Back to Meghalaya 2003 map
Meghalaya · Assembly Constituency 5 · 2003Reserved (ST)

Nartiang

Winner — 2003

SHRI. DRAISON KHARSHIING
MDP· Meghalaya Democratic Party
MDP 27.1%UDP 25.3%4 others 47.7%
Votes
4,975
27.1% share
Winning margin
335
1.8% of votes
Total candidates
6
Turnout
76.4%
of 24,051

Nartiang was decided by a razor-thin margin of 1.8% — fewer than 335 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

6 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SHRI. DRAISON KHARSHIING
MDP
Meghalaya Democratic Party
4,97527.1%
2
SHRI. H. BRITAINWAR DAN
UDP
4,64025.3%
3
SHRI . HILARIUS DKHAR
NCP
3,55919.4%
4
SHRI. HENRY LAMIN
INC
3,54119.3%
5
SHRI HALLELSTAR LYNGDOH
HPDP
1,2917.0%
6
SHRI. SATI DKHAR
PDM
3622.0%

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 (8th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
marginal
1.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 6.5% · min 1.4% · max 18.8%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
91%
lowerhigher
8th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
3.00
fewer partiesmore parties
37th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.0%
lowerhigher
20th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
60 seats · 31 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
3.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
MDP 27.1%UDP 25.3%NCP 19.4%INC 19.3%HPDP 7.0%OTH 2.0%

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
🏺Black Pottery (Khiew Ranei)🏷️TurmericGI

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

Ask the state

STATE INDICATORS · RBI 2024-25