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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 36 · 1998Reserved (ST)

Mawthengkut

Winner — 1998

MAYSALIN WAR
HPDP· Hill State People's Democratic Party (pre-2008 spelling)
HPDP 33.4%INC 29.4%3 others 37.2%
Votes
4,997
33.4% share
Winning margin
597
4.0% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
74.0%
of 20,198

A closely fought contest. MAYSALIN WAR won with a 4.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

5 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MAYSALIN WAR
HPDP
Hill State People's Democratic Party (pre-2008 spelling)
4,99733.4%
2
H. LEDISHON NONGSIANG
INC
4,40029.4%
3
GODWIN K. MARAK
UDP
3,00220.1%
4
LAZARUS LAWRENCE NONGMIN
PDM
2,02513.5%
5
FREDOLIN SOHPHOH
NDA
5283.5%

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.

Average turnout (26th), a closer-than-average contest, a fragmented field.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
4.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 3.6% · min 0.3% · max 11.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
88%
lowerhigher
26th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
4.35
fewer partiesmore parties
8th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
57th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
4.35EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HPDP 33.4%INC 29.4%UDP 20.1%PDM 13.5%OTH 3.5%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
3,83,461
Density
73 / km²
Sex ratio
980 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,247 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population97.8%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
96%CHRISTIAN
Christian 95.7%Other 4.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water35.7%
Electricity51.7%
Sanitation46.4%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births41.7%
Children fully vaccinated62.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.0%
Children underweight (under 5)31.1%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER51.8%
Women literate87.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.3%
Clean cooking fuel8.6%
Health insurance60.1%

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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