Pynursla Assembly constituency

Pynursla
Constituency No. 27 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Shillong
Established	2008
Total electors	38,907 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prestone Tynsong
Party	NPP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2023

Pynursla is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. ^[2] It was created after the passing of the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 ^[3] and had its first election in 2013. It is part of East Khasi Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. As of 2023 it is represented by Prestone Tynsong of the National People's Party.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
2013 [4]	Prestone Tynsong		Indian National Congress
2018 [5]			National People's Party
2023 [1]

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Prestone Tynsong	13,745	39.70%	2.45
	INC	Nehru Suting	5,605	16.19%	12.44
	UDP	Anthony Justine Kongwang	5,377	15.53%	18.15
	Independent	Don Kupar Massar	4,828	13.95%	New
	VPP	Manbhalang Thabah	3,482	10.06%	New
	AITC	Edmund Khongngai	1,204	3.48%	New
	BJP	Rowelly Khongsni	377	1.09%	0.08
	NOTA	None of the Above	148	0.43%	0.26
Margin of victory			8,140	23.51%	15.04
Turnout			34,618	88.98%	2.55
Registered electors			38,907		17.20
	NPP hold		Swing	2.45

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Prestone Tynsong	12,807	42.15%	New
	UDP	Nehru Suting	10,233	33.68%	2.90
	PDF	Grace Mary Kharpuri	5,295	17.43%	New
	INC	Dr. Jelington Ryngdong	1,141	3.76%	42.30
	BJP	Banteilang Singh Rumnong	355	1.17%	New
	AAP	Denis Tynsiar	199	0.65%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	208	0.68%	New
Margin of victory			2,574	8.47%	6.81
Turnout			30,383	91.53%	1.72
Registered electors			33,196		16.37
	NPP gain from INC		Swing	3.90

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Pynursla ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prestone Tynsong	12,251	46.06%	New
	UDP	Banalari Khongwar	8,187	30.78%	New
	Independent	Don Kupar Massar	6,162	23.17%	New
Margin of victory			4,064	15.28%
Turnout			26,600	93.24%
Registered electors			28,527
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• East Khasi Hills district

References

1. "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
2. "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
4. "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2013". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
5. "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India" . Retrieved 30 January 2021.
6. "General Election to Vidhna Sabha Trends & Result MArch - 2023". results.eci.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
7. "Form 20 - Polling Station Wise Result Sheet of General Election 2018 to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly". ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
8. "Election Commission of India- State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

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