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2014 Indian general election in Nagaland

Indian general election in Nagaland, 2014
9 April
1 seat
Turnout87.91%
  First party Second party
 
INC
Leader Neiphiu Rio Viswesül Pusa
Party NPF INC
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Nagaland for Lok Sabha (lower house) seats were held in a single phase on 9 April 2014.[1] As of 10 February 2014 the total voter strength of Nagaland was 1,174,663.[2]

The main political parties in Nagaland were Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) and Indian National Congress (INC).

Despite threats from insurgent militant groups in Northeast India, people turned out in large numbers for voting.[3][4] Voters turnout in Nagaland was more than 87% which was highest in entire India.[5]

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency
NPF Others
Aug–Oct 2013 [6] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 0
Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 0

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1]

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies
1 2 9 April Nagaland
An elderly couple from Kiphire district after casting their votes.

Results

Constituency Wise

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Nagaland Neiphiu Rio NPF 713,372 68.67 Viswesül Pusa INC 313,147 30.14 400,225 38.52

Results by Party

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
NPF 7,13,372 68.60 Decrease 1.36 1 1 Steady
INC 3,13,147 30.11 Increase 0.76 1 0 Steady
SP(I) 9,695 0.93 Steady 1 0 Steady
NOTA 2,696 0.26 Steady
Total 10,38,910 100% - 3 1 -

Bye-election

The by-election was necessary because Neiphiu Rio resigned from the Nagaland Lok Sabha seat to contest the 2018 Nagaland Assembly election. The results for the by-election is as follow (Elected on 31 May 2018) [8]

Results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Nagaland Tokheho Yepthomi NDPP 594,205 58.56 C. Apok Jamir NPF 420,459 41.44 173,746 17.12

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2018 elections)
Naga People's Front 52 26
Indian National Congress 8 0
Others 0 34
Total 60

Constituency Wise

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes Candidate Party Votes

References

  1. ^ a b "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Nagaland General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Threat of Islamic terror looms large over Assam | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses". Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ^ "LS Poll 2014: Prospects of Ten Parties Regional Front in Northeast India | ummid.com". ummid.com.
  5. ^ "State-Wise Voter Turnout in General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Government of India. Press Information Bureau. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ^ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Tokheho elected to Lok Sabha". Nagaland Post. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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