Noklak Assembly constituency

Noklak
Constituency No. 56 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Nagaland
District	Noklak
LS constituency	Nagaland
Established	1974
Total electors	17,924 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. Longon
Party	Nationalist Congress Party

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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1974	Tochi Hanso		Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1977	Thangpong		United Democratic Alliance
1982			Naga National Democratic Party
1987	Sedem Khaming
1989			Indian National Congress
1993			Naga People's Front
1998			Indian National Congress
2003	P. Longon		Naga People's Front
2008
2013
2018	H. Haiying		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023	P. Longon		Nationalist Congress Party

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	P. Longon	8,482	52.18%	36.81%
	BJP	H. Haiying	7,748	47.67%	7.04%
	NOTA	Nota	24	0.15%
Margin of victory			734	4.52%	4.48%
Turnout			16,254	90.68%	1.41%
Registered electors			17,924		15.19%
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing	11.56%

2018 Assembly election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	H. Haiying	5,643	40.62%
	NPF	P. Longon	5,638	40.59%	−20.15%
	NCP	P. Mulang	2,135	15.37%
	JD(U)	K. Khaming	449	3.23%
	NOTA	None of the Above	26	0.19%
Margin of victory			5	0.04%	−21.86%
Turnout			13,891	89.27%	−8.57%
Registered electors			15,561		0.87%
	BJP gain from NPF		Swing	-20.12%

2013 Assembly election

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	P. Longon	9,168	60.74%	0.33%
	INC	H. Haiying	5,863	38.84%	22.36%
Margin of victory			3,305	21.90%	−22.02%
Turnout			15,094	97.84%	6.13%
Registered electors			15,427		7.65%
	NPF hold		Swing	0.33%

2008 Assembly election

2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	P. Longon	7,939	60.40%	5.96%
	INC	Sedem Khaming	2,167	16.49%	−29.01%
	RJD	H. Haiying	1,727	13.14%
	BJP	Ngon	1,148	8.73%
	Independent	Khaoshai	210	1.60%
Margin of victory			5,772	43.92%	34.97%
Turnout			13,143	92.05%	−3.68%
Registered electors			14,331		26.94%
	NPF hold		Swing	5.96%

2003 Assembly election

2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	P. Longon	5,736	54.45%
	INC	Sedem Khaming	4,793	45.50%
Margin of victory			943	8.95%
Turnout			10,535	95.39%	95.39%
Registered electors			11,290		13.63%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	14.79%

1998 Assembly election

1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sedem Khaming	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,936		8.09%
	INC gain from NPF		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	Sedem Khaming	3,427	39.66%	24.72%
	INC	W. Chuba Khaim	3,207	37.11%	−6.00%
	Independent	Mulang Khiam	2,008	23.24%
Margin of victory			220	2.55%	1.39%
Turnout			8,642	94.77%	1.32%
Registered electors			9,192		36.54%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	-3.45%

1989 Assembly election

1989 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sedem Khaming	2,693	43.11%	21.22%
	Independent	Tongthan	2,621	41.96%
	NPF	Putsong	933	14.94%
Margin of victory			72	1.15%	−1.31%
Turnout			6,247	93.45%	−1.10%
Registered electors			6,732		0.18%
	INC gain from NND		Swing	11.13%

1987 Assembly election

1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NND	Sedem Khaming	1,997	31.98%	7.73%
	Independent	Tochi Hanso	1,843	29.52%
	INC	H. Thangpong	1,367	21.89%	2.51%
	NPP	Tongthan	1,037	16.61%
Margin of victory			154	2.47%	−2.41%
Turnout			6,244	94.55%	16.71%
Registered electors			6,720		−24.92%
	NND hold		Swing	7.73%

1982 Assembly election

1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NND	Thangpong	1,662	24.25%
	INC	John	1,328	19.38%	−6.08%
	Independent	C. Nokching	1,262	18.42%
	Independent	Sedem Khaming	1,051	15.34%
	Independent	Chuba	931	13.59%
	Independent	P. Tongthan Khiamngan	619	9.03%
Margin of victory			334	4.87%	−2.70%
Turnout			6,853	77.85%	−3.68%
Registered electors			8,951		42.33%
	NND gain from UDA		Swing	-8.78%

1977 Assembly election

1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDA	Thangpong	1,652	33.03%	−4.15%
	INC	John	1,273	25.45%
	Independent	Chuba	1,148	22.96%
	Independent	Allen Chang	497	9.94%
	NCN	Sethem Kheamnungan	431	8.62%
Margin of victory			379	7.58%	6.26%
Turnout			5,001	81.52%	19.48%
Registered electors			6,289		−14.93%
	UDA gain from NNO		Swing	-5.46%

1974 Assembly election

1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Noklak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Tochi Hanso	1,692	38.50%
	UDA	N. Thangong	1,634	37.18%
	Independent	I. N. Somba	637	14.49%
	Independent	Metsio T. Khemnungan	432	9.83%
Margin of victory			58	1.32%
Turnout			4,395	62.05%
Registered electors			7,393
	NNO win (new seat)

See also

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

References

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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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