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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 18 · 1989Reserved (ST)

Chazouba

Winner — 1989

MELHUPRA VERO
INC· INC
INC 50.6%NPC 49.4%
Votes
4,870
50.6% share
Winning margin
111
1.1% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
87.2%
of 11,043

Chazouba was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.1% — fewer than 111 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MELHUPRA VERO
INC
4,87050.6%
2
VAMUZO
NPC
4,75949.4%

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 (32nd), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
1.1%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.7% · min 1.1% · max 38.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
87%
lowerhigher
32nd of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.31
fewer partiesmore parties
3rd of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.2%
lowerhigher
43rd of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.31EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 50.6%NPC 49.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,63,418
Density
81 / km²
Sex ratio
951 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,026 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population96.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
97%CHRISTIAN
Christian 96.8%Other 3.2%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water83.5%
Electricity95.5%
Sanitation77.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births32.2%
Children fully vaccinated54.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.0%
Children underweight (under 5)15.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.0%
Women literate85.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER6.5%
Clean cooking fuel24.2%
Health insurance24.9%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Kiwi🏺Wood/Bamboo

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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