Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2003
60 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 70.37% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
333
14 women, 2 elected
Turnout
70.37%
9.02 lakh of 12.8 lakh
Leading party
INC
22 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Meghalaya
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 22 | -3 | 60 | 2,70,269 | 29.96% | -5.07 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 14 | +14 | 54 | 1,74,972 | 19.40% | — |
| UDPUDP | 9 | -11 | 45 | 1,44,255 | 15.99% | -11.00 |
| INDIndependent | 5 | 0 | 58 | 1,09,686 | 12.16% | -4.00 |
| MDPMDP | 4 | +4 | 18 | 47,852 | 5.31% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 2 | -1 | 28 | 48,932 | 5.42% | +0.42 |
| HPDPHPDP | 2 | -1 | 22 | 44,520 | 4.94% | -1.83 |
| KHNAMKHNAM | 2 | +2 | 22 | 32,677 | 3.62% | — |
| PDMPDM | 0 | -3 | 8 | 16,245 | 1.80% | -5.15 |
| GNCGNC | 0 | -1 | 7 | 8,483 | 0.94% | -1.17 |
| KFDPKFDP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2,478 | 0.27% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 811 | 0.09% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 551 | 0.06% | -0.10 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 245 | 0.03% | -0.06 |
- INC22 (37%)
- NCP14 (23%)
- UDP9 (15%)
- IND5 (8%)
- MDP4 (7%)
- BJP2 (3%)
- Others4 (7%)
- INC22
- NCP14
- UDP9
- IND5
- MDP4
- BJP2
- Others4
- INC22
- NCP14
- UDP9
- IND5
- MDP4
- BJP2
- HPDP2
- KHNAM2
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Meghalaya
Closest contest
PARIONG
won by 29 (0.24%)
Biggest victory
PYNTHORUMKHRAH
won by 7,159 (46.38%)
Highest turnout
MAHENDRAGANJ
82.72%
Lowest turnout
LAITUMKHIRAH
45.50%
Seat change
Against Meghalaya's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1998), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained23 (38%)
- Changed hands36 (60%)
- New seat1 (2%)
23 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 36 changed hands. 1 did not exist at the previous election.
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
- INC
- NCP
- UDP
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMPATIGIRI | INCDR. MUKUL SANGMA | NCPSHRI ERIL SANGMA | 2,13912.38% | 77.2% |
| BAGHMARA | INCSHRI SENGRAN SANGMA | NCPSHRI LOTSING SANGMA | 1,64811.12% | 75.7% |
| BAJENGDOBA | NCPSHRI JOHN MANNER MARAK | INCSHRI CHAMBERLINE B. MARAK | 1,83312.24% | 75.9% |
| CHOKPOT | NCPSHRI MASONSING M. SANGMA | GNCSHRI CLIFFORD R. MARAK | 2,05416.13% | 76.3% |
| DADENGGIRI | NCPSHRI EDMUND K SANGMA | INCSHRI AUGUSTINE MARAK | 3231.76% | 77.8% |
| DALAMGIRI | NCPSHRI ADMIRAL SANGMA | INCSHRI IRA MARAK | 1,61013.17% | 78.7% |
| DALU | NCPSHRI SAMUEL SANGMA | BJPSHRI NITYANARAYAN SIMCHANG | 2682.42% | 71.9% |
| DIENGLIENG | MDPSHRI. MARTLE N. MUKHIM | KHNAMSHRI. TEILANG STAR BLAH | 2,46319.65% | 72.4% |
| JAIAW | KHNAMSHRI. PAUL LYNGDOH | HPDPSHRI. MARTAMLIN PYRBOT | 3,59035.00% | 57.7% |
| JIRANG | INCSHRI. J.DRINGWEL RYMBAI | UDPSHRI. ARTIST RANEE | 1,2018.61% | 61.8% |
| JOWAI | UDPSHRI. SINGH MULIEH | INCDR. ROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOO | 6613.64% | 76.9% |
| KHARKUTTA | NCPSHRI ELSTONE D. MARAK | INCSHRI SUBASH MARAK | 3,33821.09% | 75.7% |
| KHERAPARA | NCPSHRI BRENING A. SANGMA | INCSHRI KENETHSON SANGMA | 2,70420.61% | 75.7% |
| LABAN | BJPSHRI. THRANG HOK RANGAD | INCSHRI. ANTHONY LYNGDOH | 2,90934.78% | 55.1% |
| LAITUMKHIRAH | INCSHRI. ROBERT GARNETT LYNGDOH | BJPDR. WERLOK KHARSHIING | 3,09435.99% | 45.5% |
