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55. Dalu

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

ML-DALU

BJP 37.0%won by 2.8%INC 34.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 2.8%.

  • BJP vote shareBJP went from 9.5% to 37.0% of the vote here (+27.5%).
  • Multi-cornered3 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
10,589
Margin
300
2.83%

Candidates

6 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1NITYANARAYAN SIMCHANGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,91537.0%
  2. 2ARCHIBOLD SANGMAIndian National Congress · INC3,61534.1%
  3. 3TAPSENG SANGMAIndependent · IND2,41622.8%
  4. 4MOUNTBATTEN SANGMAIndependent · IND3303.1%
  5. 5ANTHONY MARAKGaro National Council · GNC2442.3%
  6. 6PITERLAWFORD MARAKUnited Democratic Party · UDP690.7%

Since 1993

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
BJPflipped
BJP–INC swing
+38.1%
BJP share
9.5% → 37.0%
INC share
44.8% → 34.1%
Turnout
— → —
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