2009 Indian general election in Meghalaya

Indian general election in Meghalaya, 2009
April–May 2009
2 seats
Turnout64.38%
  First party
 
UPA
Party UPA
Last election 1
Seats won 2
Seat change 1
Percentage 44.84%
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election in Meghalaya, occurred for 2 seats in the state.

Contested Parties

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Vincent Pala 2
Nationalist Congress Party P. A. Sangma 1
United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) Donkupar Roy 1
Hill State People's Democratic Party 1

Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 3,68,801 44.84 0.71 2 1
NCP 1,54,476 18.78 1 1 1
UDP 1,24,402 15.12 1 0
HSPDP 97,613 11.87 1 0
MDP 8,946 1.09 1 0
CPI 6,802 0.83 1 0
Others 40,204 4.89 1 0
IND 21,322 2.59 14.96 3 0
Total 8,22,566 100% - 11 2 -

Constituency wise Results

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Shillong Vincent Pala INC 232,270 48.35 John Filmore Kharshiing UDP 124,402 25.90 107,868 22.45
2 Tura Agatha Sangma NCP 154,476 45.14 Deborah Marak INC 136,531 39.90 17,945 5.24

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Meghalaya

# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Vincent Pala Shillong MoS Water Resources 28 May
2009 		27 October
2012 		INC
Minority Affairs 19 January
2011
2 Agatha Sangma Tura Rural Development 28 May
2009 		NCP

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2008 elections)
Indian National Congress 38 25
Nationalist Congress Party 16 14
Hill State People's Democratic Party 4 2
United Democratic Party 2 11
Others 0 8
Total 60

References


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