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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1998
| next_election = 2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 2008
| seats_for_election = All 60 seats in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 31
| election_date =
| turnout = 70.42
| opinion_polls =
| image1 =
| leader1 = D. D. Lapang
| leader_since1 =
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| popular_vote1 = 270,269
| percentage1 = 29.96
| swing1 = {{decrease}}5.07
| last_election1 = 25
| seats_before1 =
| seats_needed1 =
| seats1 = 22
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}3
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[Donkupar Roy]]
| leader_since2 =
| party2 = [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|UDP]]
| alliance2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| popular_vote2 = 144,255
| percentage2 = 15.99
| swing2 = {{decrease}}11
| last_election2 = 20
| seats_before2 =
| seats_needed2 =
| seats2 = 9
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}11
| map_alt =
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Meghalaya|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Flinder Anderson Khonglam]]
| before_party = Independent (politician)
| posttitle =
| after_election = [[D. D. Lapang]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}

The '''2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election''' was held on 26 February 2003. The north-east Indian state's seventh Legislative Assembly election saw major changes with 28 sitting members and two former Chief Ministers losing their seats.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Baruah|first=Apurba K.|date=2003|title=Elections 2003: Decline of Regionalism|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=38|issue=16|pages=1538–1541|jstor=4413452|issn=0012-9976}}</ref> The election also produced the largest representation for the national parties ([[Indian National Congress]] INC, the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] NCP and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] BJP) and, to that point, the smallest representation for the regional parties.<ref name="Dev2007">{{cite book|last=Dev|first=Rajesh|url=https://books.google.com/?id=H_y6_l7zI7sC|title=India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives|publisher=SAGE Publications|others=Paul Wallace|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7619-3516-2|editor=Roy|editor-first=Ramashray|page=257|chapter=Ethno-Regional Identity and Political Mobilisation in Meghalaya: Democratic Discourse in a Tribal State|access-date=5 March 2020|editor-last2=Wallace|editor-first2=Paul}}</ref> No party won a majority of seats and despite more than a five percent loss in the popular vote compared to the 1998 election, the INC secured a [[Plurality (voting)|plurality]]. Initially, the NCP under leader E. D. Marak attempted to form a government, but failed to secure support for a majority.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2003/mar/03megh.htm|title=Meghalaya: NCP claim falls flat|date=3 March 2003|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> Subsequently, [[D. D. Lapang]] was invited by Governor [[M. M. Jacob]] to present a majority, which was successfully achieved through the formation of the [[Meghalaya Democratic Alliance]] (MDA) coalition.<ref name=":1" /> Made up of 42 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), the MDA consisted of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]], the [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party (UDP)]], the [[Meghalaya Democratic Party|Meghalaya Democratic Party (MDP)]], the [[Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement|Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM)]] and three independents.<ref name=":0" /> D.D. Lapang was confirmed as Chief Minister with [[Donkupar Roy]] of the UPD as Deputy Chief Minister.<ref name=":0" />

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ [[1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 23 February 2003 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" align="center"
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 270,269 || 29.96 ||5.07 {{decrease}}
| 22 || 3 {{decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color}}" |
| align="left" |[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| 174,972 || 19.40 ||bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 14 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)/meta/color}}"|
| align="left"| [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP)
| 144,255 || 15.99 || 11 {{decrease}}
| 9 || 11 {{decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|48,932
|5.42
|0.41 {{Decrease}}
|2
|1 {{Decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="red" |
| align="left" |[[Meghalaya Democratic Party]] (MDP)
|47,852
|5.31
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|4
| bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{Hill State People's Democratic Party/meta/color}}"|
| align="left"| [[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HPDP/HSPDP)
| 44,520 || 4.94 ||1.83 {{Decrease}}
| 2 || 1 {{Decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="light blue"|
|align="left"|[[Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement|Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement]]
|32,677
|3.62
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|2
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| align="left" | [[Garo National Council]] (GNC)
| 8,483 || 0.94 ||1.17 {{Decrease}}
| 0 || 1 {{Decrease}}
|-
|
|align="left" |People's Democratic Movement (PDM)
|16,245
|1.80
|5.15 {{Decrease}}
|0
|3 {{Decrease}}
|-
|
|align="left" |Khasi Farmers Democratic Party (KFDP)
|2,478
|0.27
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|0
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|551
|0.06
|0.11 {{Decrease}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
|bgcolor="{{Samata Party/meta/color}}" |
|align="left" |[[Samata Party]] (SAP)
|811
|0.09
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|0
|bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
|bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
|align="left" |[[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
|245
|0.03
|0.06 {{Decrease}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
| bgcolor="{{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 109,686 || 12.16 ||4.0 {{Decrease}}
| 5 ||{{Steady}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 901,976 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | <small>Source: [[Election Commission of India]]</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/|title=Meghalaya 2003|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}{{Meghalaya elections}}
[[Category:2003 State Assembly elections in India]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Meghalaya]]
[[Category:2000s in Meghalaya]]

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