Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2008
60 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 89.39% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
338
21 women, 1 elected
Turnout
89.39%
11 lakh of 12.3 lakh
Leading party
INC
25 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Meghalaya
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 25 | +3 | 60 | 3,62,617 | 32.90% | +2.94 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 15 | +1 | 50 | 2,28,760 | 20.76% | +1.36 |
| UDPUDP | 11 | +2 | 54 | 2,02,511 | 18.37% | +2.38 |
| INDIndependent | 5 | 0 | 77 | 1,45,834 | 13.23% | +1.07 |
| HSPDPHSPDP | 2 | +2 | 15 | 42,235 | 3.83% | — |
| KHNAMKHNAM | 1 | -1 | 16 | 48,833 | 4.43% | +0.81 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 1 | -1 | 23 | 29,465 | 2.67% | -2.75 |
| MDPMDP | 0 | -4 | 18 | 30,691 | 2.78% | -2.52 |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6,827 | 0.62% | — |
| GNCGNC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,081 | 0.37% | -0.57 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 282 | 0.03% | -0.04 |
- INC25 (42%)
- NCP15 (25%)
- UDP11 (18%)
- IND5 (8%)
- HSPDP2 (3%)
- KHNAM1 (2%)
- Others1 (2%)
- INC25
- NCP15
- UDP11
- IND5
- HSPDP2
- KHNAM1
- Others1
- INC25
- NCP15
- UDP11
- IND5
- HSPDP2
- KHNAM1
- BJP1
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Meghalaya
Closest contest
DIENGLIENG
won by 66 (0.40%)
Biggest victory
JAIAW
won by 6,695 (53.17%)
Highest turnout
RALIANG
95.91%
Lowest turnout
LAITUMKHARAH
77.28%
Seat change
Against Meghalaya's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2003), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained22 (37%)
- Changed hands37 (62%)
- New seat1 (2%)
22 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 37 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 | NCPCLEMENT MOMIN | 2,96615.48% | 90.5% |
| BAGHMARA | NCPSATTO MARAK | INCARJUN W. MOMIN | 1,91511.84% | 88.5% |
| BAJENGDOBA | NCPJOHN MANNER MARAK | INCCHAMBERLINE B. MARAK | 1,1466.58% | 93.1% |
| CHOKPOT | NCPMASONSING SANGMA | GNCCLIFFORD MARAK | 9536.48% | 91.8% |
| DADENGGIRI | INCAUGUSTINE D.MARAK | NCPEDMUND K.SANGMA | 1,2255.73% | 91.9% |
| DALAMGIRI | INCSALENG SANGMA | NCPADMIRAL K. SANGMA | 1,1147.64% | 94.3% |
| DALU | INCSAMUEL SANGMA | INDNITYA NARAYAN SIMCHANG | 2802.04% | 91.3% |
| DIENGLIENG | UDPREMINGTON PYNGROPE | MDPMARTLE N MUKHIM | 660.40% | 94.1% |
| JAIAW | KHNAMPAUL LYNGDOH | INCA. H. SCOTT LYNGDOH | 6,69553.17% | 84.3% |
| JIRANG | UDPJ. DRINGWELL RYMBAI | INCWILLIAM MYNSONG | 1,4806.82% | 88.2% |
| JOWAI | INCROYTRE CHRISTOPHER LALOO | UDPSINGH MULIEH | 5933.09% | 92.2% |
| KHARKUTTA | NCPSHRI.OMILLO K.SANGMA | INDSHRI.RUPERT MOMIN | 3071.59% | 89.9% |
| KHERAPARA | NCPPHILLIPOLE MARAK | INCBRENING A. SANGMA | 4,21625.88% | 92.1% |
| LABAN | NCPSANBOR SHULLAI | BJPEDWARD L KHARWANLANG | 2,43822.93% | 81.0% |
| LAITUMKHARAH | UDPM. AMPAREEN LYNGDOH | INDMALCOLM B. TARIANG | 1,59314.39% | 77.3% |
| LANGRIN | INCMARTIN M. DANGGO | UDPKHRANGLIN LYNGKHOI | 4,07420.99% | 91.3% |
