The first elections to the
Nagaland Legislative Assembly
The Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 F ...
were held in January 1964 to elect members of the 40 constituencies in
Nagaland
Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...
, India. There were no political parties registered and so all the candidates fought as
Independents.
P. Shilu Ao was appointed as the first
Chief Minister of Nagaland.
Nagaland was converted to a state by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962
and elections were called for in 1964.
Result
Results by constituency
Bypolls
See also
*
List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
*
1964 elections in India
References
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Nagaland
Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...
State Assembly elections in Nagaland
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...