Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2013
India
All 60 to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Neiphiu Rio
Party NPF INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Last election 26 seats 23 seats
Seats won 37 15
Seat change Increase 11 Decrease 8
Chief Minister before election

Neiphiu Rio
Nagaland People's Front

 Chief Minister after election

Neiphiu Rio
Nagaland People's Front

The Nagaland Legislative Assembly election of 2013 took place on 23 February 2013 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in the state of Nagaland in India.

Background

The mandate of the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, formed after the Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2008, expired on 10 March 2013.[1] Hence, the 12th Nagaland Legislative Assembly election was announced by the Election Commission of India.[2]

After the scrutiny of the nomination papers put up by the candidates, 188 candidates in total were able to contest for a total of 60 seats.[3]

Results

SN Party Seats
won		 Seats Change
1 Nagaland Peoples Front 37 Increase 11
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 1 Decrease 1
3 Janata Dal (United) 1 Increase 1
4 Indian National Congress 8 Decrease 15
5 Independents 8 Increase 1
6 Nationalist Congress Party 4 Increase 2
Total 59

On 18 Jun 2014, 3 of the NCP MLAs defected to the BJP, leaving only one NCP MLA remaining in the assembly.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Election Commission of India". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  2. ↑ Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura and bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the State Legislative Assemblies. Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ TNN Feb 11, 2013, 07.18AM IST (2013-02-11). "Unprecedented security ring for Nagaland election - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
  4. ↑ 3 NCP MLAs in Nagaland join BJP, Xavier Rutsa


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