Constituency
53. Chokpot
Community mirrorMeghalaya Assembly Election, 2008
ML-CHOKPOT
NCP 26.5%won by 6.5%GNC 20.0%
What changed here
DerivedNationalist Congress Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.1% to 6.5%.
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 13.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.4% between them, down from 64.3% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
14,696
Margin
953
6.48%
Candidates
7 contested · winner NCP- 1MASONSING SANGMANationalist Congress Party · NCP3,88826.5%
- 2CLIFFORD MARAKGaro National Council · GNC2,93520.0%
- 3ARLENE N SANGMAUnited Democratic Party · UDP2,77418.9%
- 4WENISON MARAKIndependent · IND1,78212.1%
- 5PERRIN CH MOMINIndependent · IND1,3399.1%
- 6WIKKINSON SANGMAIndependent · IND1,1698.0%
- 7SOPHIE BENSINDA MARAKIndian National Congress · INC8095.5%
Since 2003
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- NCP
- Winner now
- NCP
- NCP–GNC swing
- −9.6%
- NCP share
- 40.2% → 26.5%
- GNC share
- 24.1% → 20.0%
- Turnout
- — → —