Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2004

Chowkham

Assembly constituency 46 (ST) · Arunachal Pradesh

State boardArunachal Pradesh 2004

[01]Result · 2004

#46 · ST

Poll date10 Jul 2004

Contestants5

Electors13,286

Votes polled8,363

Turnout62.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerChow Tewa MeinBharatiya Janata Party2,43129.1% of votes

MARGIN635 votes · 7.6 pp2,431 − 1,796

Runner-upChow Indrajit Namchoom Independent1,79621.5% of votes

BJP 57.5% of top-two votesIND 42.5%

All candidates 5

01 Chow Tewa MeinBJP2,431 29.1%
02 Chow Indrajit NamchoomIND1,796 21.5%
03 Nang Frica NamshoomINC1,721 20.6%
04 Sokio DellangIND1,615 19.3%
05 Chow Noumee NamshoomNCP800 9.6%

Turnout 62.9%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 57 seats, 200472.6%
ReconciliationΣ 5 candidates = 8,363Verified

Seat history 2019–1990

2019
69.3 pp
Chowna MeinBharatiya Janata Party
2014
28.9 pp
Chow Tewa MeinIndian National Congress
2009
21.9 pp
Chow Tewa MeinIndian National Congress
2004
7.6 pp
Chow Tewa MeinBharatiya Janata Party
1999
14.6 pp
Indrajit NamchoomIndependent
1995
10.3 pp
Chow Tewa MeinIndian National Congress
1990
5.9 pp
Sokio DellangIndependent

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 69.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INC polled 1,721 votes, 2.7× the 635-vote margin.
1,721 ÷ 635 = 2.7
The top two polled 50.5% of votes; the other 3 candidates 49.5% between them.
(2,431 + 1,796) ÷ 8,363 = 50.5% · 4,136 ÷ 8,363 = 49.5%
Turnout of 62.9% was 9.7 pp below the state's median seat (72.6%).
62.9 − 72.6 = −9.7
The margin narrowed from 14.6 pp in 1999 to 7.6 pp.
7.6 − 14.6 = −7.0 pp
The seat changed hands: IND in 1999, BJP in 2004.
1999 IND · 2004 BJP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 5 candidate lines8,363
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled8,363
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2004 · Arunachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates5 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 57 seats on the Arunachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 2004 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database