Constituency
60. Mahendraganj
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 1998
ML-MAHENDRAGANJ
INC 36.9%won by 12.3%BJP 24.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: MPP (MPP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 21.2% to 36.9% of the vote here (+15.8%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1993.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 61.6% of the vote between them, up from 44.8% — 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
13,357
Margin
1,639
12.27%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1ABDUS SALEHIndian National Congress · INC4,93336.9%
- 2MAHENDRA MODAKBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,29424.7%
- 3NIDHURAM HAJONGUnited Democratic Party · UDP2,02915.2%
- 4DHABAL CH. BARMANIndependent · IND1,2199.1%
- 5PREMANANDA KOCHIndependent · IND7555.7%
- 6P. HOMENDRA MARAKIndependent · IND4583.4%
- 7SRINIVAS DUBEYIndependent · IND3112.3%
- 8ZENITH SANGMAIndependent · IND2021.5%
- 9ALAUDDIN SKCommunist Party of India · CPI790.6%
- 10KAZI SAMIRUL HOQUEIndependent · IND490.4%
- 11SAMARENDRO SANGMAIndependent · IND280.2%
Since 1993
Derived- Winner then
- MPP
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- −8.9%
- INC share
- 21.2% → 36.9%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 24.7%
- Turnout
- — → —