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54. Mahendraganj

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Meghalaya · Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2018

ML-MAHENDRAGANJ

INC 50.3%won by 28.5%BJP 21.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 28.5%.

  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 2013.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
31,022
Turnout
91.6%
Valid votes
28,411
Margin
8,085
28.46%

Candidates

8 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DIKKANCHI D. SHIRAIndian National Congress · INC14,29250.3%
  2. 2PREMANANDA KOCHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP6,20721.8%
  3. 3SANJAY A SANGMANPEP · NPEP4,89917.2%
  4. 4NIDHU RAM HAJONGUnited Democratic Party · UDP1,5725.5%
  5. 5ROBERTH S SANGMAIndependent · IND9913.5%
  6. 6MAFIARA T SANGMAGaro National Council · GNC1680.6%
  7. 7None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1550.5%
  8. 8DHABAL CH BARMANIndependent · IND1270.4%

Since 2013

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
−21.7%
INC share
50.2% → 50.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 21.8%
Turnout
90.9% → 91.6%
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