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'''A. Nyamnyei Konyak''' (born 1955)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Nyamnyei Konyak(NPP):Constituency- MOKA (ST)(MON) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/Nagaland2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=6896 |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Nagaland]]. He is a five-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Moka Assembly constituency]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]], in [[Mon district|Mon District]]. He won the [[2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election]], representing National People's Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members of Nagaland Legislative Assembly {{!}} Nagaland State Portal |url=https://nagaland.gov.in/pages/members-of-nagaland-legislative-assembly |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=nagaland.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Nagaland Election Results 2023: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/nagaland-election-results-2023-full-list-of-winners/2997494/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Konyak is from [[Moka Assembly constituency|Moka]], Mon District, Nagaland. He is the son of late Anchao Konyak. He passed Class 8 in 1979.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Konyak won from Moka Assembly constituency representing [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]] in the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. He polled 8,857 votes and defeated his nearest rival and sitting MLA, E. E. Pangteang of the [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party]], by a margin of 556 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=A Nyamnyei Konyak in Nagaland Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/nagaland/a-nyamnyei-konyak-moka-candidate-s17a048c003/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> Earlier, he had lost to Pangteang in both the [[2008 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2008]] and [[2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2003 Assembly elections]].<ref name=":1" /> He became an MLA for the first time winning the [[1982 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election]] representing [[Naga National Democratic Party]]. In 1982, he polled 2,724 votes and defeated his nearest rival, K. Kiko Konyak, an independent candidate, by 811 votes. He joined [[Indian National Congress]] and retained the seat in the [[1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election]]. He regained the seat and won for a third time, also on a Congress ticket, in the 1993 election and won again in the [[1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|1998 election]], but as an independent candidate. Thereafter, Pangteang of [[Naga People's Front]] won four consecutive terms including the [[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2018]] poll<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nagaland Election: Moka Assembly constituency result 2023 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/acno48-acno48.html |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> before Konyak regained it in the 2023 Assembly election.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Nagaland Assembly Election results 2023: Check full list of winners |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/nagaland-assembly-election-results-2023-winners-8473973/ |access-date=2024-11-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1982–1987]]
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[[Category:People from Mon district]]

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