Songsak Assembly constituency
Appearance
Songsak | |
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Constituency No. 41 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | Northeast India |
State | Meghalaya |
District | East Garo Hills |
LS constituency | Tura |
Established | 1972 |
Total electors | 31,824[1] |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Songsak is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.[2] It is part of East Garo Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Tura Lok Sabha constituency.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Source:[3]
Year | Member | Party | |
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1972 | Elwin Sangma | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
1975* | Miriam D. Shira | ||
1978 | Miriam D. Shira | Independent | |
1983 | Elwin Sangma | Indian National Congress | |
1988 | Lehinson Sangma | Hill People's Union | |
1993 | Tonsing N. Marak | Indian National Congress | |
1998 | Tonsing N. Marak | ||
2003 | Heltone N. Marak | United Democratic Party | |
2005* | Tonsing N. Marak | Indian National Congress | |
2008 | Nihim D. Shira | Nationalist Congress Party | |
2013 | National People's Party | ||
2018 | Mukul Sangma[4] | Indian National Congress | |
2021 | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
2023 | All India Trinamool Congress |
*by-election
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mukul Sangma | ||||
INC | |||||
NPP | Nihim D. Shira | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
AITC gain from INC | Swing |
2018
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dr. Mukul Sangma | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Songsak (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 – Meghalaya – Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.