The People's Democratic Front (PDF) was a regional political party in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

. The PDF was founded in 2017 and was led by P. N. Syiem and Auspicious L. Mawphlang. It was a part of the

North-East Democratic Alliance The North-East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) is a political coalition that was formed on 24 May 2016, by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to unite non-Indian National Congress, Congress parties in Northeast India. H ...

. The PDP's aim was to improve the development of the state especially of the tribal people. In the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, the PDF won 128,413 votes (8.2% of the vote) and elected 4 MLAs. On 6 May 2023, the party merged with National People's Party.

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