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312. Tura

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Meghalaya · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998

IN-TURA

INC 67.3%won by 54.4%BJP 12.9%

What changed here

Derived

Indian 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%

Since 1996

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCBJP swing
−11.4%
INC share
78.5% 67.3%
BJP share
12.7% 12.9%
Turnout
68.5% 73.5%