Interestingly, not only a one vote margin, even a ‘tie’ has occured at least twice. On 2 February 1988, in the assembly constituency of Kherapara in the West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya, a tie occurred between Chemberlin Marak (Independent) and Roster M. Sangma (INC), both polling 2,591 votes. The returning officer declared Marak the winner by a draw of lots.
