Constituency
27. Lyngkyrdem
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-LYNGKYRDEM
AHL 36.4%won by 6.7%INC 29.7%
What changed here
DerivedAHL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 6.7%.
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 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.7% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% between them, down from 81.3% — 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
7,113
Margin
479
6.73%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AHL- 1BRINGTON BUHAI LYNGDOHAHL · AHL2,59136.4%
- 2TARSON RYNJAHIndian National Congress · INC2,11229.7%
- 3O. PELINE LYTANDHPD · HPD1,28218.0%
- 4BENINGTON SHABONGIndependent · IND1,12815.9%
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–INC swing
- −35.6%
- AHL share
- 42.3% → 36.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 29.7%
- Turnout
- — → —