Songsak | |
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Constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
State | Meghalaya |
District | East Garo Hills |
LS constituency | Tura |
Total electors | 26,687 [1] |
Reservation | ST |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | Mukul Sangma |
Party | AITC |
Elected year | 2018 |
Songsak is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. [2] It is part of East Garo Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Tura Lok Sabha constituency. [3]
The list of MLAs are given below – [3]
Year | Party | MLA | Votes | |
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1972 | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | Elwin Sangma | 819 | |
1975* | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | Miriam D. Shira | 2,268 | |
1978 | Independent | Miriam D. Shira | 1,156 | |
1983 | Indian National Congress | Elwin Sangma | 2,190 | |
1988 | Hill People's Union | Lehinson Sangma | 3,047 | |
1993 | Indian National Congress | Tonsing N. Marak | 5,105 | |
1998 | Indian National Congress | Tonsing N. Marak | 4,089 | |
2003 | United Democratic Party | Heltone N. Marak | 4,875 | |
2005* | Indian National Congress | Tonsing N. Marak | 3,890 | |
2008 | Nationalist Congress Party | Nihim D. Shira | 5,687 | |
2013 | National People's Party | Nihim D. Shira | 6,697 | |
2018 | Indian National Congress | Mukul Sangma [1] | 10,274 | |
2021 | All India Trinamool Congress | Mukul Sangma [1] | 10,274 |
* Bye-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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AITC | Mukul Sangma | ||||
INC | |||||
NPP | |||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Dr. Mukul Sangma | ||||
NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
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