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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1978

Mawprem

Assembly constituency 21 (GEN) · Meghalaya

State boardMeghalaya 1978

[01]Result · 1978

#21 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants5
Electors7,553
Votes polled5,119
Turnout67.8%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDhrubanath JoshiIndian National Congress2,78957.2% of votes
MARGIN1,900 votes · 37.1 pp2,789 − 889
Runner-upHarendra Kumar Datta Independent88918.2% of votes
INC 75.8% of top-two votesIND 24.2%

All candidates 5

  1. 01 Dhrubanath JoshiINC2,789 57.2%
  2. 02 Harendra Kumar DattaIND889 18.2%
  3. 03 Liladhar ChowhdhuryIND812 16.6%
  4. 04 Ochondro Singh SyiemliehHSPDP325 6.7%
  5. 05 Nobait SwearIND64 1.3%

Turnout 67.8%

025507510067.8%TURNOUT◦ state median 67.8%
Male 4,26256.4% Female 3,29143.6%

Share of 7,553 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males772
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 60 seats, 197867.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 4,879Residual 240

Seat history 2023–1972

  1. 2023
    4.8 pp
    Charles PyngropeAll India Trinamool Congress
  2. 2018
    4.0 pp
    Charles PyngropeIndian National Congress
  3. 2013
    5.5 pp
    Jemino MawthohUnited Democratic Party
  4. 2008
    17.8 pp
    Manas ChaudhuriIndependent
  5. 2005
    13.3 pp
    Manas ChaudhuriIndependent
  6. 2003
    11.1 pp
    Shri. Ardhendu ChoudhuriNationalist Congress Party
  7. 1998
    16.2 pp
    Dhrubanath JoshiIndian National Congress
  8. 1993
    5.0 pp
    Dhurba Nath JoshiIndian National Congress
  9. 1988
    21.0 pp
    D.N.JoshiIndian National Congress
  10. 1983
    16.5 pp
    Dhruba Nath JoshiIndian National Congress
  11. 1978
    37.1 pp
    Dhrubanath JoshiIndian National Congress
  12. 1972
    4.2 pp
    Beterson KharkongorAll Party Hill Leaders Conference

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 71.8% of votes; the other 3 candidates 23.5% between them.

    (2,789 + 889) ÷ 5,119 = 71.8% · 1,201 ÷ 5,119 = 23.5%

  2. Turnout of 67.8% matched the state's median seat.

    67.8 − 67.8 = 0.0

  3. The margin widened from 4.2 pp in 1972 to 37.1 pp.

    37.1 − 4.2 = +32.9 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: APHLC in 1972, INC in 1978.

    1972 APHLC · 1978 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines4,879
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled5,119
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 240

Candidate votes miss the published total by 240, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1978 · Meghalaya · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 60 seats on the Meghalaya Vidhan Sabha 1978 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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