Northeast used to be the Strong hold of Congress and in 2014 elections, other than Assam, BJP had very marginal presence in other states in the North East. There are 25 Parliamentary seats covering following states.

  • Arunachal Pradesh - 2 seats
  • Assam - 14 seats
  • Sikkim - 1 seat
  • Meghalaya - 2 seats
  • Tripura - 2 seats
  • Manipur - 2 seats
  • Nagaland -1 seat
  • Mizoram - 1 seat
Currently BJP and its allies are in power in most of these Northeast states, and it is expected that BJP will a very strong show in these 25 seats and win majority of them. Congress expected to win few seats in Assam and may be 1 or 2 seats from other smaller states

Overall indicative tally for Northeast at stage is,

Total Parliamentary Seats - 25
BJP + allies - 16 to 18
Congress - 5 to 7
Others - 2 to 4