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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 58 · 1972Reserved (ST)

Kherapara

Winner — 1972

PLANSING MARAK
AHL
AHL 81.6%IND 18.4%
Votes
1,250
81.7% share
Winning margin
969
63.3% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
26.0%
of 5,888

Kherapara is a safe seat — PLANSING MARAK won by 63.3%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
PLANSING MARAK
AHL
1,25081.7%
2
JANATHON SANGMA
IND
28118.4%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (47th), a typical margin, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
63.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 17.3% · min 2.0% · max 63.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
84%
lowerhigher
47th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.24
fewer partiesmore parties
31st of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.5%
lowerhigher
51st of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.24EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AHL 81.7%IND 18.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
1,42,334
Density
75 / km²
Sex ratio
945 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,887 km²
SC population0.2%
ST population94.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
93%CHRISTIAN
Christian 93.4%Other 6.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water26.9%
Electricity45.2%
Sanitation65.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births86.0%
Children fully vaccinated86.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.0%
Children underweight (under 5)23.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.4%
Women literate85.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER12.8%
Clean cooking fuel28.1%
Health insurance77.3%

What's nearby?

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