The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced its candidate for the April 9 by-elections to 28-Koridang Assembly constituency in Nagaland.

BJP has fielded Daochier I Imchen, son of late Imkong L Imchen to contest from Koridang Assembly constituency, the seat which was represented by his father for over 25 years.

The bye-election in Koridang was necessitated by the death of Imkong . Imchen, who passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati on November 11, 2024, after a brief illness. He was 75.

Imchen was elected to the Nagaland Assembly five times from the Koridang constituency — first as an Independent in 2003, then on Naga People’s Front tickets in 2008, 2013 and 2018, before winning on a BJP ticket in 2023.

A total of 22,390 voters, including 11,013 women, are eligible to vote in the Koridang Assembly constituency.

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BJP’s Central Election Committee, in a meeting chaired by party President Nitin Nabin on Wednesday, finalised candidates for by-elections in four states — Tripura, Nagaland, Goa and Karnataka. The meeting, held at the party headquarters in New Delhi, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other members of the election committee.