Constituency
40. Kharkutta
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-KHARKUTTA
INC 49.8%won by 21.4%IND 28.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: AHL (AHL) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 49.8% of the vote here (+49.8%).
- Multi-cornered3 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
4,422
Margin
948
21.44%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1PRITHINGTON SANGMAIndian National Congress · INC2,20349.8%
- 2KURENDRA D.SHIRAIndependent · IND1,25528.4%
- 3MILTON SANGMAAHL · AHL85419.3%
- 4EARNEST MOMINIndependent · IND1102.5%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- AHL
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +41.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 49.8%
- IND share
- 20.3% → 28.4%
- Turnout
- — → —