Constituency
60. Mahendraganj
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1983
ML-MAHENDRAGANJ
INC 40.4%won by 8.5%IND 31.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 8.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 95.8% — 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
8,101
Margin
688
8.49%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1LOKHINDOR HAJONGIndian National Congress · INC3,26940.4%
- 2SHAMSUL HAQUEIndependent · IND2,58131.9%
- 3DHABAL CH. BARMANAHL · AHL2,20827.3%
- 4JITEN SANGMAHPD · HPD430.5%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −27.7%
- INC share
- 66.0% → 40.4%
- IND share
- 29.8% → 31.9%
- Turnout
- — → —