Constituency
22. Laban
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-LABAN
INC 43.8%won by 14.2%AHL 29.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.7% to 14.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerAHL (AHL) finished second with 29.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
4,411
Margin
625
14.17%
Candidates
6 contested · winner INC- 1BHASKAR CHOUDHURYIndian National Congress · INC1,93243.8%
- 2RAYLAND SINGH LYNGDOHAHL · AHL1,30729.6%
- 3RICHARD M. TOIHPD · HPD4009.1%
- 4KORNO SINGHIndependent · IND3959.0%
- 5NEENA RYNJAHIndian National Congress · INC2385.4%
- 6MOTILAL DIENGDOHIndependent · IND1393.2%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–AHL swing
- −27.2%
- INC share
- 41.4% → 43.8%
- AHL share
- 0.0% → 29.6%
- Turnout
- — → —