Constituency

300. Nagaland

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Nagaland · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-NAGALAND

INC 60.3%won by 20.6%NPC 39.7%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.3% to 20.6%.

Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
New challengerNPC (NPC) finished second with 39.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 94.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout rose 8.7% to 74.1%.

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

Electorate

8,13,011

Turnout

74.1%

Valid votes

6,02,195

Margin

1,23,947

20.58%