Noksen Assembly constituency is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

state in

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. It is part of

Tuensang District Tuensang District (Pron:/ˌtjuːənˈsæŋ/) is the largest district in Nagaland, a state in North-East India. Its headquarters is in Tuensang town. History Tuensang is one of the original three districts, along with Mokokchung district and K ...

and is reserved for candidates belonging to the

Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

. It was the first assembly seat in India, where

Voter-verified paper audit trail Voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) or verified paper record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow ...

(VVPAT) system was first used with EVMs in a by-poll in September 2013. In October 2013,

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gave a landmark judgement directing

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to use VVPAT system for vote validation in phased manner in all subsequent elections in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021 by-election

H. Chuba Chang of the

Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Nagaland. Chingwang Konyak is the president of NDPP. The symbol of the party is a globe. The NDPP was formed by Naga People's Front rebel ...

was declared the winner unopposed, on 3 April 2020 since he was the only candidate to file his nomination papers.

2018

2013 by-election

The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013. The polling percentage was 70.3. Noksen 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 by-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.

2013

C. M. Chang of

Nagaland People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NPF ...

was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013. The by-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on 14 March 2013.

2008

H. Chuba of Indian National Congress won the Noksen seat defeating C. M. Chang of

by a margin of 83 votes.

References

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