SHELLA
Assembly seat no. 26 in Meghalaya · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 11 times since 1972.
Every election in this seat
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin % | Candidates | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UNITEDDEMO…BALAJIED KUPAR SYNREM | NPPGRACE MARY KHARPURI | 434 | 1.42% | 5 | 87.3% |
| 2018 | UDPDONKUPAR ROY | PDFLESTON WANSWETT | 370 | 1.48% | 6 | 86.3% |
| 2013 | UDPDONKUPAR ROY | INDLESTON WANSWETT | 355 | 1.92% | 5 | 88.4% |
| 20081973 boundaries | UDPDR. DONKUPAR ROY | INCLESTON WANSWETT | 939 | 9.28% | 3 | 90.0% |
| 20031973 boundaries | UDPDONKUPAR ROY | KHNAMSHRI PYNDAPBORTHIAW SAIBON | 222 | 2.32% | 6 | 66.1% |
| 19981973 boundaries | UDPDONKUPAR ROY | INCG.GRANDERSON SYIEMLIEH | 811 | 9.54% | 4 | 63.8% |
| 19931973 boundaries | INDDONKUPAR ROY | INCG. GRANDERSON SYEMLIEH | 742 | 7.39% | 4 | 69.2% |
| 19881973 boundaries | INDDONKUPAR ROY | HPUS. GALMENDER SINGH LYNGDOH | 418 | 5.49% | 6 | 73.3% |
| 19831973 boundaries | AHLS. GALMENDAR SINGH LYNGDOH | PDCR. WESTER TIEWSOH | 321 | 4.84% | 7 | 66.4% |
| 19781973 boundaries | AHLSTANLEY D.D.NICHOLS ROY | INDR.WESTER TIEWSHOH | 779 | 13.21% | 7 | 64.0% |
| 19721966 boundaries | AHLSTANELY D D NOCHOLS ROY | INDPROS ERLY CHANDRA CHYNE | 1,282 | 26.56% | 4 | 57.1% |
Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the SHELLA assembly constituency in 2023?
BALAJIED KUPAR SYNREM (UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY) won SHELLA in 2023, by a margin of 434 votes.
Which party has won SHELLA the most times?
UDP, with 5 of the 11 wins recorded since 1972.
How many times has SHELLA gone to the polls?
11 times, from 1972 to 2023.
Who has won SHELLA the most times?
DONKUPAR ROY, with 6 wins between 1988 and 2018.







