2014 Indian general election in Nagaland

Indian general election in Nagaland, 2014

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1 seat
Turnout	87.91%
First party Second party   INC Leader Neiphiu Rio Viswesül Pusa Party NPF INC Seats won 1 0 Seat change
Nagaland
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	1.36	1	1
	INC			3,13,147	30.11	0.76	1	0
	SP(I)			9,695	0.93		1	0
	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) ^[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

• 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

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. "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.