Constituency
19. Jaiaw
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-JAIAW
AHL 32.1%won by 7.0%IND 25.2%
What changed here
DerivedAHL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 7.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.3% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
9,397
Margin
655
6.97%
Candidates
6 contested · winner AHL- 1P. RIPPLE KYNDIAHAHL · AHL3,02032.1%
- 2SAIN MANIK JYRWAIndependent · IND2,36525.2%
- 3WILFORD LYNGDOHHPD · HPD2,08122.1%
- 4JOKENDRO LANONGCommunist Party of India · CPI96410.3%
- 5B. K. BISWASIndian National Congress · INC5135.5%
- 6NEVILLE R. LAIPHLANGIndependent · IND4544.8%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AHL
- Winner now
- AHL
- AHL–IND swing
- −2.4%
- AHL share
- 50.7% → 32.1%
- IND share
- 41.4% → 25.2%
- Turnout
- — → —