Selsella Assembly constituency

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Selsella
Constituency No. 48 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Meghalaya
District West Garo Hills
LS constituency Tura
Established1972
Total electors36,217 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party National People's Party (India)
Elected year 2023

Selsella is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. [2] It is part of West Garo Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Tura Lok Sabha constituency [3] and its current MLA is Arbinstone B. Marak of National People's Party. [4] [5] [6]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs are given below  [3]

YearMemberPictureParty
2018 Clement Marak [7] Indian National Congress
2019 by-election Ferlin C. A. Sangma National People's Party

Election results

2018

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Selsella [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Clement Marak
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout

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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. 1 2 "Selsella (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. "Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result". elections.in. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  5. Another bureaucrat resigns to join politics
  6. Ferlin CA Sangma sworn in as member of Legislative Assembly
  7. 1 2 "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 - Meghalaya - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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