2014 Indian general election in Meghalaya explained

Election Name:Indian General Election in Meghalaya, 2014
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:Indian general election in Meghalaya, 2009
Previous Year:2009
Election Date:9 April
Next Election:2019 Indian general election in Meghalaya
Next Year:2019
Seats For Election:2 seats
Turnout:68.80% (4.42%)
Party1:Indian National Congress
Seats1:1
Seat Change1: 1
Party2:National People's Party (India)
Seats2:1
Seat Change2: 1
Map Size:200px

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 .[2]

Opinion polling

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/Agencybgcolor=
INCNPP
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]

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]

11
NPPINC
Name of Party Vote Share % Change Seats won Changes
8.90% 0 0
37.90% −6.94% 1 0
22.20% +22.20 1 +1

Constituency wise

ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerPartyMargin
1Shillong63.22 Vincent H. Pala[7] INC40,379
2Tura78.13 Purno Agitok SangmaNPP39,716

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections . PDF . 5 March 2014 . 5 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014 . Maps of India . 11 April 2014.
  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: Lok Sabha elections: Polling ends in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal . The Indian Express . 9 April 2014 . 11 April 2014.
  6. Web site: Meghalaya Election results on ECI website. . 18 May 2014 . 21 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521023342/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS15.htm?st=S15 . dead .
  7. Web site: Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Election Results Live Update 2019, 2014, 2009 - Parliamentary Constituencies. www.elections.in. 2019-06-29.