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Constituency

298. Tura

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Meghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-TURA

INC 62.7%won by 33.0%IND 29.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 54.9% to 33.0%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
3,52,106
Turnout
52.3%
Valid votes
1,84,306
Margin
60,878
33.03%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCIND swing
−21.8%
INC share
74.3% 62.7%
IND share
19.4% 29.7%
Turnout
51.0% 52.3%