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The political efficacy levels are regarded as one key indicator of the well-being of democratic polities. The higher the political efficacy of the citizenry, the higher is its general participation in political matters. Encompassing the above high involvement, the study undertakes an analytical view of political efficacy to elaborate and to test an argument about the influence of structural factors on this indicator of a democratic polity's health. The tool used for the data collection was Systematic Random Sampling (SRS) method. The sample comprised of 407 respondents drawn from different Assembly Constituency of Nagaland. The obtained data were analyzed by using a three-point Likert scale based on the standard political efficacy questions. The results revealed that the level of sense of political efficacy have a positive and significant effects on patterns of participation. On close examination it was found that the respondents' level of political efficacy produced differences among different socio-economic variables undertaken in this study.