Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2018
60 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 86.71% turnout.
Seats
60
Candidates
371
32 women, 3 elected
Turnout
86.71%
16 lakh of 18.4 lakh
Leading party
INC
21 of 60 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Meghalaya
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 21 | -8 | 60 | 4,52,324 | 28.32% | -6.46 |
| NPEPNational People's Party | 19 | +19 | 51 | 3,23,745 | 20.27% | — |
| UDPUDP | 6 | -2 | 35 | 1,83,005 | 11.46% | -5.65 |
| PDFPDF | 4 | +4 | 26 | 1,28,413 | 8.04% | — |
| INDIndependent | 3 | -10 | 85 | 1,76,079 | 11.03% | -16.67 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 2 | +2 | 47 | 1,52,162 | 9.53% | +8.25 |
| HSPDPHSPDP | 2 | -2 | 13 | 84,011 | 5.26% | +1.09 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 1 | -1 | 21 | 29,287 | 1.83% | -0.01 |
| KHNAMKHNAM | 1 | +1 | 8 | 14,164 | 0.89% | +0.16 |
| NPPNPP | 1 | -1 | 1 | 9,656 | 0.60% | -8.21 |
| GNCGNC | 0 | -1 | 6 | 21,682 | 1.36% | +0.65 |
| AITCAll India Trinamool Congress | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5,544 | 0.35% | — |
| AAAPAam Aadmi Party | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,410 | 0.09% | — |
| NEINDPNEINDP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 0.02% | — |
| RPIARPIA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 0.01% | — |
| LJPLok Janshakti Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 0.01% | -0.07 |
- INC21 (35%)
- NPEP19 (32%)
- UDP6 (10%)
- PDF4 (7%)
- IND3 (5%)
- BJP2 (3%)
- Others5 (8%)
- INC21
- NPEP19
- UDP6
- PDF4
- IND3
- BJP2
- Others5
- INC21
- NPEP19
- UDP6
- PDF4
- IND3
- BJP2
- HSPDP2
- NCP1
- Others2
Constituency performance
From the 60 results in Meghalaya
Closest contest
NONGSTOIN
won by 60 (0.19%)
Biggest victory
EAST SHILLONG
won by 6,074 (35.33%)
Highest turnout
MOWKAIAW
94.28%
Lowest turnout
NORTH SHILLONG
69.69%
Seat change
Against Meghalaya's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2013), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained14 (23%)
- Changed hands46 (77%)
14 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 46 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
- INC
- NPEP
- UDP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 60 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 60
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMLAREM | UDPLAHKMEN RYMBUI | NPEPSTEPHANSON MUKHIM | 2,6318.93% | 91.2% |
| AMPATI | INCDR. MUKUL SANGMA | BJPBAKUL CH. HAJONG | 8,10431.06% | 91.4% |
| BAGHMARA | INDSAMUEL M. SANGMA | NPEPSENGNAL N. SANGMA | 2,2428.88% | 87.2% |
| BAJENGDOBA | NPEPPONGSENG MARAK | INCBRIGADY NAPAK MARAK | 1,9647.75% | 88.2% |
| CHOKPOT | INCLAZARUS SANGMA | NPEPSECONDSON A. SANGMA | 2,0518.42% | 86.9% |
| DADENGGRE | NPEPJAMES PANGSANG KONGKAL SANGMA | INDRUPA M. MARAK | 2,78510.10% | 91.4% |
| DALU | NPEPBRENING A. SANGMA | INCKENETHSON SANGMA | 7844.81% | 87.6% |
| EAST SHILLONG | INCMAZEL AMPAREEN LYNGDOH | BJPNEIL ANTONIO WAR | 6,07435.33% | 71.1% |
| GAMBEGRE | NCPSALENG A. SANGMA | INCSADHIARANI M. SANGMA | 1360.57% | 91.4% |
| JIRANG | NPEPSOSTHENES SOHTUN | INCWITNESS DAY SANCLEY | 2200.73% | 84.1% |
| JOWAI | NPEPWAILADMIKI SHYLLA | UDPMOONLIGHT PARIAT | 1,3034.23% | 89.0% |
| KHARKUTTA | NPEPRUPERT MOMIN | INCCHERAK WATRE MOMIN | 8092.51% | 86.7% |
