2014 Indian general election in Meghalaya

Indian General Election in Meghalaya, 2014
9 April
2 seats
Turnout68.80% (4.42%)
  First party Second party
 
Party INC NPP
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The Indian General Election, 2014 polls in Meghalaya for two Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on 9 April 2014.[1] As of 28 January 2014 The total voter strength of Meghalaya is 1,553,028.[2]

Contested Parties

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Vincent Pala 2
National People's Party Conrad Sangma 1
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) Donkupar Roy 1
Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi 1

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency
INC NPP
Aug–Oct 2013 [3] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 1
Jan–Feb 2014 [4] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 1 1

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1] –

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage
1 2 9 April Shillong, Tura 71[5]

Results

As per the results declared on 16 May 2014, the Indian National Congress candidate Vincent Pala secured the Shillong Lok Sabha seat while the National Peoples Party candidate Purno Agitok Sangma won the Tura seat.[6]

1 1
NPP INC
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
Bharatiya Janata Party 8.90% 0 0
Indian National Congress 37.90% −6.94% 1 0
National People's Party 22.20% +22.20 1 +1

Constituency wise

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Shillong Vincent H. Pala INC 209,340 33.76 Prechard B. M. Basaiawmoit IND 168,961 27.25 40,379 6.51
2 Tura Purno Agitok Sangma NPEP 239,301 52.22 Daryl William Ch Momin INC 199,585 43.55 39,716 8.67

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2013 elections)
Indian National Congress 23 29
National People's Party 18 2
United Democratic Party 9 8
Bharatiya Janata Party 5 0
Others 5 21
Total 60

References

  1. ^ a b "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014". Maps of India. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Lok Sabha elections: Polling ends in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal". The Indian Express. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Meghalaya Election results on ECI website". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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