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22. Laban

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

ML-LABAN

BJP 34.4%won by 6.0%UDP 28.4%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: HPU (HPU) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 6.0%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 31.0% to 34.4% of the vote here (+3.4%).
  • New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1993.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 70.5% — the field split more ways.

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
8,500
Margin
507
5.96%

Candidates

9 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1THRANG HOK RANGADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,92534.4%
  2. 2ANTHONY LYNGDOHUnited Democratic Party · UDP2,41828.4%
  3. 3WANGBOK STAR LYNGDOHPDM · PDM1,13513.4%
  4. 4CARLAND M. NONGLAITIndian National Congress · INC85710.1%
  5. 5BISWAJIT BARUARashtriya Janata Dal · RJD5156.1%
  6. 6DONCASTER SHABONGIndependent · IND4024.7%
  7. 7FASTERWELL MARBANIANGCommunist Party of India · CPI981.2%
  8. 8PORITOSH DEYSamajwadi Party · SP821.0%
  9. 9SUNSHINE SOHTUNHPDP · HPDP680.8%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
HPU
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–UDP swing
−25.1%
BJP share
31.0% → 34.4%
UDP share
0.0% → 28.4%
Turnout
— → —
21. Mawprem23. Mawlai
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