Constituency
303. Shillong
Community mirrorMeghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-SHILLONG
INC 48.7%won by 6.5%IND 42.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.5% to 6.5%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.
- 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
5,88,902
Turnout
50.5%
Valid votes
2,97,251
Margin
19,390
6.52%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1PETER G. MARBANIANGIndian National Congress · INC1,44,89548.7%
- 2G.G. SWELLIndependent · IND1,25,50542.2%
- 3M.S. PHYLLUTBharatiya Janata Party · BJP15,8355.3%
- 4DALINGION DYMPEPCommunist Party of India · CPI3,5241.2%
- 5D.R. NONGKYNRTHIndependent · IND3,0241.0%
- 6KROLIN BARETHIndependent · IND2,9881.0%
- 7NOREN TALANGIndependent · IND1,1590.4%
- 8JESPRITAR SHULIAIIndependent · IND3210.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–IND swing
- +2.0%
- INC share
- 50.8% → 48.7%
- IND share
- 46.2% → 42.2%
- Turnout
- 50.0% → 50.5%