11th Meghalaya Assembly | |||
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Legislative body | Meghalaya Legislative Assembly | ||
Jurisdiction | Meghalaya, India | ||
Meeting place | Vidhana Bhavan, Shillong, Meghalaya, India | ||
Government | Meghalaya Democratic Alliance | ||
Website | https://megassembly.gov.in/ |
Eleventh Meghalaya Assembly constituted after the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. Elections were held in 59 constituencies.[1] Voting on Sohiong was postponed after the death of UDP's candidate H. D. R. Lyngdoh.[2]
History[edit]
After results were declared on 2 March 2023, it resulted into a hung assembly. Ruling NPP got 26 seats however BJP supported MDA.[3][4]
Notable positions[edit]
S.No | Position | Portrait | Name | Party | Constituency | Office Taken | |
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1 | Speaker | Thomas A. Sangma | NPP | North Tura | 9 March 2023[5] | ||
2 | Deputy Speaker | Timothy Shira | NPP | Resubelpara | 20 March 2023 | ||
3 | Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Conrad Sangma | NPP | South Tura | 7 March 2023[6] | ||
4 | Deputy Chief Minister | Prestone Tynsong | NPP | Pynursla | 7 March 2023 | ||
Sniawbhalang Dhar | NPP | Nartiang | 7 March 2023 | ||||
5 | Leader of the Opposition | Ronnie V. Lyngdoh | INC | Mylliem | 9 June 2023 |
Party wise distribution[edit]
Alliance | Party | No. of MLA's | Leader of the Party
in Assembly |
Leader's Constituency | |||
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Meghalaya Democratic Alliance | National People's Party | 28 | 46 | Conrad Sangma | South tura | ||
United Democratic Party | 12 | ||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | ||||||
Hill State People's Democratic Party | 2 | ||||||
Independent | 2 | ||||||
None | All India Trinamool Congress | 5 | |||||
Indian National Congress | 5 | Ronnie V. Lyngdoh[7] | Mylliem | ||||
Voice of the People Party | 4 | ||||||
Total no. of MLAs | 60 |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Meghalaya polls to be held on Feb 27, results on March 2". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ ANI (21 February 2023). "Polling postponed in Sohiong, Meghalaya after UDP candidate's death". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Meghalaya Election Results 2023 highlights: BJP submits letter of support to NPP". Hindustan Times. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Meghalaya Election Results 2023 Live Updates: Conrad Sangma falls short of majority, dials Amit Shah for BJP support to form govt". The Indian Express. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "NPP's Thomas A. Sangma elected unopposed as speaker of the assembly". NDTV. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "NPP chief Conrad Sangma takes oath as Meghalaya CM for second consecutive term". The Times of India. 7 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "INC appoints Ronnie V Lyngdoh as new CLP leader". The Meghalayan. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b "PDF merges with NPP". The Shillong Times. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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