Constituency
60. Mahendraganj
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1978
ML-MAHENDRAGANJ
INC 66.0%won by 36.2%IND 29.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 36.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 31.6% to 66.0% of the vote here (+34.4%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
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
7,815
Margin
2,832
36.24%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1MANIK CH. DASIndian National Congress · INC5,15866.0%
- 2SHAMSUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2,32629.8%
- 3BINDO BARMANIndependent · IND1552.0%
- 4JITEN SANGMAIndependent · IND951.2%
- 5DR. ROMENDRA CH. DASIndependent · IND811.0%
Since 1972
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–IND swing
- +49.0%
- INC share
- 31.6% → 66.0%
- IND share
- 44.3% → 29.8%
- Turnout
- — → —