NEW DELHI: In Nagaland, the Congress would emerge victorious in the Nagaland Lok Sabha seat, according to Axis my India exit poll results. Congress's S Supongmeren Jamir may emerge victorious in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha elections in Nagaland went to polls on April 19 during the initial phase of the general elections. Nagaland, situated in the North-East region of India, houses a single constituency in the Lok Sabha.
Nagaland’s lone Lok Sabha seat saw a contest between the NDPP’s Chumben Murry, the Congress’s Supongmeren Jamir and Independent Hayithung Tungoe Lotha.
The overall voter turnout in the state when polling closed stood at 56%.
However, raising many eyebrows, not one of the over four lakh voters of eastern Nagaland turned up to vote on the voting day following a shutdown call by Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) over the Centre’s “failure” to fulfil its long-standing demand for the creation of a separate territory.
The 20 MLAs of the region, comprising six districts, also did not exercise their franchise.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the
NDPP-BJP coalition secured a significant victory over the Indian National Congress, emerging as the winners.
The constituency had a total of 1,213,777 voters. Tokheho Yepthomi of the NDPP clinched victory in 2019 with 500,510 votes, garnering 41.24% of the electorate's support. The INC candidate, KL Chisi, came in second with 484,166 votes, representing 39.89% of the total voters. The winning margin in 2019 was 16,344 votes.
In the 2014 elections, the Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency had 1,182,972 registered voters. Neiphiu Rio of the NPF party emerged victorious with 713,372 votes, securing 60.3% of the electorate's backing.
The INC candidate, KV Pusa, came second with 313,147 votes, representing 26.47% of the total voters. The victory margin in 2014 was 400,225 votes.