Mon Town Assembly constituency

Mon Town
Constituency No. 46 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Nagaland
District	Mon
LS constituency	Nagaland
Established	1974
Total electors	20,347 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Y. Mankhao Konyak
Party	Nationalist Congress Party

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

It is part of Mon district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1974	Tingnei Koynak		Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1977	L. Metna		Independent politician
1982	Yoktin Konyak
1987	S. Yokten		Indian National Congress
1989			Naga People's Front
1993			Indian National Congress
1998	C. John		Independent politician
2003	Chingwang		Indian National Congress
2008
2013	N. Thongwang Konyak		Naga People's Front
2018
2023	Y. Mankhao Konyak		Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Y. Mankhao Konyak	10,870	56.71%
	BJP	Er. Cheong Konyak	8,259	43.09%
	NOTA	Nota	38	0.20%
Margin of victory			2,611	13.62%	13.45%
Turnout			19,167	94.20%	4.31%
Registered electors			20,347		12.05%
	NCP gain from NPF		Swing	23.45%

2018 Assembly election

2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	N. Thongwang Konyak	5,429	33.26%	-4.04%
	NDPP	Y. Mankhao Konyak	5,401	33.09%
	NPP	Er. Cheong Konyak	5,003	30.65%
	INC	Hawang T. Wangsha	378	2.32%	-33.49%
	NOTA	None of the Above	113	0.69%
Margin of victory			28	0.17%	-1.32%
Turnout			16,324	89.89%	-2.56%
Registered electors			18,159		-8.86%
	NPF hold		Swing	-4.04%

2013 Assembly election

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	N. Thongwang Konyak	6,870	37.29%	-3.88%
	INC	Y. Mankhao Konyak	6,596	35.81%	-23.71%
	Independent	P. Cheong	4,950	26.87%
Margin of victory			274	1.49%	-16.86%
Turnout			18,421	92.45%	8.22%
Registered electors			19,925		-3.16%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	-22.23%

2008 Assembly election

2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chingwang	10,316	59.52%	15.24%
	NPF	N. Thongwang Konyak	7,136	41.17%	8.09%
	RJD	Phongnyei	333	1.92%
Margin of victory			3,180	18.35%	7.16%
Turnout			17,332	86.44%	0.29%
Registered electors			20,576		32.08%
	INC hold		Swing	15.24%

2003 Assembly election

2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chingwang	5,701	44.28%	-4.47%
	NPF	S. Yokten	4,260	33.09%
	Independent	C. John	1,596	12.40%
	NDM	Khoiwang	899	6.98%
	BJP	L. Tongnyei	419	3.25%
Margin of victory			1,441	11.19%	8.69%
Turnout			12,875	83.95%	-12.08%
Registered electors			15,579		8.12%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-11.49%

1998 Assembly election

1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. John	6,988	51.25%
	INC	N. Thongwang Konyak	6,647	48.75%	-7.02%
Margin of victory			341	2.50%	-9.04%
Turnout			13,635	96.02%	11.46%
Registered electors			14,409		-6.56%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-4.52%

1993 Assembly election

1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Yokten	7,212	55.77%	6.09%
	NPF	John Konyak	5,720	44.23%	-6.09%
Margin of victory			1,492	11.54%	10.89%
Turnout			12,932	84.56%	-3.77%
Registered electors			15,421		29.36%
	INC gain from NPF		Swing	5.45%

1989 Assembly election

1989 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	S. Yokten	5,248	50.32%
	INC	John Konyak	5,181	49.68%	-12.33%
Margin of victory			67	0.64%	-30.93%
Turnout			10,429	88.33%	-0.59%
Registered electors			11,921		-0.04%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	-11.69%

1987 Assembly election

1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Yokten	6,492	62.01%	40.37%
	NND	K. Tingnei	3,187	30.44%	10.63%
	BJP	L. Yanlong	790	7.55%
Margin of victory			3,305	31.57%	23.04%
Turnout			10,469	88.92%	2.17%
Registered electors			11,926		55.33%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	31.85%

1982 Assembly election

1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Yoktin Konyak	1,981	30.17%
	INC	Hoka	1,421	21.64%	0.00%
	NND	Kamzei Konyak	1,301	19.81%
	Independent	Tingnei Koynak	1,127	17.16%
	Independent	Methana Konyak	737	11.22%
Margin of victory			560	8.53%	-11.31%
Turnout			6,567	86.75%	9.48%
Registered electors			7,678		1.57%
	Independent hold		Swing	-11.31%

1977 Assembly election

1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Metna	2,386	41.47%
	INC	Chaying	1,245	21.64%
	UDA	N. Y. Atinck Konyak	996	17.31%	-13.01%
	NCN	Kamzei Konyak	884	15.37%
	Independent	Watikumba	242	4.21%
Margin of victory			1,141	19.83%	9.44%
Turnout			5,753	77.27%	-6.91%
Registered electors			7,559		25.86%
	Independent gain from NNO		Swing	0.75%

1974 Assembly election

1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Mon Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Tingnei Koynak	2,017	40.72%
	UDA	Methana Konyak	1,502	30.33%
	Independent	Chaying	1,434	28.95%
Margin of victory			515	10.40%
Turnout			4,953	84.18%
Registered electors			6,006
	NNO win (new seat)

See also

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

References

1. "Nagaland General Legislative Election 2023". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 April 2023.
2. "Nagaland Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
3. The Indian Express (2 March 2023). "Nagaland Assembly Election results 2023: Check full list of winners". Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
4. "Nagaland General Legislative Election 2018 - Nagaland - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. "Report on the General Election to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2018" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2022.
6. "Report on the General Election to the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2013" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
7. "Report on the General Election to the 11th Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2022.
8. "Report on the General Election to the 10th Nagaland Legislative Assembly 2003" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2022.
9. "Report on the General Election to the 9th Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2022.

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