Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2023

59 assembly constituencies in Meghalaya, 85.47% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

428

36 women, 3 elected

Turnout

85.47%

18.6 lakh of 21.7 lakh

Leading party

NPP

26 of 59 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Meghalaya

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
NPP NPP	26	+25	56	5,84,337	31.49%	+30.89
UNITEDDEMO…UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY	11	+11	45	3,00,747	16.21%	—
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	5	+5	55	2,55,742	13.78%	+13.44
INC Indian National Congress	5	-16	59	2,43,839	13.14%	-15.18
VOICEOFTHE…VOICEOFTHEPEOPLEPARTY	4	+4	18	1,01,264	5.46%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2	0	59	1,73,042	9.33%	-0.20
IND Independent	2	-1	44	66,704	3.59%	-7.43
HILLSTATEP…HILLSTATEPEOPLESDEMOCRATICPARTY	2	+2	10	65,989	3.56%	—
PEOPLESDEM…PEOPLESDEMOCRATICFRONT	2	+2	9	34,974	1.88%	—
NONEOFTHEA…NONEOFTHEABOVE	0	0	59	14,842	0.80%	—
GARONATION…GARONATIONALCOUNCIL	0	0	2	9,348	0.50%	—
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIAA	0	0	6	1,869	0.10%	—
GANASURAKS…GANASURAKSHAPARTY	0	0	1	1,375	0.07%	—
JANATADALU…JANATADALUNITED	0	0	3	1,025	0.06%	—
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIA	0	0	2	434	0.02%	—

NPP26 (44%)
UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY11 (19%)
AITC5 (8%)
INC5 (8%)
VOICEOFTHEPEOPLEPARTY4 (7%)
BJP2 (3%)
Others6 (10%)

NPP26
UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY11
AITC5
INC5
VOICEOFTHEPEOPLEPARTY4
BJP2
Others6

NPP26
UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY11
AITC5
INC5
VOICEOFTHEPEOPLEPARTY4
BJP2
IND2
HILLSTATEPEOPLESDEMOCRATICPARTY2
Others2

Constituency performance

From the 59 results in Meghalaya

Closest contest

RAJABALA

won by 10 (0.03%)

Biggest victory

SOUTH SHILLONG

won by 11,609 (53.69%)

Highest turnout

AMLAREM

98.98%

Lowest turnout

SOUTH SHILLONG

62.10%

Seat change

Against Meghalaya's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2018), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained4 (7%)
Changed hands55 (93%)

4 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 55 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

NPP
UNITEDDEMOCRATICPARTY
AITC
INC

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 59 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 59

