Constituency
37. Baghmara
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1988
ML-BAGHMARA
INC 66.0%won by 32.0%IND 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 57.0% to 32.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from AHL (AHL) to Independent (IND).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.8% — 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
8,329
Margin
2,663
31.97%
Candidates
2 contested · winner INC- 1WILLIAMSON A. SANGMAIndian National Congress · INC5,49666.0%
- 2WEABLE CH. SANGMAIndependent · IND2,83334.0%
Since 1983
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- −40.2%
- INC share
- 74.9% → 66.0%
- IND share
- 2.7% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —