Shella
Assembly constituency 30 (ST) · Meghalaya
[01]Result · 2003
#30 · STAll candidates 6
Turnout 66.1%
Share of 14,439 electors
- Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males996
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- State median turnoutmedian of 60 seats, 200372.4%
- ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 9,550Residual 1
Seat history 2023–1972
- 2023
0.4 ppMetbah LyngdohUnited Democratic Party
- 2018
9.2 ppMetbah LyngdohUnited Democratic Party
- 2013
6.2 ppMetbah LyngdohUnited Democratic Party
- 2008
9.3 ppDr. Donkupar RoyUnited Democratic Party
- 2003
2.3 ppDonkupar RoyUnited Democratic Party
- 1998
9.4 ppDonkupar RoyUnited Democratic Party
- 1993
7.3 ppDonkupar RoyIndependent
- 1988
5.4 ppDonkupar RoyIndependent
- 1983
4.7 ppS. Galmendar Singh LyngdohAll Party Hill Leaders Conference
- 1978
12.9 ppStanley D.D.Nichols RoyAll Party Hill Leaders Conference
- 1972
3.6 ppHumdhrey NongrumAll Party Hill Leaders Conference
Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.9 pp.
[02]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Third-placed INC polled 2,172 votes, 9.8× the 222-vote margin.
2,172 ÷ 222 = 9.8 -
The top two polled 63.5% of votes; the other 4 candidates 36.5% between them.
(3,145 + 2,923) ÷ 9,551 = 63.5% · 3,482 ÷ 9,551 = 36.5% -
Turnout of 66.1% was 6.3 pp below the state's median seat (72.4%).
66.1 − 72.4 = −6.3 -
The margin narrowed from 9.4 pp in 1998 to 2.3 pp.
2.3 − 9.4 = −7.1 pp -
Donkupar Roy also won in 1998.
1998 winner name = 2003 winner name
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[03]Reconciliation
Reconciliation failed- Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines9,550
- NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
- Published totalVotes polled9,551
- Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1
Candidate votes miss the published total by 1, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.
Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2003 · Meghalaya · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed
State median turnoutComputed from 60 seats on the Meghalaya Vidhan Sabha 2003 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database