2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

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.

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election

All 60 to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.62%
Leader Neiphiu Rio Not Declared Party NPF INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader's seat Northern Angami-II Last election 26 23 Seats won 38 8 Seat change 12 15 Popular vote 515,059 272,515 Percentage 47.0% 24.9%
Chief Minister before election Neiphiu Rio Nagaland People's Front Chief Minister after election Neiphiu Rio Nagaland People's Front

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	13.4	38	12
	Indian National Congress (INC)	272,515	24.9	11.4	8	15
	Independents (IND)	194,314	17.8	4.7	8	1
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	66,277	6.1	2.0	4	2
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	19,121	1.8	3.6	1	1
	Janata Dal (United) (JD(U))	18,049	1.7	1.4	1	1
	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	5,446	0.5	6.1	0
	United Naga Democratic Party (UNDP)	4,071	0.4	0.2	0
Total		1,094,852	100.00		60	±0

Aftermath

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

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.
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