1964 elections in India

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Legislative Assembly elections

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for Nagaland Legislative Assembly and Puducherry Legislative Assembly in 1964. ^{[1] [2]}

Nagaland

Main article: 1964 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

Nagaland was granted the statehood on 1 December 1963, and the first state assembly elections were held on January 10–16, 1964. ^[3] Naga Nationalist Organization (NNO) won 33 out of 46 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The National Democratic Party (NDP) won 11 seats in the Legislative Assembly. ^{[1] [4]}

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents	62,175	100.00	40
Total		62,175	100.00	40
Valid votes		62,175	99.13
Invalid/blank votes		544	0.87
Total votes		62,719	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		124,166	50.51
Source: ECI [5]

Puducherry

Main article: 1964 Pondicherry Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian Union Territory of Pondicherry took place on 23 August 1964. ^[6] These were the first Legislative Assembly elections after the formation of the new Union Territory. ^[7] 21 seats were won by Indian National Congress while rest of the seats were won by Independents and others. ^[2]

The results of 1964 election were summarized below: ^{[8] : 38}

	Parties and Coalitions	Won	Votes	Vote %	Change
	Indian National Congress	22 [note 1]	91,338	54.3	1
	People's Front	4	30,495	31.6	9
	Independents	4	46,218	27.5	1

1. One candidate elected uncontested

See also

• 1962 elections in India

References

1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1964 : To the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1964 : To the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
3. "1st General Election to the Legislative Assembly, Nagaland". Government of Nagaland. 1964. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
4. "17. India/Nagas (1947–present)". University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1964 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
6. Rahman, S. A. The Beautiful India. Pondicherry . New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139
7. Das, Manoj. Pondicherry . New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1976. p. 20
8. The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964–1970. Vol. 6. Indian Institute of Applied Political Research, New Delhi. 1990. ISBN   9788185355528.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)