Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1977

Akuluto

Assembly constituency 31 (GEN) · Nagaland

State boardNagaland 1977

[01]Result · 1977

#31 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors4,541

Votes polled4,054

Turnout89.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKhehotoIndian National Congress1,77444.4% of votes

MARGIN478 votes · 11.8 pp1,774 − 1,296

Runner-upHotolu United Democratic Front1,29632.5% of votes

INC 57.8% of top-two votesUDF 42.2%

All candidates 3

01 KhehotoINC1,774 44.4%
02 HotoluUDF1,296 32.5%
03 KhezhetoNCN922 23.1%

Turnout 89.3%

Male 2,33651.4% Female 2,20548.6%

Share of 4,541 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males944
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 59 seats, 197786.7%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 3,992Residual 62

Seat history 2023–1964

2023
Margin not recorded
KazhetoBharatiya Janata Party
2018
8.2 pp
Kazheto KinimiBharatiya Janata Party
2013
19.5 pp
KhekahoIndian National Congress
2008
29.3 pp
KhetoIndian National Congress
2003
8.9 pp
Shri: KhetoNaga Peoples Front
1998
Margin not recorded
KakhetoIndian National Congress
1993
9.3 pp
KakhetoIndependent
1989
2.7 pp
I. Khehoto SemaIndian National Congress
1987
4.6 pp
I. KhehotoIndian National Congress
1982
13.6 pp
KhehotoIndian National Congress
1977
11.8 pp
KhehotoIndian National Congress
1974
Margin not recorded
Hokishe SemaNagalan Nationalist Organisation
1969
10.0 pp
Kiyekhu ShikhuNagalan Nationalist Organisation
1964
Margin not recorded
Shri Kiyekhu ShikhuIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 29.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed NCN polled 922 votes, 1.9× the 478-vote margin.
922 ÷ 478 = 1.9
The top two polled 75.7% of votes; the other 1 candidate 22.7% between them.
(1,774 + 1,296) ÷ 4,054 = 75.7% · 922 ÷ 4,054 = 22.7%
Turnout of 89.3% was 2.6 pp above the state's median seat (86.7%).
89.3 − 86.7 = +2.6
The seat changed hands: NNO in 1974, INC in 1977.
1974 NNO · 1977 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines3,992
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled4,054
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 62

Candidate votes miss the published total by 62, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1977 · Nagaland · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 59 seats on the Nagaland Vidhan Sabha 1977 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database