Songsak Assembly constituency

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Songsak
Constituency No. 41 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Meghalaya
District East Garo Hills
LS constituency Tura
Established1972
Total electors31,824 [1]
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party All India Trinamool Congress
Elected year2023

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]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Source: [3]

YearMemberParty
1972 Elwin Sangma All Party Hill Leaders Conference
1975* Miriam D. Shira
1978 Miriam D. Shira Independent
1983Elwin Sangma Indian National Congress
1988 Lehinson Sangma Hill People's Union
1993 Tonsing N. Marak Indian National Congress
1998Tonsing N. Marak
2003 Heltone N. Marak United Democratic Party
2005*Tonsing N. Marak Indian National Congress
2008 Nihim D. Shira Nationalist Congress Party
2013 National People's Party
2018 Mukul Sangma [4] Indian National Congress
2021 All India Trinamool Congress
2023 All India Trinamool Congress

*by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election: Songsak [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AITC Mukul Sangma
INC
NPP Nihim D. Shira
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
AITC gain from INC Swing

2018

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Songsak [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Dr. Mukul Sangma
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 "Songsak (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 "Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 – Meghalaya – Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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