Laban Assembly constituency

Laban
Laban
Former constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
Established	1972
Abolished	2013
Total electors	13,119

Laban Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Meghalaya.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Sanbor Shullai	4,741	44.59%	34.73
	BJP	Edward L Kharwanlang	2,303	21.66%	38.19
	UDP	Banri Kupar Wahlang	1,426	13.41%	11.69
	INC	Sanjoy Das	1,363	12.82%	12.24
	Independent	Herman Nongrum	483	4.54%	New
	Independent	Tilok Das Gupta	159	1.50%	New
	LJP	Irene Patricia Hujon	158	1.49%	New
Margin of victory			2,438	22.93%	11.86
Turnout			10,633	81.05%	25.95
Registered electors			13,119		13.57
	NCP gain from BJP		Swing	15.26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Thrang Hok Rangad	5,005	59.85%	25.44
	INC	Anthony Lyngdoh	2,096	25.06%	14.98
	NCP	H.Aiontis Roy Kharphuli	824	9.85%	New
	Independent	Biswajit Barua	294	3.52%	New
	UDP	Carland M. Nonglait	144	1.72%	26.73
Margin of victory			2,909	34.78%	28.82
Turnout			8,363	55.13%	5.16
Registered electors			15,178		7.61
	BJP hold		Swing	25.44

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Thrang Hok Rangad	2,925	34.41%	3.39
	UDP	Anthony Lyngdoh	2,418	28.45%	New
	PDM	Wangbok Star Lyngdoh	1,135	13.35%	New
	INC	Carland M. Nonglait	857	10.08%	3.07
	RJD	Biswajit Barua	515	6.06%	New
	Independent	Doncaster Shabong	402	4.73%	New
	CPI	Fasterwell Marbaniang	98	1.15%	New
Margin of victory			507	5.96%	2.48
Turnout			8,500	61.96%	9.05
Registered electors			14,105		4.33
	BJP gain from HPU		Swing	5.05

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Anthony Lyngdoh	3,698	39.47%	11.16
	BJP	Thrang Hok Rangad	2,907	31.02%	New
	INC	Manash Das Gupta	1,232	13.15%	25.50
	AHL(AM)	W.Hajon	928	9.90%	New
	Independent	Garland Nonglait	277	2.96%	New
	Independent	Omarka Lyngdoh	254	2.71%	New
	Independent	P. K. R. Deb	74	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			791	8.44%	3.54
Turnout			9,370	70.66%	1.77
Registered electors			13,519		16.61
	HPU hold		Swing	11.16

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Laban^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Anthony Lyngdoh	3,964	50.63%	*New*
	INC	Bhaskar Choudhary	3,026	38.65%	1.26
	CPI	J. Lanong	252	3.22%	5.85
	HSPDP	K. S. Swer	245	3.13%	1.08
	PDC	Hoster Diengdoh	240	3.07%	New
	Independent	Mrityunjoy Chakravarty	82	1.05%	New
	Independent	Mahmud Quamrul Ahsan	21	0.27%	New
Margin of victory			938	11.98%	2.20
Turnout			7,830	69.22%	1.00
Registered electors			11,593		18.94
	HPU gain from INC		Swing	10.72

1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Laban^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhaskar Choudhury	2,588	39.90%	3.90
	AHL	Garland Nonglait	1,668	25.72%	3.91
	Independent	Arthur P. Massar	752	11.59%	New
	CPI	Binoy Lahiri	588	9.07%	New
	Independent	Manas Choudhury	372	5.74%	New
	Independent	Hasibuddin Ahmed	143	2.20%	New
	HSPDP	Richard M. Toi	133	2.05%	7.02
Margin of victory			920	14.18%	0.02
Turnout			6,486	69.96%	1.31
Registered electors			9,747		49.93
	INC hold		Swing	3.90

1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Laban^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bhaskar Choudhury	1,932	43.80%	2.41
	AHL	Rayland Singh Lyngdoh	1,307	29.63%	New
	HSPDP	Richard M. Toi	400	9.07%	New
	Independent	Korno Singh	395	8.95%	New
	INC(I)	Neena Rynjah	238	5.40%	New
	Independent	Motilal Diengdoh	139	3.15%	New
Margin of victory			625	14.17%	1.45
Turnout			4,411	70.10%	13.40
Registered electors			6,501		14.22
	INC hold		Swing	2.41

1972 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Laban^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Parsvanath Choudhury	1,708	41.39%	*New*
	Independent	Muriel Selma Dunn	1,183	28.66%	New
	Independent	Dr. Subrata Das	746	18.08%	New
	Independent	Hasting Kharkongor	490	11.87%	New
Margin of victory			525	12.72%
Turnout			4,127	56.26%
Registered electors			7,579
	INC win (new seat)