Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, 2013

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 8 Seat change 11 15

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	11
2	Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1
3	Janata Dal (United)	1	1
3	Indian National Congress	8	15
5	Independents	8	1
6	Nationalist Congress Party	4	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