Meghalaya assembly election, Feb 1998

60 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 72.34% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

308

15 women, 3 elected

Turnout

72.34%

8.37 lakh of 11.6 lakh

Leading party

INC

25 of 60 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Meghalaya

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	25	+1	59	2,93,346	35.03%	+0.41
UDP UDP	20	+20	56	2,26,026	26.99%	—
IND Independent	5	-5	85	1,35,356	16.16%	-1.11
PDM PDM	3	+3	19	58,225	6.95%	—
HPDP HPDP	3	+3	19	56,682	6.77%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	3	+3	28	41,924	5.01%	+1.33
GNC GNC	1	+1	16	17,650	2.11%	—
HSP HSP	0	0	3	4,754	0.57%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	9	1,387	0.17%	+0.03
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	0	8	1,253	0.15%	—
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	5	742	0.09%	—
JD Janata Dal	0	0	1	38	0.00%	—

INC25 (42%)
UDP20 (33%)
IND5 (8%)
PDM3 (5%)
HPDP3 (5%)
BJP3 (5%)
Others1 (2%)

INC25
UDP20
IND5
PDM3
HPDP3
BJP3
Others1

INC25
UDP20
IND5
PDM3
HPDP3
BJP3
GNC1

Constituency performance

From the 60 results in Meghalaya

Closest contest

SOHRYNGKHAM

won by 10 (0.08%)

Biggest victory

PARIONG

won by 4,030 (34.35%)

Highest turnout

RYMBAI

87.65%

Lowest turnout

LAITUMKHARAH

55.40%

Seat change

Against Meghalaya's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1993), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained16 (27%)
Changed hands44 (73%)

