Constituency
20. Mawkhar
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-MAWKHAR
AHL 30.6%won by 8.0%HPD 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedAHL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.4% to 8.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerHPD (HPD) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.3% between them, down from 61.8% — the field split more ways.
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
5,646
Margin
453
8.02%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AHL- 1D. D. PUGHAHL · AHL1,73030.6%
- 2E. SHER SINGH JYRWAHPD · HPD1,27722.6%
- 3AJRA SINGH KHONGPHAIIndian National Congress · INC1,15020.4%
- 4RAM NIWAS CHAUDHARYIndependent · IND5589.9%
- 5LONDRONATH MARBANIANGIndependent · IND4197.4%
- 6AMBROSE B. M. ROYIndependent · IND3947.0%
- 7HUMLEY GANRLEY ROY PARIATIndian National Congress · INC1182.1%
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–HPD swing
- −25.1%
- AHL share
- 33.1% → 30.6%
- HPD share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —