Sutnga Saipung Assembly constituency

Sutnga Saipung
Constituency No. 5 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	East Jaintia Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Shillong
Established	1972
Total electors	46,973 [1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Santa Mary Shylla
Party	NPP
Elected year	2023

Sutnga Saipung is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. ^[2] It is part of East Jaintia Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Shillong Lok Sabha constituency ^[3] and its current MLA is Shitlang Pale of Indian National Congress. ^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2013	Hopeful Bamon		Independent politician
2018	Shitlang Pale		Indian National Congress
2023	Santa Mary Shylla		National People's Party

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga Saipung ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Santa Mary Shylla	16,974	39.48%	8.33
	INC	Vincent .H. Pala	15,146	35.23%	0.54
	UDP	Shitlang Pale	10,453	24.31%	New
	BJP	Krison Langstang	424	0.99%	20.68
	NOTA	None of the Above	416	0.97%	0.41
Margin of victory			1,828	4.25%	0.37
Turnout			42,997	92.42%	1.26
Registered electors			46,973		23.75
	NPP gain from INC		Swing	3.71

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga Saipung ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shitlang Pale	12,257	35.77%	8.12
	NPP	Hopeful Bamon	10,673	31.15%	New
	BJP	Hambertus Nongtdu	7,423	21.66%	New
	HSPDP	Defender Pakem	2,800	8.17%	New
	Independent	Skindro Dkhar	534	1.56%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	192	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			1,584	4.62%	0.41
Turnout			34,266	90.27%	1.85
Registered electors			37,959		20.42
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	13.15

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election: Sutnga Saipung ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hopeful Bamon	14,205	48.92%	New
	INC	Shitlang Pale	12,743	43.89%	New
	UDP	Dr. Mongol Singh Tyngkra	2,088	7.19%	New
Margin of victory			1,462	5.04%
Turnout			29,036	92.12%
Registered electors			31,521
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
• East Jaintia Hills district
• Shillong (Lok Sabha constituency)

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. "Sutnga Saipung (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections". elections.in. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
4. "Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result". elections.in. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
5. "General Election to Vidhna Sabha Trends & Result MArch - 2023". results.eci.gov.in. Chief Electoral Officer. Archived from the original on 2 March 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
6. "Form 20 - Polling Station Wise Result Sheet of General Election 2018 to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly". ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
7. "Election Commission of India- State Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya" (PDF). ceomeghalaya.nic.in. Chief Electoral Officer, Meghalaya. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

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