Constituency
14. Sohiong
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 2008
ML-SOHIONG
INC 38.0%won by 7.5%UDP 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 7.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.6% between them, down from 92.9% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
22,350
Margin
1,673
7.49%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOHIndian National Congress · INC8,50038.0%
- 2RAIN AUGUSTINE LYNGDOHUnited Democratic Party · UDP6,82730.5%
- 3CLEMENT MAWLONGLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP2,68912.0%
- 4ROBERT F KHARBUKIKHNAM · KHNAM2,0119.0%
- 5FORWARD LYNGDOHNationalist Congress Party · NCP1,9768.8%
- 6T.H.S. BONNEYMinorities Democratic Party · MDP1820.8%
- 7NIT SHABONGBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1650.7%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–UDP swing
- −5.3%
- INC share
- 52.9% → 38.0%
- UDP share
- 40.0% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —