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MEGHALAYA · Lok Sabha · 1998

Won

Purno Agitok Sangma

INC Indian National Congress

Margin

1,77,659 53.0 pp

votes

over Anilla D. Shira (BJP)

The contest

5 candidate rows

Electors4,44,099

Votes polled3,35,094

Turnout75.5%

NOTA did not exist NOTA was introduced in 2013

Male electors2.25 L50.7% of electorate

Female electors2.19 L49.3% of electorate

Sex ratio 971females per 1,000 males

Poll datenot digitised polling dates are sparse before 2005

5 rows · by votes

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
1	Purno Agitok Sangma	INC	2,19,720	65.60%
2	Anilla D. Shira	BJP	42,061	12.60%
3	Hasting Ch. Momin	UDP	40,073	12.00%
4	William Cecil Marak	GNC	16,280	4.90%
5	Robin Rema	CPI	8,479	2.50%

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 8,481, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.

candidates 326,613 · NOTA n/a · published 335,094 · neither convention holds

Reconciliation failed Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1998