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Constituency

42. Wakching

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Nagaland Assembly Election, 1982

NL-WAKCHING

INC 43.6%won by 13.7%NND 30.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
7,155
Margin
977
13.65%

Candidates

3 contested · winner INC
  1. 1P. EHYOLIndian National Congress · INC3,12343.6%
  2. 2A. SHANGKEM KONYAKNND · NND2,14630.0%
  3. 3HENDOK KONYAKIndependent · IND1,88626.4%

Since 1977

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCNND swing
−25.2%
INC share
38.8% 43.6%
NND share
0.0% 30.0%
Turnout