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.
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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
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...
.
Schedule
The election schedule was announced by the
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, di ...
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.
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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
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 ...
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
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, di ...
has banned
exit polls
An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. A similar poll conducted before actual voters have voted is called an entrance poll. Pollsters – usually private companies working for ...
for the period between 7am on 16 February to 7pm on 27 February, 2023.
Results
Results by parties
Results by division
Results by district
Results by constituency
See also
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2023 elections in India
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Elections in Meghalaya
Elections in Meghalaya are conducted since 1952 to elect the members for Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with th ...
References
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