Election
Constituency

34. Nongstoin

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1983

ML-NONGSTOIN

HPD 39.2%won by 18.2%IND 21.0%

What changed here

Derived

HPD held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.7% to 18.2%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.2% between them, down from 85.5% — 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
10,772
Margin
1,956
18.16%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
HPD
Winner now
HPD
HPDIND swing
−38.1%
HPD share
60.6% 39.2%
IND share
4.3% 21.0%
Turnout