SOHIONG
Assembly seat no. 23 in Meghalaya · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 10 times since 1972.
Winner, 2018
SAMLIN MALNGIANG
HSPDP
Elections held
10
1972–2018
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 10
Margin, 2018
622
2.38% of valid votes
Result, 2018
Runner-up
INCH. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH
- Votes
- 11,338
- Vote share
- 43.37%
- Behind by
- 622
Electors
28,726
Total votes polled
26,143
Valid votes
26,143
NOTA votes
175
0.67% of votes polled
Turnout
91.0%
Full result, 2018
3 candidates · 26,143 valid votes
SAMLIN MALNGIANGHSPDPwon
11,960
45.8%
H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOHINC
11,338
43.4%
JUDAH JUSTINE MACDONALD WAHLANGPDF
2,670
10.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 10 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | SAMLIN MALNGIANG | HSPDP | 11,960 | 45.75% | H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | 622 |
| 2013 | H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | INC | 12,353 | 56.53% | BRASTON KHARPHULI | 2,852 |
| 2008 | H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | INC | 8,500 | 38.03% | RAIN AUGUSTINE LYNGDOH | 1,673 |
| 2003 | SHRI. H.DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | INC | 9,518 | 52.87% | SHRI . RAIN AUGUSTINE LYNGDOH | 2,309 |
| 1998 | RAIN AUGUSTINE LYNGDOH | UDP | 8,506 | 47.52% | H. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | 344 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