| LANGRIN | INCSHRI. MARTIN M.DANGGO | NCPSHRI. PROBIN K.RASWAI | 1,5029.85% | 72.4% |
| LYNGKYRDEM | INCSHRI. PRESTONE TYNSONG | MDPSMTI. SYRPAI KHONGLAH | 4173.16% | 65.3% |
| MAHENDRAGANJ | NCPSHRI NIDHU RAM HAJONG | INDSHRI ABDUS SALEH | 1,69911.56% | 82.7% |
| MAIRANG | INCSHRI. BOLDNESS L.NONGRUM | HPDPSHRI. FULLER LYNGDOH MAWNAI | 7984.07% | 76.4% |
| MALKI-NONGTHYMMAI | INCSHRI. TONY CURTIS LYNGDOH | UDPSHRI. BINDO M. LANONG | 2,59222.92% | 48.9% |
| MAWHATI | INCSHRI. PHINGWELL MUKTIEH | UDPSHRI. S.R. MOKSHA | 7515.31% | 72.1% |
| MAWKHAR | INCSHRI. FRIDAY LYNGDOH | KHNAMSHRI. JAMES MARVIN PARIAT | 2,41840.01% | 51.7% |
| MAWKYRWAT | UDPSHRI. B.BIRES NONGSIEJ | INCSHRI. ROWELL LYNGDOH | 1,2938.24% | 77.8% |
| MAWLAI | MDPSHRI. PROCESS T.SAWKMIE | PDMSHRI. FOUNDER S.CAJEE | 1,78210.87% | 62.4% |
| MAWPREM | NCPSHRI. ARDHENDU CHOUDHURI | INCSHRI. DHRUBANATH JOSHI | 1,15711.11% | 51.5% |
| MAWSYNRAM | MDPSHRI. D.PLASLANDING IANGJUH | INCSHRI. GOPAL STONE HYNNIEWTA | 7605.72% | 68.4% |
| MAWTHENGKUT | INDSHRI FRANCIS PONDIT R. SANGMA | INCSHRI. H.LEDISHON NONGSIANG | 8605.18% | 71.9% |
| MENDIPATHAR | UDPSHRI BENINSTAND G. MOMIN | INCSHRI FRANKENSTEIN W. MOMIN | 9655.69% | 76.2% |
| MYLLIEM | INDSHRI. PYNSHAI M. SYIEM | INCSHRI ORIS SYIEM MYRIAW | 2,54917.92% | 66.7% |
| NARTIANG | MDPSHRI. DRAISON KHARSHIING | UDPSHRI. H. BRITAINWAR DAN | 3351.82% | 76.4% |
| NONGBAH-WAHIAJER | UDPSHRI. KYRMEN SUSNGI | INCSHRI. EDMUND SPEAKERSON LYNGDOH | 1,7819.92% | 79.6% |
| NONGKREM | KHNAMSHRI. LAMBOR MALNGIANG | UDPSHRI. H.S.SHYLLA | 820.53% | 71.5% |
| NONGPOH | INCSHRI. D.D.LAPANG | UDPSHRI. CONSTANTINE LYNGDOH | 1,70811.19% | 65.3% |
| NONGSHKEN | INCSHRI. KHAN KHONGDKHAR | KHNAMSHRI. GANOLD STONE MASSAR | 1,0538.95% | 72.3% |
| NONGSPUNG | UDPSHRI. JOHN ANTHONY LYNGDOH | HPDPSHRI. S. LONIAK MARBANIANG | 2,10013.11% | 70.0% |
| NONGSTOIN | HPDPSHRI. HOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH | INCSHRI. FRANCIS K.MAWLOT | 4942.38% | 60.9% |
| PARIONG | INCSMTI. IRIN LYNGDOH | HPDPSHRI. TUBARLIN LYNGDOH | 290.24% | 71.5% |
| PHULBARI | INCSHRI MANIRUL ISLAM SARKAR | BJPSHRI APERSON G. MOMIN | 1,5548.22% | 81.2% |
| PYNTHORUMKHRAH | BJPSHRI. A.L.HEK | INCSHRI. ONWARD L. NONGTDU | 7,15946.38% | 54.8% |
| RAJABALA | INCSHRI SAYEEDULLAH NONGRUM | NCPSHRI CLEMENT MARAK | 2141.23% | 78.8% |
| RALIANG | UDPSHRI. MIHSALAN SUCHIANG | NCPSHRI. WANBAIT CHULET | 1,1585.56% | 80.3% |
| RANGSAKONA | INCSHRI ZENITH M SANGMA | NCPSHRI ADOLF LU HITLER R. MARAK | 3352.56% | 78.5% |
| RESUBELPARA | NCPSHRI TIMOTHY SHIRA | INCSHRI SALSENG C. MARAK | 9946.66% | 73.1% |
| RONGCHUGIRI | NCPSHRI BECKSTAR SANGMA | INDSHRI CHANANG K MARAK | 2792.30% | 82.4% |
| RONGJENG | INDSHRI PREDICKSON G. MOMIN | NCPSHRI ASHUTOSH MARAK | 2,36417.71% | 71.1% |
| RONGRAM | INDSHRI SENGMAN R. MARAK | NCPSHRI CRINATHSON A. SANGMA | 1,56210.15% | 69.6% |
| RONGRENGGIRI | INCSMTI DEBORA C. MARAK | NCPSHRI MARCUISE MARAK | 610.30% | 67.3% |
| RYMBAI | INCNEHLANG LYNGDOH | INDOBIL KYNDAIT | 4,25216.31% | 80.2% |
| SALMANPURA | NCPSHRI. GOPINATH SANGMA | UDPSHRI NIMARSON MOMIN | 8435.59% | 77.0% |
| SELSELLA | NCPSHRI CYPRIAN R. SANGMA | INCSHRI ATUL C. MARAK | 1701.49% | 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, Mar 2003?
Indian National Congress won 22 of 60 seats in Meghalaya, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2003?
Turnout was 70.37% — 9.02 lakh of 12.8 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Meghalaya have?
Meghalaya has 60 assembly seats.