| LYNGKYRDEM | INCPRESTONE TYNSONG | KHNAMDOMINIC ROBLIN NONGKYNRIH | 8034.57% | 90.4% |
| MAHENDRAGANJ | INCABDUS SALEH | INDNIDHU RAM HAJONG | 8745.40% | 91.6% |
| MAIRANG | UDPMETBAH LYNGDOH | INCBOLDNESS L.NONGUM | 1,8747.82% | 92.5% |
| MALKI-NONGTHYMMAI | UDPB.M. LANONG | INCTONY CURTIS LYNGDOH | 8635.42% | 79.9% |
| MAWHATI | UDPDONBOK KHYMDEIT | INCPHINGWEL MUKTIEH | 3871.95% | 93.2% |
| MAWKHAR | INCDR FRIDAY LYNGDOH | UDPGANOLD STONE MASSAR | 5779.26% | 79.9% |
| MAWKYRWAT | INCROWELL LYNGDOH | HSPDPENBIN K. RASWAI | 1,3287.29% | 92.2% |
| MAWLAI | INCFOUNDER STRONG CAJEE | UDPP.T. SAWKMIE | 3,07913.21% | 85.5% |
| MAWPREM | INDMANAS CHAUDHURI | INCBINOD KR JOSHI | 2,67817.84% | 79.8% |
| MAWSYNRAM | INCPYNSHNGAINLANG SYIEM | NCPKHRAWKUPAR JYRWA | 2581.61% | 91.2% |
| MAWTHENGKUT | INCFRANCIS PONDIT R. SANGMA | HSPDPK. PHLASTING WELL PANGNIANG | 2,32511.30% | 88.6% |
| MENDIPATHAR | INCFRANKENSTEIN MOMIN | UDPBENINSTAND G MOMIN | 1860.94% | 90.7% |
| MYLLIEM | INCRONNIE V. LYNGDOH | NCPPYNSHAI MANIK SYIEM | 1,4167.36% | 86.9% |
| NARTIANG | NCPE. C. BONIFACE BAMON | INCDRAISON KHARSHIING | 4512.24% | 94.2% |
| NONGBAH-WAHIAJER | INCSNIAWBHALANG DHAR | UDPTHAWAIN PLAIN | 1,4797.16% | 95.3% |
| NONGKREM | UDPARDENT MILLER BASAIAWMOIT | KHNAMLAMBOR MALNGIANG | 7173.52% | 90.2% |
| NONGPOH | INCDR. D.D. LAPANG | UDPDR. CELESTINE LYNGDOH | 7203.33% | 90.7% |
| NONGSHKEN | INDDON KUPAR MASSAR | INCKHAN KHONG DKHAR | 9726.66% | 92.1% |
| NONGSPUNG | UDPJ. ANTONIUS LYNGDOH | INCKENNEDY CORNELIUS KHYRIEM | 7473.95% | 92.0% |
| NONGSTOIN | HSPDPHOPINGSTONE LYNGDOH | INDDAVID HAMAR MARWEIN | 5,58820.04% | 79.7% |
| PARIONG | HSPDPDR. ADVISER PARIONG | INCIRIN LYNGDOH | 1,0266.26% | 93.5% |
| PHULBARI | INDABU TAHER MONDAL | INCMANIRUL ISLAM SARKAR | 2,41810.36% | 90.4% |
| PYNTHORUMKHRAH | BJPA.L. HEK | NCPJAMES MARVIN PARIAT | 8,55940.91% | 80.6% |
| RAJABALA | INCSAYEEDULLAH NONGRUM | NCPASHAHEL D.SHIRA | 1,6627.93% | 92.3% |
| RALIANG | INCCOMINGONE YMBON | UDPMIHSALAN SUCHIANG | 5,84325.40% | 95.9% |
| RANGSAKONA | NCPADOLF LU HITLER R. MARAK | INCZENITH M. SANGMA | 1,83912.12% | 94.7% |
| RESUBELPARA | NCPTIMOTHY SHIRA | INCSALSENG C. MARAK | 2921.68% | 90.0% |
| RONGCHUGIRI | NCPJAMES PANGSANG KONGKAL SANGMA | INCBECKSTER SANGMA | 1,43810.23% | 95.4% |
| RONGJENG | NCPSHRI.DESANG M.SANGMA | INCSHRI.SENGNAM MARAK | 3,31120.76% | 88.8% |
| RONGRAM | INDISMAIL R.MARAK | INCSENGMAN R.MARAK | 1,5348.51% | 90.4% |
| RONGRENGGIRI | NCPSHRI.MARCUISE N.MARAK | INCSMT.DEBORA C.MARAK | 3,36113.13% | 85.8% |
| RYMBAI | INCNEHLANG LYNGDOH | NCPSIMON SIANGSHAI | 7,03726.15% | 90.7% |
| SALMANPURA | UDPNIMARSON MOMIN | INDBOSTON MARAK | 7374.22% | 90.2% |
| SELSELLA | NCPCONRAD KONGKAL SANGMA | INCCLEMENT MARAK | 1,39410.53% | 92.7% |
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 2008?
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, Mar 2008?
Turnout was 89.39% — 11 lakh of 12.3 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Meghalaya have?
Meghalaya has 60 assembly seats.