Constituency
42. Wakching
Community mirrorNagaland Assembly Election, 2008
NL-WAKCHING
BJP 38.9%won by 6.6%INC 32.3%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.0% to 6.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
19,228
Margin
1,263
6.57%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BJP- 1M.C. KONYAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,47638.9%
- 2YONAIndian National Congress · INC6,21332.3%
- 3P. ENYEIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5,53928.8%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- +2.6%
- BJP share
- 52.0% → 38.9%
- INC share
- 48.0% → 32.3%
- Turnout
- — → —