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Constituency

50. Selsella

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1978

ML-SELSELLA

AHL 51.0%won by 1.9%INC 49.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to AHL (AHL), which now leads by 1.9%.

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

  • AHL vote shareAHL went from 0.0% to 51.0% of the vote here (+51.0%).
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
4,258
Margin
82
1.93%

Candidates

2 contested · winner AHL
  1. 1GIRASH MARAKAHL · AHL2,17051.0%
  2. 2WILLIAM CECIL R. MARAKIndian National Congress · INC2,08849.0%

Since 1972

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
AHLflipped
AHLINC swing
+78.5%
AHL share
0.0% 51.0%
INC share
76.6% 49.0%
Turnout