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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 6 · 1978Reserved (ST)

Nongbah-Wahiajer

Winner — 1978

ALBIN LAMARE
AHL
AHL 52.1%INC 21.1%3 others 26.9%
Votes
4,225
52.0% share
Winning margin
2,516
31.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
77.9%
of 10,416

Nongbah-Wahiajer is a safe seat — ALBIN LAMARE won by 31.0%.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
ALBIN LAMARE
AHL
4,22552.0%
2
B.BLOOMING SHALLAM
INC
1,70921.1%
3
WATCHINGTON SNA
HPD
1,08213.3%
4
POLLINGTON PYRTUH
IND
6017.4%
5
INDROPARIAT
IND
5006.2%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

High turnout (9th), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
31.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 10.5% · min 0.3% · max 31.0%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
9th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.09
fewer partiesmore parties
59th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
59th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.09EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AHL 52.0%INC 21.1%HPD 13.3%IND 7.4%IND 6.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
3,95,124
Density
103 / km²
Sex ratio
1013 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,819 km²
SC population0.3%
ST population95.2%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
69%CHRISTIAN
Christian 68.7%Other 27.2%Other 4.0%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water25.5%
Electricity64.3%
Sanitation47.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births45.3%
Children fully vaccinated67.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.2%
Children underweight (under 5)26.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.9%
Women literate78.0%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER22.6%
Clean cooking fuel23.6%
Health insurance69.8%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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