Akuluto Assembly constituency

Akuluto
Constituency No. 31 for the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Nagaland
District	Zünheboto
Lok Sabha constituency	Nagaland
Established	1964
Total electors	10,725[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kazheto Kinimi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023

Akuluto is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Nagaland state in India.^[2]

It is part of Zünheboto district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1964[3]	Hokishe Sema		Independent
1969[4]			Nagaland Nationalist Organisation
1974[5]
1977[6]	I. Khehoto Sema		Indian National Congress
1982[7]
1987[8]
1989[9]
1993[10]	Kakheto		Independent
1998[11]			Indian National Congress
2003[12]	Kheto		Naga People's Front
2008[13]
2013	Khekaho[14]		Indian National Congress
2018[15]	Kazheto Kinim		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[16]

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kazheto Kinimi	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,725		7.10%
	BJP hold		Swing

2018 Assembly election

2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[18][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kazheto Kinimi	4,844	54.01%
	NPF	K. Khekaho Assumi	4,109	45.82%	5.60%
	NOTA	None of the Above	15	0.17%
Margin of victory			735	8.20%	−11.32%
Turnout			8,968	89.55%	−5.19%
Registered electors			10,014		−6.64%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-5.72%

2013 Assembly election

2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khekaho	6,070	59.73%	−5.66%
	NPF	Kazheto Kinimi	4,087	40.22%	4.44%
Margin of victory			1,983	19.51%	−10.10%
Turnout			10,162	94.74%	−0.65%
Registered electors			10,726		−5.77%
	INC hold		Swing	-5.66%

2008 Assembly election

2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kheto	7,100	65.39%	19.82%
	NPF	Khetoho	3,885	35.78%	−18.65%
Margin of victory			3,215	29.61%	20.75%
Turnout			10,858	96.50%	16.48%
Registered electors			11,383		47.35%
	INC gain from NPF		Swing	10.96%

2003 Assembly election

2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPF	Khetoho	3,318	54.43%
	INC	Kazheto Kinimi	2,778	45.57%
Margin of victory			540	8.86%
Turnout			6,096	78.91%	78.91%
Registered electors			7,725		12.15%
	NPF gain from INC		Swing	7.72%

1998 Assembly election

1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kazheto Kinimi	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,888		12.29%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kazheto Kinimi	2,637	46.71%
	INC	Khehoto	2,108	37.34%	−13.99%
	NPF	Vitokhe	900	15.94%	−32.72%
Margin of victory			529	9.37%	6.70%
Turnout			5,645	92.73%	3.19%
Registered electors			6,134		39.25%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-4.62%

1989 Assembly election

1989 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. Khehoto Sema	2,017	51.34%	10.46%
	NPF	I. Vitokhe Sema	1,912	48.66%
Margin of victory			105	2.67%	−2.03%
Turnout			3,929	89.53%	−3.52%
Registered electors			4,405		0.00%
	INC hold		Swing	10.46%

1987 Assembly election

1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. Khehoto Sema	1,644	40.88%	4.47%
	NND	I. Vitokhe Sema	1,455	36.18%	14.85%
	NPP	Kanito	923	22.95%
Margin of victory			189	4.70%	−9.11%
Turnout			4,022	93.05%	6.57%
Registered electors			4,405		−26.56%
	INC hold		Swing	4.47%

1982 Assembly election

1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khehoto	1,861	36.40%	−8.03%
	Independent	I. Vitokhe Sema	1,155	22.59%
	NND	Hotolu	1,090	21.32%
	Independent	Kanito	1,006	19.68%
Margin of victory			706	13.81%	1.84%
Turnout			5,112	86.48%	−2.80%
Registered electors			5,998		32.09%
	INC hold		Swing	-8.03%

1977 Assembly election

1977 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khehoto	1,774	44.44%
	UDA	Hotolu	1,296	32.46%
	NCN	Kazheto Kinimi	922	23.10%
Margin of victory			478	11.97%
Turnout			3,992	89.28%	89.28%
Registered electors			4,541		−9.87%
	INC gain from NNO		Swing

1974 Assembly election

1974 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Hokishe Sema	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,038		19.07%
	NNO hold		Swing

1969 Assembly election

1969 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NNO	Hokishe Sema	1,647	47.15%
	Independent	I. Khehoto Sema	1,059	30.32%
	UDF	I. Vitokhe Sema	787	22.53%
Margin of victory			588	16.83%
Turnout			3,493	82.68%	82.68%
Registered electors			4,231		60.20%
	NNO gain from Independent		Swing

1964 Assembly election

1964 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election: Akuluto^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hokishe Sema	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,641
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly
• Zunheboto district

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