Constituency
52. Tura
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-TURA
INC 39.1%won by 9.1%IND 30.1%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.1% to 9.1%.
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 12.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.2% between them, down from 85.6% — 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
7,260
Margin
658
9.06%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1SINGJAN SANGMAIndian National Congress · INC2,84239.1%
- 2FRIDINA MARAKIndependent · IND2,18430.1%
- 3MODY K. MARAKAHL · AHL1,16716.1%
- 4JANGSAN K. SANGMAIndependent · IND1,06714.7%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −8.0%
- INC share
- 51.3% → 39.1%
- IND share
- 34.3% → 30.1%
- Turnout
- — → —