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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1977Reserved (ST)

Wakching

Winner — 1977

CHINGWANG KONYAK
INC· INC
INC 38.8%UDF 36.3%1 others 24.8%
Votes
2,397
38.9% share
Winning margin
157
2.5% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
85.2%
of 7,246

A closely fought contest. CHINGWANG KONYAK won with a 2.5% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHINGWANG KONYAK
INC
2,39738.9%
2
P. ENYEI
UDF
2,24036.3%
3
A. SHANGKEM KONYAK
IND
1,53324.9%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
2.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.5% · max 34.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
4th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
16th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 38.9%UDF 36.3%IND 24.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
2,50,260
Density
140 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,786 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population95.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%CHRISTIAN
Christian 94.5%Other 5.5%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water50.4%
Electricity34.8%
Sanitation66.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births21.4%
Children fully vaccinated62.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)23.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.2%
Women literate78.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.0%
Health insurance39.3%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo🏷️HandicraftGI🏺Large Cardamom🏺Tea

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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