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Congress candidate wins unopposed

R Aolepden, Congress candidate for the Mongoya assembly by-election in Mokokchung district of Nagaland, was declared elected unopposed.

District Commissioner (Mokokchung) C B Sonari, who is also the returning officer for the district, said the Congress stand-by candidate, Lanutemjen, withdrew his nomination papers today, leaving Aolepden as the sole candidate in the fray.

No other political party had fielded its candidate for the November 25 by-election.

UNI

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