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Constituency

20. Mawkhar

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2008

ML-MAWKHAR

INC 38.7%won by 9.3%UDP 29.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.0% to 9.3%.

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 20.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KHNAM (KHNAM) to United Democratic Party (UDP).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
6,231
Margin
577
9.26%

Since 2003

Derived

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

Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCUDP swing
−37.7%
INC share
59.0% 38.7%
UDP share
12.1% 29.5%
Turnout