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11. Jirang

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

ML-JIRANG

INC 51.9%won by 25.9%UDP 26.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.0% to 25.9%.

  • New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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
13,596
Margin
3,518
25.88%

Candidates

6 contested · winner INC
  1. 1J.D. RYMBAIIndian National Congress · INC7,05851.9%
  2. 2MICHEAL GIRI DKHARUnited Democratic Party · UDP3,54026.0%
  3. 3ORAL SYNGKLIHPDP · HPDP1,98414.6%
  4. 4MEDLITON NONGRUMIndependent · IND7485.5%
  5. 5MARSHAL WAHLANGCommunist Party of India · CPI2201.6%
  6. 6DIS MAWSHAIIndependent · IND460.3%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–UDP swing
−22.6%
INC share
48.4% → 51.9%
UDP share
0.0% → 26.0%
Turnout
— → —
10. Nongpoh12. Mairang
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