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- 1 2 3 "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ↑ "Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- 1 2 "Selsella (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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- ↑ Another bureaucrat resigns to join politics
- ↑ Ferlin CA Sangma sworn in as member of Legislative Assembly
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