2009 Indian general election in Meghalaya

Indian general election in Meghalaya, 2009

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2 seats
Turnout	64.38%
First party   UPA Party UPA Last election 1 Seats won 2 Seat change 1 Percentage 44.84%
Meghalaya
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