Dataset Overview

This dataset consists of year-wise women candidates contested in assembly election of Meghalaya. It consists of other details like constituencies name, age, party name, party symbol, votes secured and the position after final result

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Organisation

Election Commission of India

Sectors

Electoral Statistics

Update Frequency

As and When

Granularity

State

Time Saved

4 hours

Number of rows

172

Number of Columns

Sources

ECI Statistical Reports

Time Period

1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023

Units

general_votes_secured in Absolute Number

postal_votes_secured in Absolute Number

total_votes_secured in Absolute Number

Data Preview

year	state	constituency_name	constituency_number	constituency_type	party_abbreviation	party_symbol	candidate_category	candidate_name	gender	age	result	position	general_votes_secured	postal_votes_secured	total_votes_secured	percent_votes_secured	unit
2023	Meghalaya	William Nagar	43	William Nagar	INC	Hand	Scheduled Tribe	Deborah C. Marak	Female	57	Lost	2	6940	193	7133	23.98	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	West Shillong	18	General	INC	Hand	Scheduled Tribe	Bethleen Dkhar	Female	50	Forfeited Deposit	5	393	24	417	2.22	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Sutnga Saipung	5	Scheduled Tribe	NPEP	Book	Scheduled Tribe	Santa Mary Shylla	Female	39	Won	1	16719	255	16974	39.1	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	South Shillong	19	General	IND	Battery torch	Scheduled Tribe	Angela G. Rangad	Female	47	Lost	3	1662	52	1714	7.93	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	South Shillong	19	General	INC	Hand	Scheduled Tribe	Venetia Pearl Mawlong	Female	48	Forfeited Deposit	5	1052	34	1086	5.02	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Songsak	41	Scheduled Tribe	RPI	Pen nib with seven rays	Scheduled Tribe	Sarenni Marak	Female	46	Forfeited Deposit	5	296	0	296	1.04	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Sohra	28	Scheduled Tribe	INC	Hand	Scheduled Tribe	Lakyntiew Sohkhlet	Female	35	Forfeited Deposit	6	219	10	229	0.85	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Sohra	28	Scheduled Tribe	VOTPP	Winnower	Scheduled Tribe	G.Phaiyolin Nongrum	Female	60	Forfeited Deposit	5	904	12	916	3.41	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Shella	26	Scheduled Tribe	NPEP	Book	Scheduled Tribe	Grace Mary Kharpuri	Female	55	Lost	2	12722	118	12840	41.94	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage
2023	Meghalaya	Shella	26	Scheduled Tribe	BJP	Lotus	Scheduled Tribe	Arena Hynniewta	Female	43	Lost	3	2655	15	2670	8.72	general_votes_secured in absolute number, postal_votes_secured in absolute number, total_votes_secured in absolute number, percent_votes_secured in Percentage

Metadata

Name	Number of Distinct Values	Number of Unique Values	Type	Count
year	10	0	Number	172
state	1	0	Text	172
constituency_name	62	19	Text	172
constituency_number	50	10	Number	172
constituency_type	3	0	Text	172
party_abbreviation	28	11	Text	172
party_symbol	10	3	Text	36
candidate_category	1	0	Text	115
candidate_name	139	113	Text	172
gender	1	0	Text	172
age	40	11	Number	115
result	3	0	Text	172
position	10	0	Number	172
general_votes_secured	112	110	Number	114
postal_votes_secured	59	41	Number	114
total_votes_secured	164	159	Number	171
percent_votes_secured	162	154	Number	171
unit	1	0	Text	172
note	0	0	Unsupported	0

Citation

Election Commission of India. Election Year and Constituency-wise Women Candidates Contested in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/14837

Election Year and Constituency-wise Women Candidates Contested in the Assembly Elections of Meghalaya