| KHLIEHRIAT | UDPKYRMEN SHYLLA | BJPJUSTINE DKHAR | 8,18123.72% | 90.5% |
| MAHENDRAGANJ | INCDIKKANCHI D. SHIRA | BJPPREMANANDA KOCH | 8,08528.46% | 91.6% |
| MAIRANG | UDPMETBAH LYNGDOH | PDFCOUNCELLOR SINGH WAHLANG | 2,9149.13% | 91.3% |
| MAWHATI | NPEPDASAKHIATBHA LAMARE | INDJULIAS KITBOK DORPHANG | 2040.72% | 88.5% |
| MAWKYNREW | PDFBANTEIDOR LYNGDOH | HSPDPMARTLE N MUKHIM | 5091.91% | 85.7% |
| MAWKYRWAT | HSPDPRENIKTON LYNGDOH TONGKHAR | INCCARNES SOHSHANG | 4581.76% | 85.3% |
| MAWLAI | INCPROCESS T. SAWKMIE | INDTEIBORLANG PATHAW | 1,5744.51% | 81.7% |
| MAWPHLANG | INDSYNTAR KLAS SUNN | INCKENNEDY CORNELIUS KHYRIEM | 7182.75% | 88.7% |
| MAWRYNGKNENG | INCDAVID A NONGRUM | PDFHIGHLANDER KHARMALKI | 3,76313.67% | 85.6% |
| MAWSHYNRUT | NPEPGIGUR MYRTHONG | HSPDPWITTING MAWSOR | 3,42411.38% | 88.7% |
| MAWSYNRAM | INCHIMALAYA MUKTAN SHANGPLIANG | PDFPYNSHNGAINLANG SYIEM | 7942.78% | 90.0% |
| MAWTHADRAISHAN | UDPBROLDING NONGSIEJ | HSPDPBIOLINDA L.NONGLAIT | 1,8295.64% | 91.0% |
| MENDIPATHAR | INCMARTHON SANGMA | NPEPFRANKENSTEIN W. MOMIN | 2,67711.94% | 86.8% |
| MOWKAIAW | UDPNUJORKI SUNGOH | NPEPGILBERT STEN | 2600.89% | 94.3% |
| MYLLIEM | PDFHAMLETSON DOHLING | INCRONNIE V LYNGDOH | 4651.79% | 81.8% |
| NARTIANG | NPEPSNIAWBHALANG DHAR | INCJOPTHIAW LYNGDOH | 2,0986.21% | 92.0% |
| NONGKREM | INDLAMBOR MALNGIANG | HSPDPARDENT MILLER BASAIAWMOIT | 760.28% | 84.5% |
| NONGPOH | INCMAYRALBORN SYIEM | UDPRONA KHYMDEIT | 3,32412.17% | 88.9% |
| NONGSTOIN | NPEPMACMILLAN BYRSAT | INCGABRIEL WAHLANG | 600.19% | 89.8% |
| NONGTHYMMAI | INCCHARLES PYNGROPE | UDPDR. JEMINO MAWTHOH | 9573.96% | 71.4% |
| NORTH SHILLONG | KHNAMADELBERT NONGRUM | BJPJ. ANTONIUS LYNGDOH | 4062.19% | 69.7% |
| NORTH TURA | NPEPTHOMAS A. SANGMA | INCNOVERFIELD R. MARAK | 2,0968.88% | 77.3% |
| PHULBARI | NPEPS. G. ESMATUR MOMININ | INCABU TAHER MONDAL | 1,1344.56% | 92.5% |
| PYNTHORUMKHRAH | BJPALEXANDER LALOO HEK | PDFJAMES BAN BASAIAWMOIT | 1,4185.87% | 78.4% |
| PYNURSLA | NPEPPRESTONE TYNSONG | UDPNEHRU SUTING | 2,5748.51% | 92.2% |
| RAJABALA | INCDR. AZAD ZAMAN | INDASHAHEL D. SHIRA | 9383.43% | 93.5% |
| RAKSAMGRE | NPEPBENEDIC R. MARAK | INCLIMISON D. SANGMA | 6242.60% | 90.2% |
| RALIANG | NPEPCOMINGONE YMBON | BJPLAKHON BIAM | 3,25010.84% | 93.1% |
| RAMBRAI JYRNGAM | INCKIMFA SIDNEY MARBANIANG | HSPDPK PHLASTINGWELL PANGNIANG | 3,80313.70% | 86.1% |
| RANGSAKONA | INCZENITH M. SANGMA | NPEPSUBIR M. MARAK | 1,9627.06% | 87.8% |
| RANIKOR | INCMARTIN M. DANGGO | UDPPIUS MARWEIN | 2,0027.46% | 90.4% |
| RESUBELPARA | NPEPTIMOTHY SHIRA | INCSALSENG C MARAK | 1,7637.83% | 86.8% |
| RONGARA SIJU | NPEPRAKKAM A. SANGMA | INDROPHUL S. MARAK | 1,1084.36% | 86.2% |
| RONGJENG | NPEPJIM M SANGMA | INDWALSENG M. SANGMA | 5502.18% | 85.7% |
| SALMANPARA | INCWINNERSON D. SANGMA | NPEPIAN BOTHAM K. SANGMA | 1,9157.92% | 92.2% |
| SELSELLA | INCCLEMENT MARAK | NPEPFERLIN C. A. SANGMA | 3,59712.80% | 92.7% |
| SHELLA | UDPDONKUPAR ROY | PDFLESTON WANSWETT | 3701.48% | 86.3% |
| SOHIONG | HSPDPSAMLIN MALNGIANG | INCH. DONKUPAR R. LYNGDOH | 6222.38% | 91.0% |
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 2018?
Indian National Congress won 21 of 60 seats in Meghalaya, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2018?
Turnout was 86.71% — 16 lakh of 18.4 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Meghalaya have?
Meghalaya has 60 assembly seats.