The 2014 Indian general election polls in Nagaland for Lok Sabha (lower house) seats were held in a single phase on 9 April 2014. As of 10 February 2014 the total voter strength of Nagaland was .
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. Voters turnout in Nagaland was more than 87% which was highest in entire India.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Viswesül Pusa1
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedNaga People's FrontNeiphiu Rio1
Opinion polling
Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency NPF Others Aug–Oct 2013 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 0 Jan–Feb 2014 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
Results Constituency Wise ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1NagalandNeiphiu RioNPF713,37268.67Viswesül PusaINC313,14730.14400,22538.52
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) Results ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1NagalandTokheho YepthomiNDPP594,20558.56C. Apok JamirNPF420,45941.44173,74617.12 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
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