2014 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh explained

Election Name:Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh, 2014
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:Indian general election, 2009 (Arunachal Pradesh)
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:Indian general election, 2019 (Arunachal Pradesh)
Next Year:2019
Election Date:9 April
Seats For Election:2 seats
Turnout:79.12% (10.95%)
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Seats1:1
Party2:Indian National Congress
Seats2:1
Map Size:200px

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Arunachal Pradesh for 2 Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on 9 April 2014.[1] The total voter strength of Arunachal Pradesh is .[2]

The main political parties in Arunachal Pradesh are Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and others.

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/Agencybgcolor= bgcolor=
INCBJP
Aug–Oct 2013[3] Times Now-India TV-CVoter1 1
Jan–Feb 2014 [4] Times Now-India TV-CVoter1 1

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1]

Result by party

PartySeatsPopular vote
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party21146.629.4
Indian National Congress21141.669.55

Results Constituency wise

The results of the elections will be declared on 16 May 2014.[1]

NoConstituencyTurnoutCandidatePartyMargin
1Arunachal West75.60 Kiren Rijiju41,738
2Arunachal East84.16 Ninong Ering12,478

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections . PDF . 5 March 2014 . 5 March 2014.
  2. http://www.ndtv.com/elections/electorate Electorate for 2014 General Elections
  3. Web site: Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll . Outlook . 17 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016180408/http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 . 16 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark . Indiatv . 13 February 2013.
  5. News: Arunachal Pradesh records 71 per cent voting in phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls . NDTV . 9 April 2014 . 10 April 2014.