Results/Lok Sabha/Meghalaya/1989
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Meghalaya Lok Sabha 1989
Results board · 2 constituencies
HouseLok Sabha
StateMeghalaya
Seats
2
Constituencies
Majority
2
Seats needed of 2
Electors
9.38L
On the roll
Votes polled
4.87L
51.9% of electors
Median turnout
52.3%
Median of 2 seats
INC margin
0
Exactly at majority · 2 − 2
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 2 of 2INC 2 · at majority
INC
2100.0%
Indian National Congress
[02]Vote share
INC
55.4%2 seats · 100.0%
CPI
4.8%0 seats
Others
39.8%0 seats · 0.0%
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
INC converted 55.4% of votes into 100.0% of seats, a seat premium of 44.6 pp.
2 ÷ 2 = 100.0% · 100.0 − 55.4 = +44.6 -
Shillong was decided by 13,285 votes, the closest of 2 seats; Tura had the widest margin, 60,878.
min / max of margin over 2 seats with a recorded margin -
Turnout ran from 51.0% in Shillong to 53.5% in Tura; the median seat polled 52.3%.
min / median / max over 2 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
00.0% of seats
50–60
2100.0% of seats
60–70
00.0% of seats
70–80
00.0% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestShillong51.0%
- HighestTura53.5%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ShillongSTCLOSEST | Peter G.Marbaning | Indian National Congress | 2,98,613 | 13,285 | 4.4 | 51.0 |
| 02 | TuraSTWIDEST | Sanford Marak | Indian National Congress | 1,88,354 | 60,878 | 32.3 | 53.5 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 60,878 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · Meghalaya · 2 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database