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Constituency

37. Baghmara

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1988

ML-BAGHMARA

INC 66.0%won by 32.0%IND 34.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
8,329
Margin
2,663
31.97%

Since 1983

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−40.2%
INC share
74.9% 66.0%
IND share
2.7% 34.0%
Turnout