Election in Nagaland 2014

Nagaland is one of the small state situated in the north eastern part of India. It was earlier the part of Assam and later in 1963 it was divided to form a separate state. There is only a single constituency in the state. The general elections will take place during the second phase on 9th April.
 

Nagaland General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the General elections are given below:

Phase 2
No of PCs going to poll 1	(PC no. 1)
Issue of Notification	15 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	09 Apr 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Political Parties of the state

The major parties in the state are:
Bharatiya Janata Party
Janata Dal
Indian National Congress (INC)
All India Trinamool Congress
The main regional parties in Nagaland are
United Democratic Front (UDF)
Nagaland People’s Front
Nationalist Democratic Movement
Naga National Democratic Party
 

Administration Process

The constitutional head of the state is Governor and he is appointed by the President of India. The executive powers resides in the hands of Chief Minister. He along with his council of ministers runs the state government. The legislature is unicameral and has a Legislative Assembly with 60 seats.
 

List of Chief Ministers of Nagaland

Sr. No	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	P. Shilu Ao	Dec 1, 1963	Aug 14, 1966	Naga Nationalist Organisation
2	T.N. Angami	Aug 14, 1966	Feb 22, 1969	Naga Nationalist Organisation
3	Hokishe Sema	Feb 22, 1969	Feb 26, 1974	Naga Nationalist Organisation
4	Vizol Angami	Feb 26, 1974	Mar 10, 1975	United Democratic Front
5	John Bosco Jasokie	Mar 10, 1975	Mar 20, 1975	Naga National Democratic Party
	President’s rule	Mar 20, 1975	Nov 25, 1977
6	Vizol Angami	Nov 25, 1977	Apr 18, 1980	United Democratic Front
7	S.C. Jamir	Apr 18, 1980	Jun 5, 1980	United Democratic Front-Progressive
8	John Bosco Jasokie	Jun 5, 1980	Nov 18, 1982	Naga National Democratic Party
9	S.C. Jamir	Nov 18, 1982	Oct 28, 1986	United Democratic Front-Progressive
10	Hokishe Sema	Oct 29, 1986	Aug 7, 1988	Indian National Congress
	President’s rule	Aug 7, 1988	Jan 25, 1989
11	S.C. Jamir	Jan 25, 1989	May 10, 1990	Indian National Congress
12	K.L. Chishi	May 16, 1990	Jun 19, 1990	Indian National Congress
13	Vamuzo Phesao	Jun 19, 1990	Apr 2, 1992	Nagaland People’s Council
	President’s rule	Apr 2, 1992	Feb 22, 1993
14	S.C. Jamir	Feb 22, 1993	Mar 6, 2003	Indian National Congress
15	Neiphiu Rio	Mar 6, 2003	Jan 3, 2008	Nagaland People’s Front
	President’s rule	Jan 3, 2008	Mar 12, 2008
16	Neiphiu Rio	Mar 12, 2008	Present	Nagaland People’s Front

 

List of Governors of Nagaland

Sr. No	Name of Governors	From	To
1	Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)	Dec 1, 1963	Apr 16, 1968
2	B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd.)	Apr 17, 1968	Sep 18, 1973
3	L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd.)	Sep 19, 1973	Aug 9, 1981
4	S. M. H. Burney, IAS (Retd.)	Aug 10, 1981	Jun 12, 1984
5	Gen.(Retd.) K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM.	Jun 13, 1984	Jul 19, 1989
6	Dr. Gopal Singh	Jul 20, 1989	May 3, 1990
7	Dr. M.M. Thomas	May 9, 1990	Apr 12, 1992
8	Lok Nath Mishra	Apr 13, 1992	Oct 1, 1993
9	Lt. Gen.(Retd.)V.K. Nayyar PVSM, SM	Oct 2, 1993	Aug 4, 1994
10	O.N. Shrivastava, IPS (Retd)	Aug 5, 1994	Nov 11, 1996
11	Om Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.)	Nov 12, 1996	Jan 27, 2002
12	Shyamal Datta, IPS (Retd.)	Jan 28, 2002	Feb 2, 2007
13	K. Wilson	Feb 3, 2007	Feb 4, 2007
14	K. Sankaranarayanan	Feb 4, 2007	Jul 28, 2009
15	Gurbachan Jagat, IPS (Retd.)	Jul 28, 2009	Oct 14, 2009
16	Nikhil Kumar, IPS (Retd.)	Oct 15, 2009	Mar 20, 2013
17	Ashwani Kumar	Mar 21, 2013	Present