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Constituency

43. Songsak

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1978

ML-SONGSAK

IND 35.0%won by 3.7%INC 31.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: AHL (AHL) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 3.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 16.1% to 35.0% of the vote here (+18.9%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
3,299
Margin
121
3.67%

Since 1972

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
AHL
Winner now
INDflipped
INDINC swing
−12.4%
IND share
16.1% 35.0%
INC share
0.0% 31.4%
Turnout