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{{Infobox election
| 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% ({{increase}}4.42%)

| party1 = Indian National Congress
| seats1 = 1
| party2 = National People's Party (India)
| seats2 = 1
| map_image = Meghalaya in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Meghalaya]]
}}

The [[Indian General Election, 2014]] polls in [[Meghalaya]] for two Lok Sabha seats will be held in a single phase on 9 April 2014.<ref name="mospi.gov.in">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note%20GE-2014_05032014.pdf |title= General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections |format=PDF |date= 5 March 2014 |accessdate= 5 March 2014}}</ref> As of 28 January 2014 The total voter strength of Meghalaya is {{formatnum:1553028}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/meghalaya/ |title= Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014 |work= Maps of India |accessdate= 11 April 2014}}</ref>

==Opinion polling==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:80%;line-height:20px;"
|-
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="100px"| Conducted in Month(s)
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="10px"| Ref
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" width="180px"| Polling Organisation/Agency
| bgcolor={{party color|United Progressive Alliance}} |
| style="background:violet;"|
|-
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| NPP
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Aug–Oct 2013
! <ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 |title=Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll |publisher=Outlook |accessdate=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016180408/http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10&pid=3061&eid=31 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
! [[Times Now]]-[[India TV]]-CVoter
! 1 || 1
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Jan–Feb 2014
! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/india-tv-c-voter-projection-big-gains-for-bjp-in-up-bihar-nda--14864.html |title=India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark |publisher=Indiatv |date= |accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref>
! [[Times Now]]-[[India TV]]-CVoter
! 1 || 1
|-
|}

==Election schedule==

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below<ref name=mospi.gov.in/> –
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Day
! Phase
! Date
! Constituencies
! Voting Percentage
|-
| 1
| 2
| 9 April
| [[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong]], [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 71<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/elections-2014-phase-2-live/ |title=Lok Sabha elections: Polling ends in Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal |publisher=The Indian Express |date=9 April 2014 |accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref>
|}

==Results==
As per the results declared on 16 May 2014, the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate [[Vincent Pala]] secured the [[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong]] Lok Sabha seat while the National Peoples Party candidate [[Purno Agitok Sangma]] won the [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS15.htm?st=S15 |title=Meghalaya Election results on ECI website.}}</ref>
{| style="width:88%; text-align:center;"
|+
|- style="color:white;"
| style="background:#db7093; width:50%;" | '''1'''
| style="background:aqua; width:50%;" | '''1'''
|-
| <span style="color:#db7093;">'''NPP'''</span>
| <span style="color:aqua;">'''INC'''</span>
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name of Party !! Vote Share % !! Change !!Seats won !! Changes
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 8.90% || || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]] || 37.90% || −6.94% || 1 || 0
|-
| [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] || 22.20% || +22.20 || 1 || +1
|}

===Constituency wise===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!#
!Constituency
!Turnout
!Winner
!colspan=2|Party
!Margin
|-
!1
|[[Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shillong]]
|63.22 {{increase}}
|Vincent H. Pala<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/meghalaya/parliamentary-constituencies/|title=Meghalaya General (Lok Sabha) Election Results Live Update 2019, 2014, 2009 - Parliamentary Constituencies|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#00BFFF"|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|40,379
|-
!2
|[[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]]
|78.13 {{increase}}
|[[Purno Agitok Sangma]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}"|
|[[National People's Party (India)|NPP]]
|39,716
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Meghalaya_elections}}
{{Indian general election, 2014}}
{{16th LS members from Northeast states |state=autocollapse}}

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