Constituency
312. Tura
Community mirrorMeghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-TURA
INC 67.3%won by 54.4%BJP 12.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 65.8% to 54.4%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.2% between them, down from 91.2% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 73.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,44,099
Turnout
73.5%
Valid votes
3,26,613
Margin
1,77,659
54.39%
Candidates
5 contested · winner INC- 1Purno Agitok SangmaIndian National Congress · INC2,19,72067.3%
- 2Anilla D. ShiraBharatiya Janata Party · BJP42,06112.9%
- 3Hasting Ch. MominUnited Democratic Party · UDP40,07312.3%
- 4William Cecil MarakGaro National Council · GNC16,2805.0%
- 5Robin RemaCommunist Party of India · CPI8,4792.6%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −11.4%
- INC share
- 78.5% → 67.3%
- BJP share
- 12.7% → 12.9%
- Turnout
- 68.5% → 73.5%