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311. Shillong

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Meghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-SHILLONG

IND 56.2%won by 21.0%INC 35.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Independent (IND), which now leads by 21.0%.

  • IND vote shareIND went from 42.2% to 56.2% of the vote here (+14.0%).
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 4.9% to 55.3%.

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

Electorate
6,82,709
Turnout
55.3%
Valid votes
3,77,754
Margin
79,302
20.99%

Candidates

6 contested · winner IND
  1. 1G.GILBERT SWELLIndependent · IND2,12,20556.2%
  2. 2D.D.LAPANGIndian National Congress · INC1,32,90335.2%
  3. 3H.AIOITS ROY KHARPHULIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP24,5236.5%
  4. 4BABYSON PAKYNTEINCommunist Party of India · CPI5,1451.4%
  5. 5NOREN TALANGIndependent · IND1,6020.4%
  6. 6JESPRITER SHULLAIIndependent · IND1,3760.4%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INDflipped
IND–INC swing
+27.5%
IND share
42.2% → 56.2%
INC share
48.7% → 35.2%
Turnout
50.5% → 55.3%
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