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 February 2003 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in

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, India. The Democratic Alliance of Nagaland, which was formed of the

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, the

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and the

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, won a majority of seats and

Neiphiu Rio Neiphiu Guolhoulie Rio (born 11 November 1950) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th and current Chief Minister of Nagaland since 2018, previously 2003 to 2014 and from 2018 till date. He is the only Nagaland Chief Minister to have ...

was appointed as the

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. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the

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Background

After the previous elections in

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, was made the Home minister in S C Jamir's cabinet, but he resigned from the Congress in September 2002, accusing the chief minister of blocking a negotiated settlement on the Naga issue. After his resignation, Rio joined the

which partnered with other Naga regionalist parties and the state branch of the

under his leadership, to form the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland.

Parties contested

Result

Results by constituency

References

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State Assembly elections in Nagaland

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Background

Parties contested

Result

Results by constituency

See also

References