Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Shillong #1ST
Won
Paty Ripple Kyndiah
INC Indian National CongressMargin
6,012 1.1 pp
votes
over G. Gilbert Swell (UDP)
The contest
Electors7,13,395
Votes polled5,25,796
Turnout73.7%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors3.58 L50.2% of electorate
Female electors3.56 L49.8% of electorate
Sex ratio
994females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paty Ripple Kyndiah | INC | 1,79,863 | 34.20% | |
| 2 | G. Gilbert Swell | UDP | 1,73,851 | 33.10% | |
| 3 | Grosswell Mylliemngap Lyngskor | HSPDP | 62,144 | 11.80% | |
| 4 | Pascal Malngiang | PDP | 50,055 | 9.50% | |
| 5 | Dr. Elizabeth Laitflang | BJP | 33,557 | 6.40% | |
| 6 | Kisolosky Uriah | RJD | 4,794 | 0.90% | |
| 7 | Helet Nongkhlaw | SP | 4,583 | 0.90% | |
| 8 | Dalington Dympep | CPI | 3,644 | 0.70% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 13,305, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 512,491 · NOTA n/a · published 525,796 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998
- Publisher
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- 2026-09-12