Noksen (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Noksen
Constituency
for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
DistrictTuensang
StateNagaland
Electorate11,643[1][needs update]
Lok Sabha ConstituencyNagaland
Current constituency
Created2021
PartyNationalist Democratic Progressive Party
MLAH. Chuba Chang
ReservationST

Noksen is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Nagaland state in India.[2][3][4] It is part of Tuensang district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.[5]

It was the first assembly seat in India, where Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) system was first used with EVMs in a by-poll in September 2013.[6][7] In October 2013, Supreme Court of India gave a landmark judgement directing Election Commission of India to use VVPAT system for vote validation in phased manner in all subsequent elections in India.[8][9][10][11][12]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Party
1974 I. L. Chingmak Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1977 C. Chongshen Indian National Congress
1982
1987
1989
1993 H. Chuba Chang
1998
2003
2008
2013 C. M. Chang Nagaland Peoples Front
September 2013 ^
2018 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
2021 H. Chuba Chang

Election results[edit]

2021 by-election[edit]

2008[edit]

H. Chuba of Indian National Congress won the Noksen seat defeating C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front by a margin of 83 votes.

Nagaland assembly elections, 2008: Noksen[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC H. Chuba 2988 32.55
NPF C. M. Chang 2905 31.64

2013[edit]

C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013.[14] The bye-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on 14 March 2013.

Nagaland assembly elections, 2013: Noksen[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
style="background-color: Template:Nagaland Peoples Front/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Nagaland Peoples Front|Template:Nagaland Peoples Front/meta/shortname]] C. M. Chang 5602 49.27
NCP Lima Onen Chang 4510 39.66

September 2013 by-elections[edit]

The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013.[16] The polling percentage was 70.3. Nosken constituency has 12,074 voters, including 6,142 men and 5,832 women, with 21 polling stations spread over 19 villages.[17][18] 42 VVPAT machines were used during the bye-election. Congress fielded Lima Onen Chang as its candidate for the by-poll. C M Chang won the by-election by a margin of 2,863 votes. Chang has to vacate his assembly seat earlier to remain as Lok Sabha MP till the by-election is held for Noksen to avoid parliamentary by-election in Nagaland.[19]

Nagaland assembly by-elections, 2013: Noksen[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPF C. M. Chang 5708 49.27
INC Lima Onen Chang 2845 29.66

2018[edit]

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Noksen[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|Template:Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party/meta/shortname]] H. Chuba Chang
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Nagaland General Legislative Election 2018". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "NAGALAND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "VVPATs to be used on large-scale for 1st time in Mizoram polls". 7 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "VVPAT to be used in ten Assembly constituencies in Aizawl city". NDTV.com.
  5. ↑ "Bye-election from 51-Noksen (ST) Assembly Constituency to Nagaland Legislative Assembly – Use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system for the first time by the Commission in Elections – regarding".
  6. ↑ "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News". The Economic Times.
  7. ↑ "EC to use VVPT in Nagaland by-poll". The Hindu. 17 August 2013 – via www.thehindu.com.
  8. ↑ "Supreme Court judgement on VVPAT and EVM" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Generate printed receipt for every vote polled, SC tells EC". mint. 8 October 2013.
  10. ↑ http://archives.deccanchronicle.com/131009/news-current-affairs/article/vote-get-receipt
  11. ↑ http://www.greaterkashmir.com/mobi/news/national/bring-paper-trail-to-evms-for-free-fair-accurate-voting-sc/156750.html
  12. ↑ "EC to introduce paper trail of vote in Nagaland bypoll". Hindustan Times. 17 August 2013.
  13. ↑ Nagaland Assembly Election 2008
  14. ↑ "Declaration of result" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "Nagaland Assembly Election 2013" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "Noksen Election Commission release" (PDF).
  17. ↑ India, Press Trust of (4 September 2013). "Nagaland first to use VVPAT device for voting". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India – via Business Standard.
  18. ↑ "India devises flawless ballot mechanism". www.thenews.com.pk.
  19. ↑ "Lima Onen Chang: Naga People's Front wins bypoll to Noksen seat | Guwahati News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  20. ↑ Nagaland Assembly by-Election 2013

Coordinates: 26°32′00″N 94°50′00″E / 26.53333°N 94.83333°E / 26.53333; 94.83333

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