Aghunato Assembly constituency

Aghunato
Constituency No. 34 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Nagaland
District	Zünheboto
LS constituency	Nagaland
Established	1964
Total electors	16,040 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. Ikuto Zhimomi
Party	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

Aghunato is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Nagaland state in India. ^[2]

It is part of Zünheboto district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023 it is represented by G. Ikuto Zhimomi of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party. ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964	Iheze Sema		Independent politician
1969			Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1974
1977	Kihoto		United Democratic Alliance
1982	Kineto Hollehon		Indian National Congress
1987	K. Kihoto Hollohon
1989	Pukhayi
1993	Tokheho Yepthomi
1998
2003
2008
2013	Pukhayi [3] [4]		Naga People's Front
2018			Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
2023	G. Ikuto Zhimomi [1]

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDPP	G. Ikuto Zhimomi	7,133	52.04%	−3.93%
	LJP(RV)	Hukiye N. Tissica	6,541	47.72%
	NOTA	Nota	32	0.23%
Margin of victory			592	4.32%	−8.11%
Turnout			13,706	85.45%	8.63%
Registered electors			16,040		7.79%
	NDPP hold		Swing	-3.93%

2018 Assembly election

2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^{[4] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDPP	Pukhayi	6,399	55.97%
	NPF	Hukiye N. Tissica	4,978	43.54%	−9.33%
	NOTA	None of the Above	55	0.48%
Margin of victory			1,421	12.43%	6.60%
Turnout			11,432	76.82%	−11.52%
Registered electors			14,881		0.70%
	NDPP gain from NPF		Swing	3.10%

2013 Assembly election

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	Pukhayi	6,902	52.87%	5.12%
	INC	Hukiye N. Tissica	6,141	47.04%	−6.64%
Margin of victory			761	5.83%	−0.11%
Turnout			13,054	88.34%	−0.57%
Registered electors			14,777		0.80%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	-0.81%

2008 Assembly election

2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tokheho Yepthomi	6,997	53.69%	−0.87%
	NPF	Pukhayi	6,223	47.75%
Margin of victory			774	5.94%	−3.50%
Turnout			13,033	90.18%	11.81%
Registered electors			14,659		41.33%
	INC hold		Swing	-0.87%

2003 Assembly election

2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tokheho Yepthomi	4,363	54.56%
	NDM	Pukhayi	3,608	45.12%
Margin of victory			755	9.44%
Turnout			7,997	77.10%	77.10%
Registered electors			10,372		5.19%
	INC hold		Swing	-0.28%

1998 Assembly election

1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tokheho Yepthomi	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,860		20.94%
	INC hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tokheho Yepthomi	3,885	54.83%	0.85%
	NPF	Tohevi	3,200	45.17%	−0.85%
Margin of victory			685	9.67%	1.71%
Turnout			7,085	87.56%	−0.82%
Registered electors			8,153		38.68%
	INC hold		Swing	0.85%

1989 Assembly election

1989 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pukhayi	2,780	53.98%	19.15%
	NPF	Nihokhe	2,370	46.02%
Margin of victory			410	7.96%	4.71%
Turnout			5,150	88.38%	−4.17%
Registered electors			5,879		0.00%
	INC hold		Swing	19.15%

1987 Assembly election

1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kihoto Hollohon	1,872	34.83%	0.36%
	NND	Nihokhe	1,697	31.57%	10.72%
	Independent	Pukhayi	1,175	21.86%
	NPP	Kakiya	631	11.74%
Margin of victory			175	3.26%	−7.83%
Turnout			5,375	92.55%	3.26%
Registered electors			5,879		−9.94%
	INC hold		Swing	0.36%

1982 Assembly election

1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kineto Hollehon	1,980	34.46%	21.61%
	Independent	Akato	1,343	23.38%
	Independent	Khazhe Zhimoni	1,224	21.31%
	NND	Nihakha	1,198	20.85%
Margin of victory			637	11.09%	−18.02%
Turnout			5,745	89.29%	0.86%
Registered electors			6,528		−5.95%
	INC gain from UDA		Swing	-23.66%

1977 Assembly election

1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDA	Kihoto	3,509	58.12%
	NCN	Shetovi	1,752	29.02%
	INC	Khehoto	776	12.85%
Margin of victory			1,757	29.10%	4.02%
Turnout			6,037	88.43%	3.65%
Registered electors			6,941		13.71%
	UDA gain from NNO		Swing	-4.41%

1974 Assembly election

1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Iheze Sema	3,137	62.54%	−7.50%
	Independent	Visheto Sema	1,879	37.46%
Margin of victory			1,258	25.08%	−20.85%
Turnout			5,016	84.78%	10.70%
Registered electors			6,104		23.81%
	NNO hold		Swing	-7.50%

1969 Assembly election

1969 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Iheze Sema	2,544	70.04%
	Independent	K. Hukato Yepdihomi	876	24.12%
	Independent	Avito Sema	212	5.84%
Margin of victory			1,668	45.93%
Turnout			3,632	74.08%	74.08%
Registered electors			4,930		18.80%
	NNO gain from Independent		Swing

1964 Assembly election

1964 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Aghunato

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Iheze Sema	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,150
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
• Zunheboto district

References

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