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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 39 · 2003Reserved (ST)

Sanis

Winner — 2003

SHRI: NKHAO LOTHA
NPF· NPF
NPF 26.7%NCP 26.6%6 others 46.7%
Votes
5,168
26.8% share
Winning margin
37
0.2% of votes
Total candidates
8
Turnout
94.8%
of 20,383

Sanis was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.2% — fewer than 37 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

8 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRI: NKHAO LOTHA
NPF
5,16826.8%
2
SHRI: Y. SULANTHUNG H. LOTHA
NCP
5,13126.6%
3
SHRI: T.L. MERRY
NDM
3,28517.0%
4
SHRI: EKHYIMO KIKON
NDA
2,17611.3%
5
SHRI: N. THOMAS LOTHA
INC
1,6878.7%
6
SHRI: WOBEMO YANTHAN
NDA
8034.2%
7
SHRI: THECHAMO
AITC
6793.5%
8
SHRI: ROLAND LOTHA
NLDP
3942.0%

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.

High turnout (3rd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
0.2%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 9.0% · min 0.2% · max 41.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
3rd of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.01
fewer partiesmore parties
33rd of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.1%
lowerhigher
57th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NPF 26.8%NCP 26.6%NDM 17.0%JD(U) 11.3%INC 8.7%OTH 9.7%

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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