Constituency
54. Kherapara
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1998
ML-KHERAPARA
INC 53.7%won by 31.1%GNC 22.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.0% to 31.1%.
- New challengerGaro National Council (GNC) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1993.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.3% of the vote between them, up from 45.6% — 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
11,891
Margin
3,702
31.13%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1BRENING SANGMAIndian National Congress · INC6,38953.7%
- 2JENNAR S. MARAKGaro National Council · GNC2,68722.6%
- 3ENISON M. MARAKIndependent · IND1,52812.9%
- 4CHAMBERLIN MARAKIndependent · IND1,0088.5%
- 5SAVIOUR D. SHIRAUnited Democratic Party · UDP2792.3%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–GNC swing
- +1.3%
- INC share
- 29.8% → 53.7%
- GNC share
- 0.0% → 22.6%
- Turnout
- — → —