2014 Indian general election in Meghalaya

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Indian General Election in Meghalaya, 2014
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  2009 9 April 2019  

2 seats
Turnout68.80% (Increase2.svg4.42%)
 First partySecond party
  Hand INC.svg Indian Election Symbol Book.svg
Party INC NPP
Seats won11
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

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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]

Contents

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/Agency
INC NPP
Aug–Oct 2013 [3] Times Now-India TV-CVoter11
Jan–Feb 2014 [4] Times Now-India TV-CVoter11

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below [1]

Polling DayPhaseDateConstituenciesVoting Percentage
129 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]

11
NPPINC
Name of PartyVote Share %ChangeSeats wonChanges
Bharatiya Janata Party 8.90%00
Indian National Congress 37.90%−6.94%10
National People's Party 22.20%+22.201+1

Constituency wise

#ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerPartyMargin
1 Shillong 63.22 Increase2.svgVincent H. Pala [7] INC 40,379
2 Tura 78.13 Increase2.svg Purno Agitok Sangma NPP 39,716

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