1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

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1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
← 1988 19 February 1993 1998 →
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 Increase 8 Decrease
Chief Minister before election

D. D. Lapang
INC

Elected Chief Minister

S. C. Marak
INC

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

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) 282,139 34.62 1.97 Increase 24 2 Increase
Hill People's Union (HPU) 175,487 21.53 5.31 Decrease 11 8 Decrease
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) 79,824 9.8 2.88 Decrease 8 2 Increase
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group) 64,603 7.93 3.25 Increase 3 1 Increase
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 Decrease 2 Steady
Janata Dal (B) 2,586 0.32 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1,138 0.14 0.22 Decrease 0 Steady
Janata Party 841 0.1 0
Independents (IND) 140,793 17.28 2.31 Decrease 10 1 Increase
Total 814,899 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[3]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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