Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1989

Thonoknyu

Assembly constituency 57 (ST) · Nagaland

State boardNagaland 1989

[01]Result · 1989

#57 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants3

Electors6,959

Votes polled6,799

Turnout97.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKhongoNagaland Peoples Council3,12346.3% of votes

MARGIN296 votes · 4.4 pp3,123 − 2,827

Runner-upP. Pongom Indian National Congress2,82741.9% of votes

NPC 52.5% of top-two votesINC 47.5%

All candidates 3

01 KhongoNPC3,123 46.3%
02 P. PongomINC2,827 41.9%
03 ShingnyuIND797 11.8%

Turnout 97.7%

Male 3,50150.3% Female 3,45849.7%

Share of 6,959 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males988
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 60 seats, 198990.7%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 6,747Residual 52

Seat history 2023–1974

2023
12.5 pp
Benei M LamthiuNational People's Party
2018
25.2 pp
L.Khumo KhiamniunganNational People's Party
2013
7.3 pp
L.Khumo KhiamniunganNationalist Congress Party
2008
13.4 pp
S. HenoNaga Peoples Front
2003
17.6 pp
Shri: S. HenoNationalist Democratic Movement
1998
5.7 pp
ShingnyuIndian National Congress
1993
2.7 pp
T. KhongoNagaland Peoples Council
1989
4.4 pp
KhongoNagaland Peoples Council
1987
3.8 pp
P. PongomNaga National Democratic Party
1982
6.9 pp
P. PongonNaga National Democratic Party
1977
10.9 pp
PongomIndian National Congress
1974
14.7 pp
MongchuaUnited Democratic Front

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 25.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed IND polled 797 votes, 2.7× the 296-vote margin.
797 ÷ 296 = 2.7
The top two polled 87.5% of votes; the other 1 candidate 11.7% between them.
(3,123 + 2,827) ÷ 6,799 = 87.5% · 797 ÷ 6,799 = 11.7%
Turnout of 97.7% was 7.0 pp above the state's median seat (90.7%).
97.7 − 90.7 = +7.0
The margin widened from 3.8 pp in 1987 to 4.4 pp.
4.4 − 3.8 = +0.6 pp
P. Pongom, the 1987 winner, finished second in 1989.
1987 winner name = 1989 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines6,747
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled6,799
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 52

Candidate votes miss the published total by 52, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1989 · Nagaland · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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

State median turnoutComputed from 60 seats on the Nagaland Vidhan Sabha 1989 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database