TURA
Assembly seat no. 52 in Meghalaya · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1972.
Meghalaya also has a Lok Sabha constituency called TURA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2008
PURNO AGITOK SANGMA
NCP
Elections held
8
1972–2008
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 8
Margin, 2008
2,825
9.19% of valid votes
Result, 2008
Runner-up
INDBILLY KID A. SANGMA
- Votes
- 8,056
- Vote share
- 26.22%
- Behind by
- 2,825
Electors
39,698
Total votes polled
30,729
Valid votes
30,729
NOTA votes
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Turnout
77.4%
Full result, 2008
7 candidates · 30,729 valid votes
PURNO AGITOK SANGMANCPwon
10,881
35.4%
BILLY KID A. SANGMAIND
8,056
26.2%
JOHN LESLEE K. SANGMAIND
5,186
16.9%
CYRUS TANGSENG D. SHIRAINC
2,617
8.5%
ALBERT A. SANGMABJP
1,438
4.7%
KULERT CHERAN MOMININD
1,286
4.2%
TINASH CH. MOMINUDP
1,265
4.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | PURNO AGITOK SANGMA | NCP | 10,881 | 35.41% | BILLY KID A. SANGMA | 2,825 |
| 2003 | SHRI BILLYKID SANGMA | IND | 7,171 | 30.39% | SHRI JOHN LESLEE SANGMA | 1,777 |
| 1998 | KULERT CHERAN MOMIN | IND | 7,126 | 33.20% | JOYLANCE MOMIN | 385 |
| 1993 | JOYLANGE MOMIN | INC | 8,617 | 48.55% | ENILA SHIRA | 5,645 |
| 1988 | PURNO A. SANGMA | INC | 7,003 | 48.61% | LAMBERTH SANGMA | 1,509 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above