| Noksen | |
| State: | Nagaland |
| District: | Tuensang |
| Loksabha Cons: | Nagaland |
| Established: | 1974 |
| Constituency No: | 51 |
| Type: | SLA |
| Reservation: | ST |
| Mla: | Y. Lima Onen Chang |
| Party: | Republican Party of India (Athawale) |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| Electors: | [1] |
Noksen is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Nagaland state in India.[2] [3] [4] It is part of Tuensang district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.[5]
It was 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.[6] [7] 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.[8] [9] [10] [11]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | I. L. Chingmak | ||
| 1977 | C. Chongshen | ||
| 1982 | |||
| 1987 | |||
| 1989 | |||
| 1993 | H. Chuba Chang | ||
| 1998 | |||
| 2003 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| C. M. Chang | |||
| September 2013 | |||
| 2021 | H. Chuba Chang | ||
| Y. Lima Onen Chang | |||
H. Chuba Chang of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party was declared the winner unopposed, on 3 April 2020 since he was the only candidate to file his nomination papers.[12]
The by-elections happened on 4 September 2013.[13] 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.[14] [15] 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.[16]
C. M. Chang of Nagaland People's Front was elected as MLA from Noksen(ST) seat in February 2013.[17] The by-election to Noksen assembly constituency was necessitated following resignation of Minister for School Education C. M. Chang on 14 March 2013.