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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 38 · 1982Reserved (ST)

Wokha

Winner — 1982

MHAO LOTHA
NND
NND 34.0%INC 32.5%2 others 33.5%
Votes
2,693
34.0% share
Winning margin
118
1.5% of votes
Total candidates
4
Turnout
60.6%
of 13,059

Wokha was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.5% — fewer than 118 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

4 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MHAO LOTHA
NND
2,69334.0%
2
RAINBOW EZUNG
Congress (I)
2,57532.5%
3
A. KHYOCHAMO KHUVUNG
IND
1,76522.3%
4
PUNKATHUNG LOTHA
IND
88511.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

Average turnout (20th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.5% · min 1.3% · max 52.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
20th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.03
fewer partiesmore parties
26th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
53rd of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.03EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NND 34.0%INC 32.5%IND 22.3%IND 11.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,66,343
Density
102 / km²
Sex ratio
968 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,628 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population94.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%CHRISTIAN
Christian 95.1%Other 4.9%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water24.8%
Electricity76.0%
Sanitation66.5%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births43.6%
Children fully vaccinated42.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER26.3%
Children underweight (under 5)28.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.9%
Women literate91.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.2%
Clean cooking fuel41.2%
Health insurance20.6%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Banana and Banana Products🏺Ginger🏺Passion Fruit

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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