Sutnga-Shangpung Assembly constituency

Sutnga-Shangpung
Former constituency for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
Established	1978
Abolished	2013 [1]
Total electors	20,892

Sutnga-Shangpung Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in the India state of Meghalaya.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1978	Barrister Pakem		Hill State People's Democratic Party
1983
1988	Onward Leyswell Nongtdu		Indian National Congress
1993	Oliverneat Chyrmang		Hill People's Union
1998			United Democratic Party
2003	Shitlang Pale		Indian National Congress
2008

Election results

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shitlang Pale	9,814	50.99%	5.19
	UDP	Richard Singh Lyngdoh	7,938	41.24%	9.21
	KHNAM	Bison Paslein	1,496	7.77%	New
Margin of victory			1,876	9.75%	4.02
Turnout			19,248	92.13%	13.14
Registered electors			20,892		7.62
	INC hold		Swing	5.19

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shitlang Pale	8,182	45.80%	13.25
	UDP	Oliverneat Chyrmang	5,722	32.03%	11.45
	BJP	Thianga Ngamlai	1,738	9.73%	9.36
	NCP	E. C. Boniface Bamon	1,500	8.40%	New
	Independent	Shngainlang Bamon	722	4.04%	New
Margin of victory			2,460	13.77%	2.84
Turnout			17,864	78.99%	2.03
Registered electors			22,616		9.40
	INC gain from UDP		Swing	2.32

Assembly Election 1998

1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDP	Oliverneat Chyrmang	7,282	43.48%	New
	INC	Shitlang Pale	5,452	32.55%	6.24
	Independent	E. C. Boniface Bamon	2,617	15.63%	New
	PDM	Richard Singh Lyngdoh	1,336	7.98%	New
	BJP	Ionis Dkhar	61	0.36%	New
Margin of victory			1,830	10.93%	4.00
Turnout			16,748	82.96%	0.29
Registered electors			20,672		8.07
	UDP gain from HPU		Swing	2.23

Assembly Election 1993

1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Oliverneat Chyrmang	7,059	45.71%	3.60
	INC	Onward Leyswell Nongtdu	5,990	38.79%	10.99
	Independent	Beryl Sutnga	2,393	15.50%	New
Margin of victory			1,069	6.92%	6.46
Turnout			15,442	82.16%	5.94
Registered electors			19,128		49.09
	HPU gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 1988

1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Onward Leyswell Nongtdu	5,536	49.78%	16.87
	HPU	Barrister Pakem	5,484	49.32%	New
	HSPDP	Haring Pala	100	0.90%	39.88
Margin of victory			52	0.47%	7.40
Turnout			11,120	88.67%	15.11
Registered electors			12,830		1.33
	INC gain from HSPDP		Swing

Assembly Election 1983

1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HSPDP	Barrister Pakem	3,695	40.78%	6.82
	INC	Onward Leyswell Nongtdu	2,982	32.91%	7.33
	AHL	Beryl Sutnga	2,383	26.30%	6.42
Margin of victory			713	7.87%	6.63
Turnout			9,060	73.80%	6.48
Registered electors			12,661		25.46
	HSPDP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1978

1978 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga-Shangpung ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HSPDP	Barrister Pakem	2,675	33.96%	New
	AHL	Beryle Sutnga	2,577	32.72%	New
	INC	Onward Leyswell Nongtdu	2,015	25.58%	New
	Independent	Kom Rease Nongtdue	609	7.73%	New
Margin of victory			98	1.24%
Turnout			7,876	79.59%
Registered electors			10,092
	HSPDP win (new seat)

References

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