Nagaland election result has always been considered to gravitate towards Nagaland People Front's (NPF) party. The party had a history of winning the polls with a clear-cut majority. In 2013 polls in the state, the party won 37 out of the total 60 seats in the polls, while others parties were far behind, winning just 2, 4 or 8 seats. The NPF party is ruling since 2008, except for a short period of a few months when the state came under the President's rule. In the 2008 polls, the party again outshone other parties, winning 26 seats. The INC at that time, however, gave a close fight to the party and Nagaland Assembly election result indicated its hold on 23 seats. BJP and other parties had only grabbed a handful of seats, averaging about 2 seats.
The current term of Nagaland Legislative Assembly expires on March 13, 2018. The Election for the new assembly was held on Feb 27, 2018. The result of the election were declared on March 3.
The results were declared for 59 of the total 60 constituencies in the state. The NPF clearly took the lead winning 27 of the seats, while the runner up was NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) with 16 seats. The BJP won 16 seats. Other parties like JD(U) and NPP have won 1 and 2 seats respectively.
The BJP alliance with NDPP is most likely to form the government in the state.
Nagaland Assembly Election Result
The tables below represent the assembly election results for the state of Nagaland untill now starting from the most recent year.
Bharatiya Janata Party | 12 |
Naga Peoples Front | 27 |
Janata Dal (United) | 1 |
National People's Party | 2 |
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | 16 |
Independent | 1 |
Total | 59 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 1 |
Independent (IND) | 8 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 8 |
Janata Dal (United) JD(U) | 1 |
Naga Peoples Front (NPF) | 38 |
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 4 |
Total | 60 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2 |
Independent (IND) | 7 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 23 |
Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) | 26 |
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 2 |
Total | 60 |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 7 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 21 |
Janata Dal (United) JD(U) | 3 |
Samata Party (SAP) | 1 |
Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) | 5 |
Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) | 19 |
Independent (IND) | 4 |
Total | 60 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 53 |
Independent (IND) | 7 |
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) | 0 |
Nagaland Peoples Conference (NPC) | 0 |
Total | 60 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 35 |
Democratic Labour Party (DLP) | 1 |
Nagaland Peoples Conference (NPC) | 17 |
Independent (IND) | 7 |
Total | 60 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 36 |
Nagaland Peoples Conference (NPC) | 24 |
Independent (IND) | 0 |
Total | 60 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 24 |
Naga National Democratic Party (NND) | 24 |
Independent (IND) | 12 |
Total | 60 |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 15 |
United Democratic Front (UDF) | 35 |
National Convention of Nagaland (NCN) | 1 |
Independent (IND) | 9 |
Total | 60 |
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation (NNO) | 23 |
United Democratic Front (UDF) | 25 |
Independent (IND) | 12 |
Total | 60 |
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation (NNO) | 22 |
United Front of Nagaland (UFN) | 10 |
Independent (IND) | 8 |
Total | 40 |
Independent (IND) | 40 |
Others | 0 |
Total | 40 |
Last Updated on April 25, 2020