Country India Constituency No. 51 Lok Sabha constituency 321. Nagaland Area code 0 | State Nagaland Type Reserved(ST) Electoral system First past the post | |
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Noksen (Assembly Constituency) is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Nagaland. 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. 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. Noksen is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribe.
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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.
September 2013 assembly by-election
C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013. The bye-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on March 14, 2013.
The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013. 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. 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.