Constituency
311. Shillong
Community mirrorMeghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-SHILLONG
INC 35.1%won by 1.2%UDP 33.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 1.2%.
- New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 33.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.0% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 16.5% to 71.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,13,395
Turnout
71.8%
Valid votes
5,12,491
Margin
6,012
1.17%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1Paty Ripple KyndiahIndian National Congress · INC1,79,86335.1%
- 2G. Gilbert SwellUnited Democratic Party · UDP1,73,85133.9%
- 3Grosswell Mylliemngap LyngskorHPDP · HPDP62,14412.1%
- 4Pascal MalngiangJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party · PDP50,0559.8%
- 5Dr. Elizabeth LaitflangBharatiya Janata Party · BJP33,5576.5%
- 6Kisolosky UriahRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD4,7940.9%
- 7Helet NongkhlawSamajwadi Party · SP4,5830.9%
- 8Dalington DympepCommunist Party of India · CPI3,6440.7%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–UDP swing
- −34.0%
- INC share
- 35.2% → 35.1%
- UDP share
- 0.0% → 33.9%
- Turnout
- 55.3% → 71.8%