Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

on 27 February 2023 to elect all 60 members of the

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Meghalaya. Constituted as a directly elected body in 1972, it has 60 members, filled through direct elections held e ...

. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 2 March 2023.

Background

The tenure of

10th Meghalaya Assembly The 10th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections in 2018. The term of the assembly is for five years. ''Source: News18'' References

...

is scheduled to end on 15 March 2023. The previous assembly elections were held in February 2018. After the election, a coalition led by the National People's Party formed the

state government A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or ...

, with

Conrad Sangma Conrad Kongkal Sangma (born 27 January 1978) is an Indian politician who is the 12th and current Chief Minister of Meghalaya. He assumed presidency of the National People's Party in 2016 after the death of his father who was former Chief Minis ...

becoming

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Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the

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on 18 January 2023.

Parties and alliances

Others

Candidates

Issues

Separate state demands

Meghalaya state regional parties such as GNC and HSPDP demanded separate state for

Garo Hills The Garo Hills (Pron: ˈgɑ:rəʊ) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India. They are inhabited by the Garo people. It is one of the wettest places in the world. The range is part of the Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion. De ...

and

Khasi-Jaintia Hills The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region that was mainly part of Assam and Meghalaya. This area is now part of the present Indian constitutive state of Meghalaya (formerly part of Assam), which includes the present districts of East ...

respectively.

Campaigns

National People's Party

The National People's Party launched its campaign on 23 January 2023 in Adokgre, North Garo Hills district. Meghalaya chief minister & NPP national president

termed the TMC an outsider party in Meghalaya and said that TMC leaders were ready to leave their party after the election. Manifesto * Creation of 5 lakh jobs over the next five years. * Special focus on entrepreneurship, tourism, agro-processing and knowledge/digital sectors in both the urban and rural areas of the state. * Skilling of youths through the creation of multi-sectoral skill parks, exposure trips and livelihood sectors. * Creation of 1,000 Chief Minister's Facilitation Centers to deliver government services to every village. * Affordable Drug Centers have been planned to provide affordable medicines to the people.

All India Trinamool Congress

The

All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

supremo

Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 ...

launched the party's campaign on 18 January 2023 in Mendipathar of

North Garo Hills district North Garo Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The district headquarters are located at Resubelpara. The district occupies an area of 1,113 km2 and has a population Population typically refers to t ...

. Banerjee slammed the MDA government, dubbing it a proxy government from Delhi and also Guwahati, in a veiled reference to Assam chief minister

Himanta Biswa Sarma Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician serving as the 15th and incumbent Chief Minister of Assam. A former member of the Indian National Congress political party. Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August ...

. She also praised the Trinamool government in Bengal.
Manifesto *TMC manifesto promises 3 lakh jobs in 5 years, with a monthly allowance of Rs. 1000 for unemployed youth aged 21-40 under MYE scheme. * Rs. 10,000 annual financial assistance to farmers (under Farmer Assistance for Rural Meghalaya) *The manifesto promises job cards and a monthly transfer of Rs 1000 to female tourism workers and households through the MFI WE scheme. *The TMC manifesto promises e-ration cards, financial assistance to farmers, social security, maternal and child care centers, medical facilities, piped drinking water, road upgrades and better healthcare services. *Focussing on the health sector, the manifesto promised Maternal and Child Care centres in every block to provide efficient parental and post-natal services. The manifesto has also promised the recruitment of specialist doctors, the establishment of new Medical Colleges, and ensuring quality tertiary healthcare facilities. *On the civic amenties front, the TMC has promised facilitation of Piped drinking water connections to all households. All the 6,459 villages of the state will be connected with black topped motorable roads and the manifesto has promised the upgradation of major arterial roads.

Indian National Congress

Manifesto * Monthly assistance of Rs 3000 to single below poverty line (BPL) mothers. * A job for every household. * Drug and corruption-free state along with a transparency law. Opening of 50 new de-addiction centres statewide. * Uninterrupted power supply. * Uploading of all government files related to development and infrastructure for public scrutiny.

Incidents

On 25 January 2023,

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...

Member of District Council (MDC) from Mawkyrkat, Carness Sohsang claimed that the TMC offered him and 5 other Congress MDCs crores of rupees to leave Congress and join TMC. He also alleged that the NPP- UDP coalition had attempted to poach Congress MDCs previously as well.

Surveys & Polls

has banned

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Background

Schedule

Parties and alliances

Others

Candidates

Issues

Separate state demands

Campaigns

National People's Party

All India Trinamool Congress

Indian National Congress

Incidents

Surveys & Polls

Results

Results by parties

Results by division

Results by district

Results by constituency

See also

References