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AMLAREM	UNITEDDEMO…LAHKMEN RYMBUI	NPPSTEPHANSON MUKHIM	570.16%	99.0%
AMPATI	AITCMIANI D. SHIRA	NPPSTEVIE M. MARAK	2,2777.57%	90.0%
BAGHMARA	INDKARTUSH R. MARAK	BJPSAMUEL M SANGMA	2,2257.63%	86.3%
BAJENGDOBA	NPPPONGSENG MARAK	INCBRIGADY NAPAK MARAK	2,3168.01%	86.4%
CHOKPOT	NPPSENGCHIM N. SANGMA	GARONATION…NIKMAN CH. MARAK	3531.24%	88.0%
DADENGGRE	AITCRUPA M. MARAK	NPPJAMES PANGSANG KONGKAL SANGMA	180.05%	90.2%
DALU	NPPBRENING A. SANGMA	BJPAKKI A SANGMA	5272.78%	85.0%
EAST SHILLONG	NPPDR. MAZEL AMPAREEN LYNGDOH	INCMANUEL BADWAR	1,71110.04%	64.7%
GAMBEGRE	INCSALENG A. SANGMA	AITCSADHIARANI M. SANGMA	2,87110.10%	90.0%
JIRANG	NPPSOSTHENES SOHTUN	INCADRIAN LAMBERT MYLLIEM	1,6234.66%	87.7%
JOWAI	NPPWAILADMIKI SHYLLA	AITCAWHAI ANDREW SHULLAI	2,6677.26%	86.0%
KHARKUTTA	NPPRUPERT MOMIN	AITCCHERAK WATRE MOMIN	1,5304.13%	84.9%
KHLIEHRIAT	UNITEDDEMO…KYRMEN SHYLLA	NPPNEHLANG LYNGDOH	5,60613.10%	90.8%
MAHENDRAGANJ	NPPSANJAY A. SANGMA	AITCDIKKANCHI D SHIRA	1,7185.23%	89.0%
MAIRANG	UNITEDDEMO…METBAH LYNGDOH	INCBATSKHEM RYNTATHIANG	1550.39%	90.9%
MAWHATI	INCCHARLES MARNGAR	NPPSHEMPHANG LYNGDOH	5,24414.77%	89.6%
MAWKYNREW	PEOPLESDEM…BANTEIDOR LYNGDOH	HILLSTATEP…MARTLE N. MUKHIM	4,13712.37%	89.5%
MAWKYRWAT	UNITEDDEMO…RENIKTON LYNGDOH TONGKHAR	INCCARNES SOHSHANG	1,2723.71%	88.4%
MAWLAI	VOICEOFTHE…BRIGHTSTARWELL MARBANIANG	NPPTEIBORLANG PATHAW	15,64838.40%	79.0%
MAWPHLANG	UNITEDDEMO…MATTHEW BEYONDSTAR KURBAH	PEOPLESDEM…AUSPICIOUS LYNGDOH MAWPHLANG	1040.33%	87.0%
MAWRYNGKNENG	VOICEOFTHE…HEAVING STONE KHARPRAN	UNITEDDEMO…OSAPHI SMITHSON JYRWA	1,2423.60%	85.2%
MAWSHYNRUT	HILLSTATEP…METHODIUS DKHAR	NPPGIGUR MYRTHONG	5,18714.06%	88.6%
MAWSYNRAM	UNITEDDEMO…OLLAN SINGH SUIN	BJPHIMALAYA MUKTAN SHANGPLIANG	9552.89%	87.8%
MAWTHADRAISHAN	HILLSTATEP…SHAKLIAR WARJRI	UNITEDDEMO…BROLDING NONGSIEJ	2,3535.78%	91.3%
MENDIPATHAR	NPPMARTHON J SANGMA	INCTIMJIM K. MOMIN	3,82515.34%	83.4%
MOWKAIAW	UNITEDDEMO…NUJORKI SUNGOH	NPPHABAHUN DKHAR	3,90110.62%	92.7%
MYLLIEM	INCRONNIE V. LYNGDOH	VOICEOFTHE…AIBANDAPLIN F. LYNGDOH	380.12%	81.2%
NARTIANG	NPPSNIAWBHALANG DHAR	INCEMLANG LALOO	2,1235.20%	90.5%
NONGKREM	VOICEOFTHE…ARDENT MILLER BASAIAWMOIT	UNITEDDEMO…LAMBOR MALNGIANG	4,18712.85%	83.7%
NONGPOH	UNITEDDEMO…MAYRALBORN SYIEM	INCRONA KHYMDEIT	6,68620.34%	85.5%
NONGSTOIN	INCGABRIEL WAHLANG	NPPMACMILLAN BYRSAT	2,6246.67%	88.0%
NONGTHYMMAI	AITCCHARLES PYNGROPE	UNITEDDEMO…JEMINO MAWTHOH	1,1994.79%	66.7%
NORTH SHILLONG	VOICEOFTHE…ADELBERT NONGRUM	BJPMARIAHOM KHARKRANG	1,0335.45%	65.0%
NORTH TURA	NPPTHOMAS A. SANGMA	BJPADAM KID M. SANGMA	3,88514.45%	76.0%
PHULBARI	NPPABU TAHER MONDAL	AITCS G ESMATUR MOMININ	3,24010.96%	90.4%
PYNTHORUMKHRAH	BJPALEXANDER LALOO HEK	INCPYNSHNGAINLANG SYIEM	2,5389.72%	73.3%
PYNURSLA	NPPPRESTONE TYNSONG	INCNEHRU SUTING	8,14023.41%	88.6%
RAJABALA	AITCDR. MIZANUR RAHMAN KAZI	NPPMD ABDUS SALEH	100.03%	92.7%
RAKSAMGRE	NPPLIMISON D. SANGMA	BJPBENEDIC R. MARAK	2,81810.19%	88.6%
RALIANG	NPPCOMING ONE YMBON	BJPLAKHON BIAM	5,33715.05%	88.6%
RAMBRAI JYRNGAM	INDREMINGTON GABIL MOMIN	HILLSTATEP…K. PHLASTINGWEL PANGNIANG	1100.32%	85.4%
RANGSAKONA	NPPSUBIR MARAK	AITCZENITH .M. SANGMA	7882.42%	86.0%
RANIKOR	UNITEDDEMO…PIUS MARWEIN	BJPMARTIN M. DANGGO	5,64917.37%	89.6%
RESUBELPARA	NPPTIMOTHY D. SHIRA	AITCRINALDO K. SANGMA	3,46513.07%	85.2%
RONGARA SIJU	NPPRAKKAM A. SANGMA	INCROPHUL S MARAK	3,25811.07%	84.4%
RONGJENG	NPPJIM M SANGMA	INDWALSENG M. SANGMA	1280.42%	84.7%
SALMANPARA	NPPIAN BOTHAM K. SANGMA	AITCWINNERSON D. SANGMA	5,23819.31%	89.9%
SELSELLA	NPPARBINSTONE B MARAK	AITCAGASSI R. MARAK	8,74126.26%	91.7%
SHELLA	UNITEDDEMO…BALAJIED KUPAR SYNREM	NPPGRACE MARY KHARPURI	4341.42%	87.3%
SOHRA	PEOPLESDEM…GAVIN MIGUEL MYLLIEM	UNITEDDEMO…TITOSSTAR WELL CHYNE	150.06%	88.5%

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 2023?

NPP won 26 of 59 seats in Meghalaya, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Meghalaya assembly election, Mar 2023?

Turnout was 85.47% — 18.6 lakh of 21.7 lakh registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Meghalaya have?

Meghalaya has 59 assembly seats.