Who won Mawprem in the 1998 Assembly election?

DHRUBANATH JOSHI of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Mawprem in the 1998 Assembly election with 5,943 votes (55.9% vote share), a margin of 1,789 votes over the runner-up.

Constituency

21. Mawprem

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Meghalaya Assembly Election, 1998

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INC 55.9%won by 16.8%BJP 39.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 16.8%.

Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 58.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

10,639

Margin

1,789

16.82%

Candidates

4 contested · winner INC

1DHRUBANATH JOSHI Indian National Congress · INC5,94355.9%
2H. AIONTIS ROY KHARPHULI Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP4,15439.0%
3TYNGSHAIN MAWLONG United Democratic Party · UDP4224.0%
4HRIDESH R. NATH Samajwadi Party · SP1201.1%

Since 1993

Derived

Winner then: INC
Winner now: INC
INC–BJP swing: +11.7%
INC share: 31.7% → 55.9%
BJP share: 26.5% → 39.0%
Turnout: — → —

20. Mawkhar 22. Laban

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