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Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 34 · 1998Reserved (ST)
Nongstoin
Winner — 1998
HOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH
HPDP· Hill State People's Democratic Party (pre-2008 spelling)
HPDP 43.7%INC 24.1%3 others 32.2%
Votes
8,688
43.7% share
Winning margin
3,886
19.5% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
63.9%
of 31,143
Nongstoin is a safe seat — HOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH won by 19.5%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH | HPDP Hill State People's Democratic Party (pre-2008 spelling) | 8,688 | 43.7% |
| 2 | JESPARWELL DKHAR | INC | 4,802 | 24.1% |
| 3 | FRANCIS K. MAWLOT | IND | 4,411 | 22.2% |
| 4 | EVERALD D. NONGSIANG | UDP | 1,680 | 8.4% |
| 5 | HOPESTANDARD MYRTHONG | NDA | 314 | 1.6% |
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 (23rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean19.5%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.7% · min 2.4% · max 35.6%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
89%
lowerhigher
23rd of 60How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.34
fewer partiesmore parties
53rd of 60How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
25th of 60Where does the house stand?
SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.34EFFECTIVE PARTIES
HPDP 43.7%INC 24.1%IND 22.2%UDP 8.4%OTH 1.6%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA 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
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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.