Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, 2013
23 February 2013

  First party Second party
 
Party INC UDP
Last election 25 seats[1] 11 seats[2]
Seats won 29 8
Seat change Increase 4[3] Decrease 3[4]
Chief Minister before election

Mukul Sangma
INC

 Chief Minister

Mukul Sangma
INC

The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2013 was held on 23 February 2013 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in the state of Meghalaya in India.

Background

The 8th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly was formed after Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election in 2008 and this assembly is to expire on 10 March 2013.[5] Hence the new election to the 9th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is announced by the Election Commission of India.[6]

After the scrutiny of the nomination by the candidates, 345 candidates were able to contest in polls in which 320 men and 25 women.[7]

Results

← Summary of the 23 February 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 458,78334.8 29Increase4
United Democratic Party (UDP) 225,67617.1 8Decrease3
National People's Party (NPP) 116,2518.8 2Increase2
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) 55,0494.2 4Increase2
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 24,2561.8 2Decrease13
North East Social Democratic Party (NESDP) 10,3360.8 1Increase1
Garo National Council (GNC) 9,3000.7 1Increase1
Independents (IND) 365,28710.0 13Increase8
Total 1,319,039100.00 70±0

References

  1. ↑ www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE2008/StatReport2008_MG.pdf
  2. ↑ www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE2008/StatReport2008_MG.pdf
  3. ↑ eciresults.ap.nic.in
  4. ↑ eciresults.ap.nic.in
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Election Commission of India". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  6. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_11012013.pdf
  7. ↑ http://ceomeghalaya.nic.in/electionconducted/mla2013/list-of-contesting-candidates.pdf
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