Constituency
18. West Shillong
Community mirrorMeghalaya · Meghalaya Assembly Election, 2023
ML-WEST-SHILLONG
UDP 42.1%won by 18.6%NPP 23.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to United Democratic Party (UDP), which now leads by 18.6%.
- New challengerNational People's Party (NPP) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 2018.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.7% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 68.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
27,371
Turnout
68.6%
Valid votes
18,787
Margin
3,485
18.55%
Candidates
7 contested · winner UDP- 1PAUL LYNGDOHUnited Democratic Party · UDP7,91742.1%
- 2MOHENDRO RAPSANGNational People's Party · NPP4,43223.6%
- 3ERNEST MAWRIEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,77120.1%
- 4RAJA JYRWAVoice of the People Party · VPP1,8599.9%
- 5BETHLEEN DKHARIndian National Congress · INC4172.2%
- 6NOTANOTA · NOTA2041.1%
- 7IWAN MARIAAll India Trinamool Congress · AITC1871.0%
Since 2018
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- UDPflipped
- UDP–NPP swing
- −24.8%
- UDP share
- 43.3% → 42.1%
- NPP share
- 0.0% → 23.6%
- Turnout
- 74.6% → 68.6%