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, 2003
SHRI BILLYKID SANGMA
IND
Elections held
8
1972–2008
Most successful party
INC
won 5 of 8
Margin, 2003
1,777
7.53% of valid votes
Result, 2003
Runner-up
INDSHRI JOHN LESLEE SANGMA
- Votes
- 5,394
- Vote share
- 22.86%
- Behind by
- 1,777
Electors
41,142
Total votes polled
23,600
Valid votes
23,600
NOTA votes
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Turnout
57.4%
Full result, 2003
7 candidates · 23,600 valid votes
SHRI BILLYKID SANGMAINDwon
7,171
30.4%
SHRI JOHN LESLEE SANGMAIND
5,394
22.9%
SHRI JOHN S. D. SHIRAIND
3,370
14.3%
SHRI KULERT CHERAN MOMINNCP
3,304
14.0%
SHRI JOYLANCE MOMININC
2,175
9.2%
SHRI ROSTER SANGMABJP
1,693
7.2%
SHRI INDRAJIT A. SANGMAIND
493
2.1%
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
