Constituency
17. North Shillong
Community mirrorMeghalaya · Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2018
ML-NORTH-SHILLONG
KHNAM 30.0%won by 2.2%BJP 27.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to KHNAM (KHNAM), which now leads by 2.2%.
- KHNAM vote shareKHNAM went from 35.0% to 30.0% of the vote here (−5.0%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 2013.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.8% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 69.7%.
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Electorate
26,655
Turnout
69.7%
Valid votes
18,576
Margin
406
2.19%
Candidates
8 contested · winner KHNAM- 1ADELBERT NONGRUMKHNAM · KHNAM5,57230.0%
- 2J. ANTONIUS LYNGDOHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP5,16627.8%
- 3W. HUMPHREY D. SYNGKONIndian National Congress · INC5,12427.6%
- 4ALESTER NEVILLE DIENGDOHHill State People'S Democratic Party · HSPDP9685.2%
- 5JOEBRENSON MARWEINUnited Democratic Party · UDP7854.2%
- 6ERWIN K. SYIEM SUTNGANPEP · NPEP4412.4%
- 7TONY FASS MARBANIANGNEINDP · NEINDP3271.8%
- 8None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1931.0%
Since 2013
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- KHNAMflipped
- KHNAM–BJP swing
- −32.8%
- KHNAM share
- 35.0% → 30.0%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 27.8%
- Turnout
- 73.4% → 69.7%