, running on the NDPP ticket. His candidature was proposed by minister Temjen Imna Along and seconded by adviser Kekhrielhoulie Yhome. According to the assembly secretariat, no withdrawals were made until the day and time for withdrawals had passed.