Noksen (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Noksen
Constituency for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
State Nagaland
District Tuensang
LS constituency Nagaland
Total electors11,643 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA H. Chuba Chang
Party Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Elected year2021

Noksen is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Nagaland state in India. [2] [3] [4] It is part of Tuensang district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. [5]

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It was the first assembly seat in India, where Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system was first used with EVMs in a by-poll in September 2013. [6] [7] In October 2013, Supreme Court of India gave a landmark judgement directing Election Commission of India to use VVPAT system for vote validation in phased manner in all subsequent elections in India. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1974 I. L. Chingmak Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1977 C. Chongshen Indian National Congress
1982
1987
1989
1993 H. Chuba Chang
1998
2003
2008
2013 C. M. Chang Nagaland Peoples Front
September 2013 ^
2018 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
2021 H. Chuba Chang

Election results

2021 by-election

H. Chuba Chang of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party was declared the winner unopposed, on 3 April 2020 since he was the only candidate to file his nomination papers. [12]

2018

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Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Noksen [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NDPP H. Chuba Chang
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

2013 by-election

The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013. [13] The polling percentage was 70.3. Nosken constituency has 12,074 voters, including 6,142 men and 5,832 women, with 21 polling stations spread over 19 villages. [14] [15] 42 VVPAT machines were used during the bye-election. Congress fielded Lima Onen Chang as its candidate for the by-poll. C M Chang won the by-election by a margin of 2,863 votes. Chang has to vacate his assembly seat earlier to remain as Lok Sabha MP till the by-election is held for Noksen to avoid parliamentary by-election in Nagaland. [16]

Nagaland assembly by-elections, 2013: Noksen [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NPF C. M. Chang 570849.27
INC Lima Onen Chang284529.66

2013

C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013. [18] The bye-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on 14 March 2013.

Nagaland assembly elections, 2013: Noksen [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NPF C. M. Chang 560249.27
NCP Lima Onen Chang451039.66

2008

H. Chuba of Indian National Congress won the Noksen seat defeating C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front by a margin of 83 votes.

Nagaland assembly elections, 2008: Noksen [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC H. Chuba298832.55
NPF C. M. Chang 290531.64

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References

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  18. ↑ "Declaration of result" (PDF).
  19. ↑ "Nagaland Assembly Election 2013" (PDF).
  20. ↑ Nagaland Assembly Election 2008

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