2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

An election was held 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.

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
All 60 to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout91.62%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Neiphiu Rio S. C. Jamir
Party NPF INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader's seat Northern Angami-II Mokokchung Town
Last election 26 23
Seats won 38 8
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 15
Popular vote 515,059 272,515
Percentage 47.0% 24.9%
Chief Minister before election

Neiphiu Rio
NPF

 Chief Minister after election

Neiphiu Rio
NPF

Background

The mandate of the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly, formed after the 2008 election, 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

A total of 1,098,007 people voted out of an eligible electorate of 1,198,449, representing a turnout of 90.19%.[4]

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Nagaland People's Front (NPF) 515,059 47.0 Increase13.4 38 Increase12
Indian National Congress (INC) 272,515 24.9 Decrease11.4 8 Decrease15
Independents (IND) 194,314 17.8 Increase4.7 8 Increase1
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 66,277 6.1 Increase2.0 4 Increase2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 19,121 1.8 Decrease3.6 1 Decrease1
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 18,049 1.7 Increase1.4 1 Increase1
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 5,446 0.5 Decrease6.1 0 Steady
United Naga Democratic Party (UNDP) 4,071 0.4 Increase0.2 0 Steady
Total 1,094,852 100.00 60 ±0

Elected members
#ConstituencyReserved for
(ST/None)		CandidateParty
1Dimapur INoneTovihoto AyemiNaga People's Front
2Dimapur IISTS.I JamirIndian National Congress
3Dimapur IIITokhehoIndian National Congress
4Ghaspani IN. Jacob ZhimomiIndependent
5Ghaspani IIZhaleo RioNaga People's Front
6TeningNamri NchangNaga People's Front
7PerenT.R. ZeliangNaga People's Front
8Western AngamiKiyanilie PeseyieNaga People's Front
9Kohima TownNeikiesalie Nicky KireNaga People's Front
10Northern Angami IKhriehu LiezietsuNaga People's Front
11Northern Angami-IINeiphiu RioNaga People's Front
12TseminyüEr. Levi RengmaIndependent
13PughobotoY. Vikheho SwuNaga People's Front
14Southern Angami IVikho-o YhoshüNaga People's Front
15Southern Angami IIKropol VitsuNaga People's Front
16PfütseroNeiba KronuNaga People's Front
17ChizamiDeo NukhuNaga People's Front
18ChozubaChotisüh SazoNaga People's Front
19PhekKüzholüzo NienüNaga People's Front
20MeluriYitachuNaga People's Front
21TuliAmenba YadenIndependent
22ArkakongNuklutoshiNaga People's Front
23ImpurImtiwapang AierIndian National Congress
24AngetyongpangS. Chuba LongkümerIndependent
25MongoyaMerentoshi R. JamirNaga People's Front
26AonglendenImtikümzükIndian National Congress
27Mokokchung TownC. Apok JamirIndian National Congress
28KoridangImkong L.ImchenNaga People's Front
29JangpetkongLongrinekenNaga People's Front
30AlongtakiBenjonglibaNaga People's Front
31AkulutoKhekahoIndian National Congress
32AtoizuPictoIndependent
33SuruhotoShetoyiNaga People's Front
34AghunatoPukhayiNaga People's Front
35ZünhebotoS. Hukavi ZhimomiIndian National Congress
36SatakhaG. KaitoNaga People's Front
37TyüiYanthungo PattonNaga People's Front
38WokhaT.M. LothaNationalist Congress Party
39SanisN.Thomas LothaIndependent
40BhandariMmhonlümo KikonNationalist Congress Party
41TizitP. Paiwang KonyakBharatiya Janata Party
42WakchingY.M. YolowIndependent
43TapiNokeNaga People's Front
44PhomchingPohwangNaga People's Front
45TehokC.L. JohnNaga People's Front
46Mon TownN. ThongwangNaga People's Front
47AboiEshak KonyakIndian National Congress
48MokaE.E. PangteangNaga People's Front
49TamluB.S NganlangJanata Dal (United)
50LonglengS. PangnyuNaga People's Front
51NoksenC.M. ChangNaga People's Front
52Longkhim–ChareImtilemba SangtamNationalist Congress Party
53Tuensang Sadar IToyang Changkong ChangIndependent
54Tuensang Sadar IIKejong ChangNaga People's Front
55TobuNaibaNaga People's Front
56NoklakP.LongonNaga People's Front
57ThonoknyuL.Khumo KhiamniunganNationalist Congress Party
58Shamator–ChessoreR. TohanbaNaga People's Front
59Seyochung–SitimiC. Kipili SangtamNaga People's Front
60Pungro–KiphireTorechuNaga People's Front
Source:ECI[4]

Aftermath

On 18 Jun 2014, 3 of the NCP MLAs defected to the BJP, leaving only one NCP MLA remaining in the assembly.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Welcome to Election Commission of India". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  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 (11 February 2013). "Unprecedented security ring for Nagaland election". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
  4. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2013 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NAGALAND" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. 3 NCP MLAs in Nagaland join BJP, Xavier Rutsa
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