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7. Jowai

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1988

ML-JOWAI

INC 34.7%won by 7.6%HPU 27.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.3% to 7.6%.

  • New challengerHPU (HPU) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 1983.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.7% of the vote between them, up from 47.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
10,510
Margin
802
7.63%

Candidates

5 contested · winner INC
  1. 1ROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOOIndian National Congress · INC3,64534.7%
  2. 2GUINTON PASSAHHPU · HPU2,84327.1%
  3. 3SINGH MULIEHIndependent · IND2,57824.5%
  4. 4YOOSHIDA SHILLAHPD · HPD7266.9%
  5. 5THANDAJAI DAKHARIndependent · IND7186.8%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–HPU swing
−19.1%
INC share
26.7% → 34.7%
HPU share
0.0% → 27.1%
Turnout
— → —
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