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Constituency

59. Salmanpura

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2008

ML-SALMANPURA

UDP 32.2%won by 4.2%IND 28.0%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lost it to United Democratic Party (UDP), which now leads by 4.2%.

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

  • UDP vote shareUDP went from 36.4% to 32.2% of the vote here (−4.2%).
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from United Democratic Party (UDP) to Independent (IND).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.2% between them, down from 78.5% — 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
17,479
Margin
737
4.22%

Since 2003

Derived

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

Winner then
NCP
Winner now
UDPflipped
UDPIND swing
−29.9%
UDP share
36.4% 32.2%
IND share
2.3% 28.0%
Turnout