16 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 44 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Meghalaya, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AMPATIGIRI	INCMUKUL SANGMA	INDMONENDRO AGITOK	4,92530.86%	80.3%
BAGHMARA	INCLOTSING A. SANGMA	UDPSENGRAN SANGMA	6705.17%	77.6%
BAJENGDOBA	INCCHAMBERLINE B. MARAK	UDPJOHN MANNER MARAK	1941.55%	72.8%
CHOKPOT	GNCCLIFFORD R. MARAK	INCMASONSING M. SANGMA	4574.22%	74.9%
DADENGGIRI	INDAUGUSTINE MARAK	INCEDMUND K. SANGMA	1,0416.49%	74.3%
DALAMGIRI	INCADMIRAL SANGMA	INDSEMFORD SANGMA	5565.04%	76.4%
DALU	BJPNITYANARAYAN SIMCHANG	INCARCHIBOLD SANGMA	3002.83%	73.8%
DIENGLIENG	UDPMARTLE N. MUKHIM	INCMEDISTAR WARBAH	1,38211.37%	72.3%
JAIAW	UDPA.H. SCOTT LYNGDOH	BJPMARTAMLIN PYRBOT	2,04921.11%	62.6%
JIRANG	INCJ.D. RYMBAI	UDPMICHEAL GIRI DKHAR	3,51825.88%	63.5%
JOWAI	UDPSINGH MULIEH	INCROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOO	2121.22%	81.2%
KHARKUTTA	INCELSTONE D. MARAK	INDOMILLO K. SANGMA	3,72528.52%	71.3%
KHERAPARA	INCBRENING SANGMA	GNCJENNAR S. MARAK	3,70231.13%	73.1%
LABAN	BJPTHRANG HOK RANGAD	UDPANTHONY LYNGDOH	5075.96%	60.3%
LAITUMKHARAH	INCROBERT GARNETT LYNGDOH	UDPMARGARET ROSE MAWLONG	2,13821.87%	55.4%
LANGRIN	PDMMARTIN M. DANGGO	INCPROBIN K. RASWAI	1240.88%	77.2%
LYNGKYRDEM	UDPB.B. LYNGDOH	INCYOUNGSTENSHON TYNSONG	8176.97%	61.8%
MAHENDRAGANJ	INCABDUS SALEH	BJPMAHENDRA MODAK	1,63912.27%	84.2%
MAIRANG	INCKITDOR SYIEM	HPDPFULLER LYNGDOH MAWNAI	1,2907.77%	74.9%
MALKI-NONGTHYMMAI	INCTONY CORTIS LYNGDOH	UDPBINDO M. LANONG	4213.47%	56.6%
MAWHATI	INCPHINGWELL MUKTIEH	INDRANGKYNSAI MAKDOH	6965.02%	77.5%
MAWKHAR	UDPROSHAN WARJRI	INCFRIDAY LYNGDOH	821.28%	59.7%
MAWKYRWAT	UDPB. BIRES NONGSIEJ	INCROWELL LYNGDOH	1741.23%	79.4%
MAWLAI	UDPPROCESS T. SAWKMIE	PDMFOUNDER S. CAJEE	6784.28%	65.7%
MAWPREM	INCDHRUBANATH JOSHI	BJPH. AIONTIS ROY KHARPHULI	1,78916.82%	57.8%
MAWSYNRAM	UDPD.PLASLANDING IANGJUH	INCMESTONNATH KHARCHANDY	1,97815.76%	72.5%
MAWTHENGKUT	HPDPMAYSALIN WAR	INCH. LEDISHON NONGSIANG	5973.99%	74.0%
MENDIPATHAR	INCFRANKENSTEIN W. MOMIN	UDPBENINSTAND G. MOMIN	1450.97%	76.5%
MYLLIEM	INDPYNSHAI M. SYIEM	PDMSOUNDER S. CAJEE	6064.14%	75.0%
NARTIANG	UDPH. BRITAINWAR DAN	INCHENRY LAMIN	2,28412.77%	80.2%
NONGBAH-WAHIAJER	UDPKYRMEN SUSNGI	INCEDMUND SPEAKERSON LYNGDOH	2,74616.14%	81.5%
NONGKREM	PDMELSTON ROY KHARKONGOR	UDPJOHN F. KHARSHIING	9867.07%	73.4%
NONGPOH	INCD.D. LAPANG	UDPCONSTANTINE LYNGDOH	2,50415.33%	77.0%
NONGSHKEN	INCKHAN KHONGDKHAR	UDPGANOLD STONE MASSAR	2502.22%	71.5%
NONGSPUNG	UDPJOHN ANTHONY LYGDOH	INCS. LONIAK MARBANIANG	1,2367.72%	76.1%
NONGSTOIN	HPDPHOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH	INCJESPARWELL DKHAR	3,88619.53%	63.9%
PARIONG	HPDPTUBARLIN LYNGDOH NONGLAIT	INCRICARDUS IAWPHNIAW	4,03034.35%	73.0%
PHULBARI	INDABU TAHER MONDAL	INDMANIRUL ISLAM SARKER	2041.17%	80.9%
PYNTHORUMKHRAH	BJPA.L. HEK	INCJAMES MARVIN PARIAT	2,50517.46%	61.0%
RAJABALA	INCKAPIN CH. BORO	UDPSAYEEDULLAH NONGRUM	1290.80%	80.5%
RALIANG	UDPMISHALAN SUCHIANG	INCHERBERT SUCHIANG	2251.15%	83.7%
RANGSAKONA	INCADOLF LUHITLER MARAK	INDDIPUL R. MARAK	3,02125.61%	78.2%
RESUBELPARA	INCSALSENG C. MARAK	UDPTIMOTHY SHIRA	2822.14%	72.8%
RONGCHUGIRI	INCBECKSTAR SANGMA	INDSHERJEE M. SANGMA	2,00218.94%	79.2%
RONGJENG	INCSUJIT SANGMA	UDPPLEANDER G. MOMIN	2,53921.59%	69.4%
RONGRAM	INCMETHRONA MARAK	INDCARY MARAK	8706.52%	67.1%
RONGRENGGIRI	INCDEBORA C. MARAK	UDPPROJEND D. SANGMA	1,72310.00%	65.0%
RYMBAI	UDPSIMON SIANGSHAI	PDMOBIL KYNDAIT	3341.34%	87.7%
SALMANPURA	UDPNIMARSON MOMIN	INCGOPINATH SANGMA	7876.11%	72.3%
SELSELLA	PDMCYPRIAN R. SANGMA	INCATUL C. MARAK	7947.67%	75.1%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Meghalaya alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Meghalaya assembly election, Feb 1998?

Indian National Congress won 25 of 60 seats in Meghalaya, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Meghalaya assembly election, Feb 1998?

Turnout was 72.34% — 8.37 lakh of 11.6 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Meghalaya have?

Meghalaya has 60 assembly seats.