Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency

Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency is the only Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituency in the Northeastern state of Nagaland.

Nagaland
NL-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Location of Nagaland in India
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateNagaland
Assembly constituencies60: See List
Established1967
Total electors13,17,536[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

It participated in its first general election in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was S. C. Jamir of the Nagaland Nationalist Organisation who was elected unopposed.[2] In 1969, the Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India discontinued the reservation of the seat to Scheduled Tribes.[3] In the 1971 election, Kevichüsa Angami of the United Front of Nagaland party defeated Jamir. Rano M. Shaiza of the United Democratic Front was elected in the 1977 election. In the 1980 election, independent candidate, Chingwang was elected. Chingwang joined the Indian National Congress (INC) for the next election in 1984 and held his seat. Shikino Sam of the INC won the 1989 election. From 1991–98, Imchalemba was the MP of this constituency firstly as a member of the Nagaland Peoples Council and then as a member of the INC. From 1998–2004, K. Asungba Sangtam of the INC represented this constituency. Since 2004 till 2018, this constituency has been represented by a member of the Nagaland Peoples Front. W. Wangyuh Konyak was the MP from 2004–09. C. M. Chang won the seat in 2009.

Most Successful parties from Nagaland Lok Sabha

  INC (6 Times) (33%)
  NPF (3 Times) (20%)
  NDPP ( 2 Times) (13%)
  UFN ( 2 Times) (13%)
  NPC ( 1 Time) (6%)
  NNO (1 Time) (6%)
  Ind ( 1 Time) (6%)

Assembly segments

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Currently, this Lok Sabha constituency consists of all 60 constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1967 S. C. Jamir[4] Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1971 A. Kevichüsa United Front of Nagaland[5]
1977 Rano M. Shaiza United Democratic Front[6]
1980 Chingwang Konyak Independent[7]
1984 Indian National Congress[8]
1989 Shikiho Sema
1991 Imchalemba Nagaland People's Council[9]
1996 Indian National Congress[10]
1998 K. Asungba Sangtam
1999
2004 W. Wangyuh Konyak Nagaland People's Front[11]
2009 C. M. Chang
2014 Neiphiu Rio
2018[a] Tokheho Yepthomi Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
2019
2024 S. Supongmeren Jamir Indian National Congress

Election results

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1967

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In its first election, Nagaland Nationalist Organisation candidate, S. C. Jamir was elected unopposed and represented the constituency in the 4th Lok Sabha.[2][4]

1971

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A. Kevichüsa of the United Front of Nagaland won the election and represented the constituency in the 5th Lok Sabha.

1971 Indian general election: Nagaland[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Front of Nagaland A. Kevichüsa 89,514 60.47 N/A
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation S. C. Jamir 58,511 39.53 N/A
Margin of victory 31,003 20.94 N/A
Turnout 148,125 53.77 N/A
UDF gain from NNO

1977

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Rano M. Shaiza of the United Democratic Front party won the seat and represented the constituency in the 6th Lok Sabha.

1977 Indian general election: Nagaland[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Democratic Front Rano M. Shaiza 124,627 51.68 N/A
INC Hokishe Sema 116,527 48.32 N/A
Margin of victory 8,100 3.36  17.58
Turnout 250,016 52.83  0.94
UDF gain from UDF

1980

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Independent candidate, Chingwang won the election and represented the constituency in the 7th Lok Sabha.

1980 Indian general election: Nagaland[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chingwang Konyak 145,969 51.01 N/A
United Democratic Front Rano M. Shaiza 140,210 48.99  2.69
Margin of victory 5,759 2.02  1.34
Turnout 294,009 63.90  11.07
Independent gain from UDF

1984

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Chingwang joined the INC, held the seat and represented the constituency in the 8th Lok Sabha.

1984 Indian general election: Nagaland[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chingwang Konyak 251,101 64.64 N/A
Naga National Democratic Party Chalie Kevichüsa 113,919 29.33 N/A
Independent Huskha 23,444 6.04 N/A
Margin of victory 137,182 35.31  33.29
Turnout 394,820 66.46  2.56
INC gain from Independent Swing

1989

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Shikiho Sema of the INC represented the constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha.

1989 Indian general election: Nagaland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Shikiho Sema 363,071 60.29  4.35
Nagaland People's Council Vizol Koso 239,124 39.71 N/A
Margin of victory 123,947 20.58  14.73
Turnout 607,429 74.71 +8.25
INC hold Swing

1991

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The election was a direct contest between sitting MP Shikiho Sema from the INC and Imchalemba of the NPC. This was the first election that the BJP fielded a candidate for the Nagaland seat, Pius Lotha, who had to repeatedly reiterate that the BJP was not a communal party. The ban on the National Socialist Council of Nagaland by the Vishwanath Pratap Singh government was the main issue during the election campaigning with the INC and NPC blaming each other for the ban.[13]

