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Nagaland · Assembly Constituency 42 · 2023Reserved (ST)
Wakching
Winner — 2023
W CHINGANG KONYAK
NDPP· NDPP-BJP Alliance (NDA)
NDPP 58.6%NPP 41.1%1 others 0.3%
Votes
9,166
58.6% share
Winning margin
2,733
17.5% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
94.8%
of 16,500
Wakching is a safe seat — W CHINGANG KONYAK won by 17.5%.
Seat history
0 of 2 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹5.07 Cr — cases registered, not convictions
All Candidates
3 total
High turnout (4th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean17.5%
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
NDPP 58.6%NPP 41.1%NOTA 0.3%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
0/2
declare criminal cases
median assets ₹5.07 Cr
A 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.