Phomching Assembly constituency

Phomching
Constituency No. 44 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Nagaland
District	Mon
LS constituency	Nagaland
Established	1974
Total electors	17,455 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pohwang Konyak
Party	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

Phomching 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	Wanpen		Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1977	Pohwang Konyak		United Democratic Alliance
1982			Naga National Democratic Party
1987	P. Pohwang		Indian National Congress
1989	Kongam
1993
1998
2003
2008
2013	Pohwang Konyak		Naga People's Front
2018			Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
2023	K. Konngam Konyak		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Konngam Konyak	9,803	58.09%
	NCP	Pohwang Konyak	6,926	41.04%
	INC	T. Ngampai Konyak	84	0.50%	−1.06%
	NOTA	Nota	51	0.30%
	NPF	H. Chingsak Konyak	11	0.07%	−40.41%
Margin of victory			2,877	17.05%	12.77%
Turnout			16,875	96.68%	7.22%
Registered electors			17,455		5.70%
	BJP gain from NDPP		Swing	13.34%

2018 Assembly election

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDPP	Pohwang Konyak	6,611	44.75%
	NPF	K. Konngam Konyak	5,979	40.48%	−15.33%
	NPP	H. Chingsak Konyak	1,725	11.68%
	INC	T. Ngampai Konyak	230	1.56%	−41.30%
	NOTA	None of the Above	227	1.54%
Margin of victory			632	4.28%	−8.68%
Turnout			14,772	89.46%	−7.50%
Registered electors			16,513		−14.89%
	NDPP gain from NPF		Swing	-11.05%

2013 Assembly election

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	Pohwang Konyak	10,499	55.81%	48.73%
	INC	K. Konngam Konyak	8,062	42.85%	−5.62%
	BJP	Leiyang	232	1.23%	−41.57%
Margin of victory			2,437	12.95%	7.29%
Turnout			18,813	96.96%	4.16%
Registered electors			19,403		−0.85%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	7.34%

2008 Assembly election

2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kongam	8,802	48.47%	−10.80%
	BJP	Pohwang Konyak	7,773	42.80%
	NPF	Wangpai	1,285	7.08%	−23.45%
	LJP	Leiyang	373	2.05%
Margin of victory			1,029	5.67%	−23.08%
Turnout			18,160	93.17%	−5.42%
Registered electors			19,569		19.89%
	INC hold		Swing	-10.80%

2003 Assembly election

2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kongam	9,399	59.27%
	NPF	Pohwang Konyak	4,841	30.53%
	NDM	Wangpai	895	5.64%
	JD(U)	Leiyang	723	4.56%
Margin of victory			4,558	28.74%
Turnout			15,858	98.22%	98.22%
Registered electors			16,323		10.40%
	INC hold		Swing	7.40%

1998 Assembly election

1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kongam	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,785		3.34%
	INC hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Konngam	7,372	51.87%	−34.86%
	NPF	Pohwang Konyak	6,840	48.13%	34.86%
Margin of victory			532	3.74%	−69.71%
Turnout			14,212	99.76%	41.63%
Registered electors			14,307		82.30%
	INC hold		Swing	-34.86%

1989 Assembly election

1989 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Konngam	3,940	86.73%	30.86%
	NPF	P. Pohwang	603	13.27%
Margin of victory			3,337	73.45%	61.73%
Turnout			4,543	58.13%	−40.09%
Registered electors			7,848		0.80%
	INC hold		Swing	30.86%

1987 Assembly election

1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Pohwang	4,226	55.86%	8.15%
	NND	Konngam	3,339	44.14%	−8.15%
Margin of victory			887	11.73%	7.15%
Turnout			7,565	98.21%	3.41%
Registered electors			7,786		17.31%
	INC gain from NND		Swing	3.57%

1982 Assembly election

1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NND	Pohwang Konyak	3,231	52.29%
	INC	Konngam	2,948	47.71%	11.13%
Margin of victory			283	4.58%	−4.67%
Turnout			6,179	94.80%	7.75%
Registered electors			6,637		17.08%
	NND gain from UDA		Swing	6.46%

1977 Assembly election

1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDA	Pohwang Konyak	2,170	45.83%	19.62%
	INC	Wanpen	1,732	36.58%
	Independent	M. Minyong	449	9.48%
	NCN	P. Manangh	384	8.11%
Margin of victory			438	9.25%	−9.03%
Turnout			4,735	87.05%	19.03%
Registered electors			5,669		15.39%
	UDA gain from NNO		Swing	1.34%

1974 Assembly election

1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Phomching

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Wanpen	1,421	44.49%
	UDA	Powang	837	26.21%
	Independent	Thanglong Konyak	728	22.79%
	Independent	L. Atao Konyak	208	6.51%
Margin of victory			584	18.28%
Turnout			3,194	68.02%
Registered electors			4,913
	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.
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