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22. Shillong

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Assam Assembly Election, 1962

AS-SHILLONG

HLC 49.6%won by 13.8%INC 35.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to HLC (HLC), which now leads by 13.8%.

  • HLC vote shareHLC went from 0.0% to 49.6% of the vote here (+49.6%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.3% of the vote between them, up from 79.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
21,686
Margin
2,997
13.82%

Candidates

4 contested · winner HLC
  1. 1WILSON READEHLC · HLC10,75149.6%
  2. 2ARON ALLEYIndian National Congress · INC7,75435.8%
  3. 3BINOY KUMAR LAHIRICommunist Party of India · CPI3,02714.0%
  4. 4UMESH CHANDRA DEKAIndependent · IND1540.7%

Since 1957

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
HLCflipped
HLC–INC swing
+46.5%
HLC share
0.0% → 49.6%
INC share
32.6% → 35.8%
Turnout
— → —
21. Nongpoh23. Nongstoin
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