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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 42 · 1974
Wakching
Winner — 1974
CHINGWANG
NNO
NNO 62.9%UDF 28.0%1 others 9.1%
Votes
2,814
62.9% share
Winning margin
1,563
34.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
85.1%
of 5,258
Wakching is a safe seat — CHINGWANG won by 34.9%.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHINGWANG | NNO | 2,814 | 62.9% |
| 2 | SHAOPA | UDF | 1,251 | 28.0% |
| 3 | THANGLONG KONYAK | IND | 408 | 9.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean34.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.7% · min 0.5% · max 34.9%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
95%
lowerhigher
4th of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
1.95
fewer partiesmore parties
48th of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
16th of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
1.95EFFECTIVE PARTIES
NNO 62.9%UDF 28.0%IND 9.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
2,50,260
Density
140 / km²
Sex ratio
900 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,786 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population95.2%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%CHRISTIAN
Christian 94.5%Other 5.5%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water50.4%
Electricity34.8%
Sanitation66.9%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births21.4%
Children fully vaccinated62.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)23.3%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.2%
Women literate78.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.0%
Clean cooking fuel13.0%
Health insurance39.3%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo🏷️HandicraftGI🏺Large Cardamom🏺Tea
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.