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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 6 · 1983Reserved (ST)

Nongbah-Wahiajer

Winner — 1983

INDRO PARIAT
HPD
HPD 24.4%AHL 24.1%7 others 51.5%
Votes
2,160
24.4% share
Winning margin
31
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
74.9%
of 11,814

Nongbah-Wahiajer was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 31 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

9 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
INDRO PARIAT
HPD
2,16024.4%
2
KATSINGH THUBRU
AHL
2,12924.1%
3
HARI SARI
IND
1,70219.2%
4
M. JERVEYLIWIN GAROD
IND
90310.2%
5
S. KMEN KHONGLAH
IND
88510.0%
6
B. BLOOMING SHALLAM
IND
6747.6%
7
E.R.W. TARIANG
Congress (I)
3343.8%
8
IVORYNA SHYLLA
PDC
370.4%
9
DARWIS RYMBAI
IND
240.3%

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
0.3%
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
HPD 24.4%AHL 24.1%IND 19.2%IND 10.2%IND 10.0%IND 7.6%OTH 4.5%

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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