1983_Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly_election
The 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 17 February 1983.[1] No party secured a majority of seats and no women were elected.[2] A coalition named the Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party was formed by the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL), the Hill State People's Democratic Party, the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) and two independent members. On 2 March 1983 the coalition presented B. B. Lyngdoh from AHL as Chief Minister. However, the coalition only lasted 29 days and on 2 April a new coalition, the Meghalaya Democratic Forum, was formed with the Indian National Congress (INC) in the lead. W. A. Sangma of the INC was appointed Chief Minister.[1]
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All 60 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 72.58% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | |||||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 130,956 | 27.68 | 1.64  |
25 | 5  | ||||
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL) | 118,593 | 24.92 | 0.15 |
15 | 1 | ||||
| Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) | 91,386 | 19.32 | 0.08 |
15 | 1 | ||||
| Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) | 23,253 | 4.92 | 2 |  [a] | |||||
| Communist Party of India | 2,442 | 0.52 | 0.1 |
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| Independents (IND) | 106,378 | 22.49 | 2.33 |
3 | 5 [b] | ||||
| Total | 473,050 | 100.00 | 60 | ±0 | |||||
| Source: Election Commission of India[2] | |||||||||
a In the 1978 election, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; at that time, the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.[3]
b Does not include the two PDIC candidates elected as independents in 1978.
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- "Meghalaya 1983". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Gupta, Susmita Sen (2005). Regionalism in Meghalaya. South Asian Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 978-81-7003-288-5.