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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 41 · 1988Reserved (ST)

Mendipathar

Winner — 1988

BENINSTAND G. MOMIN
HPU
HPU 55.3%INC 44.7%
Votes
5,809
55.3% share
Winning margin
1,122
10.7% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
78.6%
of 13,350

A clear win with a 10.7% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BENINSTAND G. MOMIN
HPU
5,80955.3%
2
JAMINDRO R. MARAK
INC
4,68744.7%

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 (19th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
10.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 5.4% · min 0.3% · max 11.2%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
19th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.55
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
38th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.55EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HPU 55.3%INC 44.7%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
3,17,917
Density
122 / km²
Sex ratio
972 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,603 km²
SC population0.2%
ST population96.0%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
91%CHRISTIAN
Christian 91.1%Hindu 5.4%Other 3.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water18.1%
Electricity42.8%
Sanitation81.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births73.8%
Children fully vaccinated72.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER39.7%
Children underweight (under 5)26.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER50.9%
Women literate86.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER13.7%
Clean cooking fuel29.1%
Health insurance71.9%

What's nearby?

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