2014 Indian general election in Meghalaya

Indian General Election in Meghalaya, 2014

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2 seats
Turnout	68.80% (4.42%)
First party Second party   Party INC NPP Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Meghalaya
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The Indian General Election, 2014 polls in Meghalaya for two Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on 9 April 2014. ^[1] As of 28 January 2014 The total voter strength of Meghalaya is 1,553,028. ^[2]

Contested Parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Vincent Pala	2
	National People's Party			Conrad Sangma	1
	United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)			Donkupar Roy	1
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Narendra Modi	1

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency
			INC	NPP
Aug–Oct 2013	[3]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	1	1
Jan–Feb 2014	[4]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	1	1

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below ^[1] –

Polling Day	Phase	Date	Constituencies	Voting Percentage
1	2	9 April	Shillong, Tura	71 [5]

Results

As per the results declared on 16 May 2014, the Indian National Congress candidate Vincent Pala secured the Shillong Lok Sabha seat while the National Peoples Party candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won the Tura seat. ^[6]

1	1
NPP	INC

Name of Party	Vote Share %	Change	Seats won	Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party	8.90%		0	0
Indian National Congress	37.90%	−6.94%	1	0
National People's Party	22.20%	+22.20	1	+1

Constituency wise

#	Constituency	Turnout	Winner	Party		Margin
1	Shillong	63.22	Vincent H. Pala [7]		INC	40,379
2	Tura	78.13	Purno Agitok Sangma		NPP	39,716

References

1. "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. "Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
3. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
4. "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.
5. "Lok Sabha elections: Polling ends in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal". The Indian Express. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
6. "Meghalaya Election results on ECI website". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
7. "Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Election Results Live Update 2019, 2014, 2009 - Parliamentary Constituencies". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 June 2019.