CHAPTER- XVII
COMPERATIVE STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTION (YEAR WISE)
Sl.	Particulars	YEAR
		1978	1980	1984	1990	1995	1999	2004	2009
1	Population	467511  (As Per 1971 Census)	467511	631839 (As Per 1981 Census)	631839 (As Per 1981 Census)	864558 (As Per 1991 Census)	864558 (As Per 1991 Census)	1097968 (As Per 2001 Census)	1097968 (As Per 2001 Census)
			(As Per 1971 Census)
2
	Electors	239795	266726	319049	511305	534001	611481	683542	******725208
3	No. of Dists.	5	5	10	11	12	15	16	16
	No. of P.C.	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
4	No. of A.C.	30	30	30	60	60	60	60	60
5	No. of Polling	767	920	1154	1578	1728	1741	1754	2063
	Stations
6	Average Electors Per Polling Stations	312      (Approx)	290      (Approx)	276 (Approx)	324 (Approx)	309 (Approx)	351 (Approx)	389  (Approx)	351 (Approx)
7	Votes Polled	*164600	**180045	*** 237584	**** 356286	433657	***** 424337	****** 460555	******* 575634
	i) Valid Votes	158988	170816	224717	349107	424827	411532	459530	574670
	ii)In valid Votes	5599	9229	12867	7179	8748	12770	1025	964
8	Percentage of Polling	56.27	68.58	75.46	59.13	51.28	69.39	67.38	79.50
*Excluding 3-Dirang –Kalaktang and 29-Niausa-Kanubari A/Cs where the candidate elected un-contested.
**Excluding 29-Niausa-Kanubari A/C where the candidate elected un-contested.
***Excluding 7-Koloriang A/C where the candidate elected un-contested.
****Excluding 2-Tawang, 3-Mukto and 21-Koloriang A/Cs where the candidate elected un-contested.
*****Excluding 2-Tawaang, 41-Anini, 43-Roing and 55-Khonsa East A/Cs where the candidate elected un-contested.
******Excluding 3-Mukto(ST), 4-dirang(ST) and 15-Sagalee(ST) A/Cs where the candidate elected un-contested.