Noksen (Assembly Constituency)

Noksen
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Noksen

Location in Nagaland

Coordinates: 26°32′00″N 94°50′00″E / 26.53333°N 94.83333°E / 26.53333; 94.83333Coordinates: 26°32′00″N 94°50′00″E / 26.53333°N 94.83333°E / 26.53333; 94.83333
Country  India
State Nagaland
Constituency No. 51
Type Reserved(ST)
Lok Sabha constituency 321. Nagaland
Electoral system First past the post
Area code(s) 0

Noksen (Assembly Constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Nagaland.[1][2] Nosken is in Tuensang district. Noksen is 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6][7][8] Noksen is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribe.[9][10]

March 2008 Assembly elections

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[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
H. Chuba (INC) 2988 32.55
C. M. Chang(NPF) 2905 31.64

September 2013 assembly by-election

C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013.[12] The bye-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on March 14, 2013.

Nagaland assembly elections, 2013: Noksen[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C. M. Chang(NPF) 5602 49.27
Lima Onen Chang (NCP) 4510 39.66


The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013.[14] 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.[15][16] 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.[17]

Nagaland assembly by-elections, 2013: Noksen[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
NPF C. M. Chang 5708 49.27
INC Lima Onen Chang 2845 29.66

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