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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Meghalaya State, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency<br />
|name = Songsak<br />
|parl_name = [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]<br />
|district = [[East Garo Hills district|East Garo Hills]]<br />
|state = [[Meghalaya]]<br />
|electorate = {{formatnum:26687}}<ref name=election2018/> {{update after|2023|02}}<br />
|lok_sabha_constituency = [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]]<br />
|year = [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]<br />
|party = {{Party index link|All India Trinamool Congress}}<br />
|mla = [[Mukul Sangma]]<br />
|reserved = [[Scheduled Tribes|ST]]<br />
|map4 = <br />
|map_size = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Songsak''' is one of the 60 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Meghalaya]] state in [[India]].<ref name=ceomap>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceomeghalaya.nic.in/gis-map/00-pc-map-meghalaya.pdf |title=Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies |website=ceomeghalaya.nic.in |accessdate= 30 January 2021}}</ref> It is part of [[East Garo Hills district|East Garo Hills]] district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled Tribes]]. It falls under [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="election"/><br />
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==Member of Legislative Assembly==<br />
The list of MLAs are given below{{spaced ndash}}<ref name="election">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/meghalaya/assembly-constituencies/songsak.html |title=Songsak (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections |work=elections.in |accessdate=10 March 2018}}</ref><br />
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{{Election table|sortable=yes}}<br />
|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"<br />
!Year<br />
!colspan="2" align="center"|Party<br />
!align="center" |MLA<br />
!Votes <br />
|-<br />
|1972<br />
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|<br />
|align="left"| [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Elwin Sangma]]<br />
|819<br />
|-<br />
|1975*<br />
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|<br />
|align="left"| [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Miriam D. Shira]]<br />
|2,268<br />
|-<br />
|1978<br />
|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Miriam D. Shira]]<br />
|1,156<br />
|-<br />
|1983<br />
|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| Elwin Sangma<br />
|2,190<br />
|-<br />
|1988<br />
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Hill People's Union]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Lehinson Sangma]] <br />
|3,047<br />
|-<br />
|1993<br />
|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Tonsing N. Marak]]<br />
|5,105<br />
|-<br />
|1998 <br />
|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| Tonsing N. Marak<br />
|4,089<br />
|-<br />
|2003<br />
|bgcolor="#CEF2E0"|<br />
|align="left"| [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Heltone N. Marak]]<br />
|4,875<br />
|-<br />
|2005*<br />
|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| Tonsing N. Marak<br />
|3,890<br />
|-<br />
|2008<br />
|bgcolor="#00B2B2"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Nihim D. Shira]]<br />
|5,687<br />
|-<br />
|2013<br />
|bgcolor="#DB7093"|<br />
|align="left"| [[National People's Party (India)|National People's Party]]<br />
|align="left"| Nihim D. Shira<br />
|6,697<br />
|-<br />
|2018<br />
|bgcolor="#00FFFF"|<br />
|align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Mukul Sangma]]<ref name=election2018/><br />
|10,274 <br />
|-<br />
|2021<br />
|bgcolor=#20C646|<br />
|align="left"| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
|align="left"| [[Mukul Sangma]]<ref name=election2018/><br />
|10,274 <br />
|}<br />
<small>* Bye-election</small><br />
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== Election results ==<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Election, 2018]]: Songsak<ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3694-meghalaya-general-legislative-election-2018/ |title=Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2018 – Meghalaya – Election Commission of India |website=eci.gov.in|accessdate= 30 January 2021}}</ref> {{update after|2023|02}}}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Dr. Mukul Sangma<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Songsak]]<br />
* [[East Garo Hills district]]<br />
* [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya}}<br />
{{Meghalaya elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:East Garo Hills district]]<br />
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