Constituency
42. Wakching
Community mirrorNagaland Assembly Election, 1982
NL-WAKCHING
INC 43.6%won by 13.7%NND 30.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 13.7%.
- New challengerNND (NND) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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Valid votes
7,155
Margin
977
13.65%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1P. EHYOLIndian National Congress · INC3,12343.6%
- 2A. SHANGKEM KONYAKNND · NND2,14630.0%
- 3HENDOK KONYAKIndependent · IND1,88626.4%
Since 1977
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–NND swing
- −25.2%
- INC share
- 38.8% → 43.6%
- NND share
- 0.0% → 30.0%
- Turnout
- — → —