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2014 Indian general election in Nagaland
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June 2014
June 2014
Indian general election in Nagaland, 2014 India parliamentary Indian general election in Nagaland, 2009 2009 9 April 2019 1 seat 87.91% The Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Neiphiu Rio addressing at the inauguration of the World Bamboo Day function, at Kisama Heritage Village, in Kohima, Nagaland on September 18, 2010.jpg 285 110 150 0 76 center Neiphiu Rio Naga People's Front 1 Nagaland in India.png 200px Nagaland Indian National Congress 150 110 Viswesül Pusa Indian National Congress 0 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
The 2014 Indian general election polls in Nagaland for Lok Sabha (lower house) seats were held in a single phase on 9 April 2014. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections 5 March 2014 5 March 2014 As of 10 February 2014 the total voter strength of Nagaland was . http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/nagaland/ Nagaland General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014 Maps of India 10 April 2014
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.http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ThreatofIslamicterrorloomslargeoverAssam_RBhattacharjee_121114.html Threat of Islamic terror looms large over Assam | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses 11 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150904023406/http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ThreatofIslamicterrorloomslargeoverAssam_RBhattacharjee_121114.html 4 September 2015 dead dmy-all https://ummid.com/news/2014/March/03.03.2014/ls-polls-prospects-of-ten-partes.html LS Poll 2014: Prospects of Ten Parties Regional Front in Northeast India | ummid.com ummid.com Voters turnout in Nagaland was more than 87% which was highest in entire India.State-Wise Voter Turnout in General Election 2014 http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105116 7 April 2015 Election Commission of India Press Information Bureau Government of India 21 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140604190700/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105116 4 June 2014 dmy-all
Parties and alliances
United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National CongressIndian National Congress50px50px Viswesül Pusa1
National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedNaga People's FrontNaga People's Front50px50pxNeiphiu Rio1
Opinion polling
Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency NPF Others Aug–Oct 2013 http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll Outlook 17 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131016180408/http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 16 October 2013 dead dmy-all Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 0 Jan–Feb 2014 http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/india-tv-c-voter-projection-big-gains-for-bjp-in-up-bihar-nda--14864.html India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark Indiatv 13 February 2013 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 0
Election schedule
Constituency wise Election schedule are given below
Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies 1 2 9 April Nagaland
thumb|An elderly couple from Kiphire district after casting their votes.
Results
Constituency Wise
ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1NagalandNeiphiu RioNaga People's FrontNPF713,37268.67Viswesül PusaIndian National CongressINC313,14730.14400,22538.52
Results by Party
Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Naga People's FrontNPF 7,13,372 68.60 1.36 1 1 Indian National CongressINC 3,13,147 30.11 0.76 1 0 Socialist Party (India) SP(I) 9,695 0.93 1 0 None of the above (India) NOTA 2,696 0.26 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)https://nagalandpost.com/tokheho-elected-to-lok-sabha/ Tokheho elected to Lok Sabha Nagaland Post en 2018-06-01
Results
ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1NagalandTokheho YepthomiNationalist Democratic Progressive PartyNDPP594,20558.56C. Apok JamirNaga People's FrontNPF420,45941.44173,74617.12
Tokheho Yepthomi belonged to the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and was the consensus candidate of the People’s Democratic Alliance (PDA).
C. Apok Jamir was the candidate of the Naga People's Front (NPF).
Tokheho Yepthomi defeated C. Apok Jamir by a margin of 173,746 votes in the by-election.
Assembly segments wise lead of Parties
PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2018 elections) Naga People's Front 52 26 Indian National Congress 8 0 Others 0 34Total60
Constituency Wise
ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotes
References
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