Constituency
30. Shella
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-SHELLA
AHL 36.9%won by 13.2%IND 23.7%
What changed here
DerivedAHL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 13.2%.
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 21.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 89.4% — 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
5,898
Margin
779
13.21%
Candidates
7 contested · winner AHL- 1STANLEY D.D.NICHOLS ROYAHL · AHL2,17436.9%
- 2R.WESTER TIEWSHOHIndependent · IND1,39523.7%
- 3J.S. JITEMIndian National Congress · INC1,25721.3%
- 4SYRTOK SINGH NANGRUMHPD · HPD89815.2%
- 5JOSTIPHILTON RAPTHAPIndependent · IND761.3%
- 6U.L.L.D. BASANIndependent · IND731.2%
- 7THIAWWELLSON ROYIndependent · IND250.4%
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
- −13.4%
- AHL share
- 58.0% → 36.9%
- IND share
- 31.4% → 23.7%
- Turnout
- — → —