Constituency
14. Sohiong
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-SOHIONG
HPD 37.7%won by 6.2%IND 31.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to HPD (HPD), which now leads by 6.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- HPD vote shareHPD went from 0.0% to 37.7% of the vote here (+37.7%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 69.1% of the vote between them, up from 55.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
7,399
Margin
459
6.20%
Candidates
4 contested · winner HPD- 1MEDRAS MYLLIEMHPD · HPD2,78737.7%
- 2NIT SHABONGIndependent · IND2,32831.5%
- 3EDWARD KURBAHIndian National Congress · INC1,47820.0%
- 4DIENGDOH A. B.Independent · IND80610.9%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- HPDflipped
- HPD–IND swing
- +39.9%
- HPD share
- 0.0% → 37.7%
- IND share
- 33.7% → 31.5%
- Turnout
- — → —