1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

The 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 19 February 1993.[1]

1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
19 February 1993
All 60 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.52%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC Hill Peoples Union
Seats before 22 19
Seats won 24 11
Seat change 2 8
Chief Minister before election

D. D. Lapang
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

S. C. Marak
INC

Following the election a coalition government called the Meghalaya United Front was formed between the Indian National Congress and a split from the Hill State People's Democratic Party, the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group) and several independents. S. C. Marak was elected as Chief Minister.[1][2]

Results
← Summary of the 19 February 1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 282,13934.621.97 242
Hill People's Union (HPU) 175,487 21.53 5.31 11 8
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) 79,824 9.8 2.88 8 2
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group) 64,603 7.93 3.25 3 1
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 29,948 3.68 0
Meghalaya Progressive People's Party (MPPP) 20,117 2.47 2
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) 17,423 2.14 1.06 2
Janata Dal (B) 2,586 0.32 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,138 0.14 0.22 0
Janata Party 841 0.1 0
Independents (IND) 140,79317.282.31 101
Total 814,899100.00 60±0
Source: Election Commission of India[3]


References
  1. Warjri, Antarwell (March 2017). "Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. 3 (5): 206–218.
  2. "Name of the Governors/Chief Minister and chain of events in Meghalaya". Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. "Meghalaya 1993". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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