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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Nagaland, 2014
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = Indian general election in Nagaland, 2009
| previous_year = 2009
| election_date = 9 April
| next_year = [[Indian general election, 2019 (Nagaland)|2019]]
| seats_for_election = 1 seat
| turnout = 87.91%
| leader1 =[[Neiphiu Rio]]
| party1 = Naga People's Front
| seats1 = 1
| map_image = Nagaland in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Nagaland]]
}}

The [[2014 Indian general election]] polls in [[Nagaland]] for [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house) seats were 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 10 February 2014 the total voter strength of Nagaland was {{formatnum:1174663}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.mapsofindia.com/parliamentaryconstituencies/nagaland/ |title= Nagaland General (Lok Sabha) Elections 2014 |work= Maps of India |accessdate= 10 April 2014}}</ref>

The main political parties in Nagaland were [[Nagaland Peoples Front]] (NPF) and [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).

Despite threats from insurgent militant groups in Northeast India, people turned out in large numbers for voting.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ThreatofIslamicterrorloomslargeoverAssam_RBhattacharjee_121114.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904023406/http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ThreatofIslamicterrorloomslargeoverAssam_RBhattacharjee_121114.html |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>http://www.ummid.com/news/2014/March/03.03.2014/ls-polls-prospects-of-ten-partes.html</ref> Voters turnout in [[Nagaland]] was more than 87% which was highest in entire India.<ref>{{cite news|title=State-Wise Voter Turnout in General Election 2014 |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105116 |accessdate=7 April 2015 |work=Election Commission of India |agency=Press Information Bureau |publisher=Government of India |date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6SSfQxJNT?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=105116 |archivedate=9 September 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</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
| style="background:#b475df;"|
| style="background:blue;"|
|-
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
! class="wikitable" width="90px"| Others
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Aug–Oct 2013
! <ref name="Aug–Oct 2013-Times Now">{{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 || 0
|- class="hintergrundfarbe2" style="text-align:center"
! Jan–Feb 2014
! <ref name="Jan-Feb 2014-Times Now">{{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 || 0
|-
|}

==Election schedule==

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below<ref name=mospi.gov.in/> –
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Day
! Phase
! Date
! Constituencies
|-
| 1
| 2
| 9 April
| [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaland]]
|}
==Results==
The results of the elections will be declared on 16 May 2014.<ref name=mospi.gov.in/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Turnout%
! Elected M.P.
! Colspan=2|Party
! Margin
|-
| 1
|[[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaland]]
|87.91 {{decrease}}
| [[Neiphiu Rio]]
(Resigned on 22 February 2018)
| bgcolor=#990066|
| [[Naga People's Front]]
|4,00,225
|-
|}

==Bye-election==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Turnout
! Newly Elected M.P.
! Colspan=2|Party
! Margin
|-
| 1
|[[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaland]]
| 85.09
| [[Tokheho|Tokheho Yepthomi]]
(Elected on 31 May 2018)
|bgcolor=#FD4242|
|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]]
|1,73,746
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

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