Wangpang Konyak from Nagaland’s ruling Nationalist
Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) won the Tapi Assembly seat as counting
concluded on Sunday.
The counting of votes in Nagaland’s Mon
district began at 8am. The voting took place in 23 polling stations on November
7.
The bypoll was necessitated after NDPP
MLA Noke Wangnao died on August 28. Wangpang Konyak and Congress nominee
Wanglem Konyak are in the race.
A total of 15,256 electorates including
7,788 men and 7,468 women were eligible to vote in the by-election. Out of the
23 polling stations, seven were categorised as vulnerable and six as critical.
Despite strong security measures, a
voter participation of 96.25 per cent took place during polling.
All the polling stations were under CCTV
surveillance. The stations were divided into five sectors and were manned by gazetted
and central officers.
NE Watch Desk
