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Constituency

55. Dalu

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1978

ML-DALU

IND 25.7%won by 1.8%INC 23.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: AHL (AHL) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 1.8%.

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

  • IND vote shareIND went from 32.8% to 25.7% of the vote here (−7.0%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.6% between them, down from 100.0% — 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
5,172
Margin
94
1.82%

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
−30.9%
IND share
32.8% 25.7%
INC share
0.0% 23.9%
Turnout