Y. Mankhao Konyak

Y. Mankhao Konyak (born 1981)^[1] is an Indian politician from Nagaland. He is an MLA from Mon Town Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes, in Mon District. He won the 2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, representing Nationalist Congress Party.^[2]

Early life and education

Konyak is from Mon Town, Mon District, Nagaland. He is the son of Yeangpong Konyak. He completed his B.A. in 2004 at a college affiliated with Nagaland University.^[1]

Career

Konyak won from the Mon Town constituency representing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the 2023 Nagaland assembly election. He polled 10,870 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Cheong Konyak of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by 2,611 votes.^[3] On 19 February 2024, a petition seeking his disqualification, along with other NCP members, was turned down by the speaker.^[4] In the 2018 Nagaland assembly election he lost to N. Thongwang Konyak of the Naga People's Front by only 28 votes.^[5]