Election
Party

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

NDPP
Regional2017
Also seen as
nationalist democratic progressive party

About NDPP

Founded in 2017 by Neiphiu Rio, who had already served three terms as Nagaland's Chief Minister (2003–2014) under the Naga People's Front before forming his own party. Under NDPP, Rio was sworn in as CM again in 2018 and re-elected in 2023, leading NDPP–BJP coalition governments continuously since.

Key leaders
  • Neiphiu Rio — founder, 2017; Nagaland CM since 2018 (previously CM 2003–2014 under the Naga People's Front)

Source: Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.

Elections
4
in the dataset
Seats won
44
all-time
Best result
25
NL Assembly 2023
Lok Sabha / Assembly
2 / 2

Election record

Every election where NDPP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.

4 elections
Lok Sabha202403,50,9670.1%1#64
NL Assembly2023253,68,84832.2%40#1
Lok Sabha201915,00,5100.1%1#32
NL Assembly2018182,54,19325.3%40#2

Peak: 25 seats at the Nagaland Assembly Election, 2023 — the largest party that year.