1991 Indian general election: Nagaland[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nagaland People's Council Imchalemba 328,015 52.67  12.96
INC Shikiho Sema 276,161 44.34  15.95
BJP Pius Lotha 18,655 3.00 N/A
Margin of victory 51,854 8.33  12.25
Turnout 628,015 77.07  2.36
Nagaland Peoples Council gain from INC Swing

1996

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On 28 July 1992, Imchalemba had joined the Congress.[14] He fought the 1996 elections on the Congress' ticket. The continued presence of the security forces in Nagaland was an important electoral issue. The Naga Students' Federation demanded a boycott of the elections until the "disturbed area" tagged under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was revoked. Congress now had their government in the Centre as well as the state. Imchalemba's opponent, H. Khekiho Zhimomi stated "we certainly don't deserve these black laws in the state and we have the experience of the '50s and '60s which have made this crystal clear. As long as we have these laws operational in the state, violence and tension will continue during elections."[15] Imchalemba won the election comfortably and represented the state in the 11th Lok Sabha.

1996 Indian general election: Nagaland[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Imchalemba 472,102 62.31  17.97
Independent H. Khekiho Zhimomi 2,74,699 36.26 N/A
Independent Roland 10,825 1.43 N/A
Margin of victory 1,97,403 26.05  17.72
Turnout 772,402 88.32  11.25
INC gain from Nagaland Peoples Council

1998

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K. Asungba Sangtam of the INC represented the constituency in the 12th Lok Sabha.

1998 Indian general election: Nagaland[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Asungba Sangtam 344,223 86.70  24.39
Lok Shakti Akhei Achümi 52,785 13.30 N/A
Margin of victory 291,438 73.40  47.35
Turnout 420,714 45.41  42.91
INC hold Swing

1999

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Sangtam of the INC held the seat and represented the constituency in the 13th Lok Sabha.

1999 Indian general election: Nagaland[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. Asungba Sangtam 516,119 71.18  15.52
Independent Shürhozelie Liezietsu 162,521 22.42 N/A
BJP Neikhaho 37,156 5.12 N/A
Lok Shakti Akhei Achümi 5,763 0.79  12.51
Independent Roland 3,486 0.48 N/A
Margin of victory 353,598 48.76  24.64
Turnout 728,843 76.25  30.84
INC hold Swing

2004

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W. Wangyuh Konyak of the Nagaland Peoples Front represented the constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha.

General election 2004: Nagaland[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPF W. Wangyuh Konyak 698,128 73.12 N/A
INC K. Asungba Sangtam 246,109 25.78  45.40
JD(S) Akhei Achümi 5,149 0.54 N/A
Independent Nyimthungo 3,687 0.39 N/A
Independent Dr. Rilanthung 1,646 0.17 N/A
Margin of victory 452,019 47.34  1.42
Turnout 954,719 91.77  15.52
NPF gain from INC Swing

2009

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C. M. Chang of the Nagaland Peoples Front represented the constituency in the 15th Lok Sabha.

General election 2009: Nagaland[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPF C. M. Chang 832,224 69.96  3.16
INC K. Asungba Sangtam 349,203 29.35  3.57
AITC Dr. Rilanthung Odyüo 8,153 0.69 N/A
Margin of victory 483,021 40.61  6.73
Turnout 1,189,601 90.01  1.76
NPF hold Swing

2014

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Neiphiu Rio of the Nagaland Peoples Front represented the constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha.

General Election, 2014: Nagaland[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPF Neiphiu Rio 713,372 68.67  1.29
INC Viswesül Pusa 313,147 30.14  0.79
Socialist Akhei Achümi 9,695 0.93 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,696 0.26 N/A
Margin of victory 4,00,225 38.52  2.09
Turnout 1,038,910 87.91  2.192
NPF hold Swing  1.29

2018 by-election

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Bye-Election, 2018: Nagaland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDPP Tokheho Yepthomi 594,205 58.56 New
NPF C. Apok Jamir 4,20,459 41.44  27.23
Margin of victory 1,73,746 17.12  21.4
Turnout 10,18,842 85.09  2.82
NDPP gain from NPF Swing

2019

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2019 Indian general election: Nagaland[21][22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDPP Tokheho Yepthomi 500,510 49.73  9.17
INC K. L. Chishi 484,166 48.11 N/A
NPP Hayithung Tüngoe 14,997 1.49 N/A
Independent Dr. M M Thromwa Konyak 4,620 0.46 N/A
NOTA None of the above 2,064 0.21 N/A
Margin of victory 16,344 1.62  15.5
Turnout 1,007,437 83.00  2.09
Registered electors 1,213,777
NDPP hold Swing

2024

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2024 Indian general election: Nagaland[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Supongmeren Jamir 401,951 52.85
NDPP Chumben Merry 350,967 46.14
Independent Hayithung tungoe lotha 6,263 0.83
NOTA None of the above 1,646 0.22
Majority 50,984 6.71
Turnout 760,507 57.72[b]  25.28
INC gain from NDPP Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ By-election
  2. ^ Does not include postal ballots.

See also

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References

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