Adolf Lu Hitler Rangsa Marak is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party who served as an environment and later cooperation minister until 2003 in the Government of Meghalaya.
Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who has served as the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He also served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura from 2014 to 2016,1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the minister of 21st Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996,founder of NPP and Co- founder of NCP. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election,supported by BJP and AIADMK,however he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award,posthumously in 2017 in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of Padma Vibhushan from Meghalaya.
The Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) is a regional political party active in the state of Meghalaya,northeast India. Formed in 1968 as a split from the All Party Hill Leaders Conference by Hopingstone Lyngdoh,the HSPDP has had representatives in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly since the Assembly's first elections in 1972. The HSPDP has been a junior member of coalition governments in Meghalaya on a number of occasions and following the 2018 election joined the National People's Party-led government of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.
The United Democratic Party is a political party recognised in Meghalaya state,India. It is now led by Metbah Lyngdoh. It was started by E. K. Mawlong.
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election of 2008 took place in a single phase on 3 March 2008 to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Meghalaya,India. Counting of votes happened on 7 March 2008 and because of the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in this election,the results were ready within the day.
Agatha Kongkal Sangma is an Indian politician serving as a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha representing the Tura constituency of Meghalaya. At the age of 29,she is the youngest member of parliament ever in India to be appointed Union Minister in Government of India till date. Sangma is the second woman from Northeast India to be appointed a union minister in the Government of India after Renuka Devi Barkataki from Assam. She is a member of National People's Party.
Mukul Manda Sangma is an Indian politician and physician who was the 11th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 2010 to 2018 and is currently leader of the opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly since 2018.Sangma also served as Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 2009 to 2010,2007 to 2008 and 2005 to 2005. He has been a member of the All India Trinamool Congress since November 2021;previously,he was a longtime member of the Indian National Congress.
The National People's Party is a national-level political party in India,though its influence is mostly concentrated in the state of Meghalaya. The party was founded by P. A. Sangma after his expulsion from the NCP in July 2012. It was accorded national party status on 7 June 2019. It is the first political party from Northeastern India to have attained this status.
Conrad Kongkal Sangma is an Indian politician who is the 12th and current Chief Minister of Meghalaya since 2018. He is a member of the National People's Party. His father was former Chief Minister,former Speaker of the Lok Sabha P. A. Sangma. He was also a Member of Parliament from Tura (2016–2018). He represents the South Tura constituency since 2018 and Selsella constituency from 2008 to 2013. Sangma was also minister of finance,power and tourism,Government of Meghalaya from 2008 to 2009. He is former leader of the opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. He also served as National President of the Nationalist Youth Congress.
Williamson Ampang Sangma,a Garo leader,former Chief Minister of Meghalaya,twenty-first state of India on 21 January 1972. He was also the first ever Governor of Mizoram among the Garos in 1989.
Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh is an Indian politician who has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Indian state of Meghalaya since 2008. She currently serves as a Cabinet Minister in the State Government of Meghalaya.
The North-East Democratic Alliance is a political coalition that was formed on May 24,2016,by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to protect the interest of the people of the region as well as uniting non-Congress parties in Northeast India. Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma is an Indian politician from the state of Meghalaya who is currently serving as the Chairman of Meghalaya Industries Development Corporation since 2023. Sangma was a Cabinet Minister of Home,District Council Affairs,Food Civil Supplies &Consumer Affairs,Law,Power,Government of Meghalaya from 2018 to 2023. He was first elected to the State Assembly along with his brother Conrad Sangma,both as NCP members in the 2008 state elections from Dadenggre (ST) constituency in the West Garo Hills district from 2008 to 2023. Sangma is the son of former Chief Minister of Meghalaya and also Speaker of the Lok Sabha,P. A. Sangma,his sister,Agatha Sangma was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha and a former Union Cabinet minister Minister of State,while his brother Conrad Sangma since 2018 the Chief Minister of Meghalaya,from 2009 to 2013 he held the post of Leader of Opposition in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly and was Member of Parliament from Tura Parliamentary constituency which he won in a by-election after his father's death.
The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 27 February 2018 to elect 59 of 60 members to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly,with the results declared on 3 March. The scheduled election in Williamnagar constituency was delayed to an undetermined date following the death of Nationalist Congress Party candidate Jonathone Sangma in an IED blast in East Garo Hills district on 18 February 2018. The incumbent Indian National Congress government,led by Chief Minister Mukul Sangma,attempted to win re-election for the third consecutive time.
Rejaul Karim Laskar is an Indian politician and scholar of India's foreign policy. He is a former Congress ideologue and has written extensively on the policies of the United Progressive Alliance governments. He is also an eminent scholar of India's foreign policy and diplomacy with his scholarly work having been recognized as constituting a "a major contribution to contemporary diplomatic history" of India.
Miani D Shira is an Indian politician from Meghalaya and a member of the All India Trinamool Congress. She was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya from Ampati in 2018 by election. Miani D Shira is the daughter of former Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mukul Sangma.
Selsella is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India. 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 and its current MLA is Arbinstone B. Marak of National People's Party.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Meghalaya on 27 February 2023 to elect all 60 members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 March 2023.
Md. Abdus Saleh is an Indian politician and social worker from Meghalaya. He was the former MLA of Rajabala and former three-time MLA of Mahendraganj in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.
George Bankyntiewlang Lyngdoh is a member of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Umroi constituency. Lyngdoh won the seat in 2018 assembly elections. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Meghalaya Evansius Kek Mawlong. He is the Former General Secretary,Meghalaya Editor's And Publisher’s Association and is the President of the Umroi Block Congress Committee.
