Who won Nongpoh in the 1998 Assembly election?

D.D. LAPANG of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Nongpoh in the 1998 Assembly election with 9,070 votes (55.5% vote share), a margin of 2,504 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

10. Nongpoh

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

ML-NONGPOH

INC 55.5%won by 15.3%UDP 40.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: HPSD (HPSD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.3%.

INC vote shareINC went from 45.7% to 55.5% of the vote here (+9.8%).
New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1993.

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

Electorate

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Turnout

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Valid votes

16,337

Margin

2,504

15.33%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1D.D. LAPANG Indian National Congress · INC9,07055.5%
2CONSTANTINE LYNGDOH United Democratic Party · UDP6,56640.2%
3E.B.H.HYNNIEWTA Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4162.5%
4L.J. FRANCO MARTEN HPDP · HPDP2851.7%

Since 1993

Derived

Winner then: HPSD
Winner now: INCflipped
INC–UDP swing: −30.4%
INC share: 45.7% → 55.5%
UDP share: 0.0% → 40.2%
Turnout: — → —

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