Constituency
29. Sohra
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-SOHRA
AHL 41.1%won by 10.6%HPD 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedAHL held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 10.6%.
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 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerHPD (HPD) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 90.8% — 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
7,025
Margin
746
10.62%
Candidates
4 contested · winner AHL- 1PHAINDROJEN SWERAHL · AHL2,88841.1%
- 2FLINDER ANDERSON KHONGLAMHPD · HPD2,14230.5%
- 3MICHAEL GIRIIndian National Congress · INC1,50221.4%
- 4L.MORROW MOHON KHARPURIIndependent · IND4937.0%
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
- −38.4%
- AHL share
- 49.1% → 41.1%
- HPD share
- 0.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —