Election
Constituency

6. Nongbah-Wahiajer

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2008

ML-NONGBAH-WAHIAJER

INC 40.9%won by 7.2%UDP 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: United Democratic Party (UDP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 7.2%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
  • 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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Valid votes
20,645
Margin
1,479
7.16%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SNIAWBHALANG DHARIndian National Congress · INC8,45240.9%
  2. 2THAWAIN PLAINUnited Democratic Party · UDP6,97333.8%
  3. 3EDMUND SPEAKERSONMinorities Democratic Party · MDP5,11924.8%
  4. 4DARLING WAVEL LAMAREHill State People'S Democratic Party · HSPDP1010.5%

Since 2003

Derived

Constituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.

Winner then
UDP
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–UDP swing
+17.1%
INC share
43.9% → 40.9%
UDP share
53.8% → 33.8%
Turnout
— → —
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