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INC’s Saleng A. Sangma has won the Tura seat, beating the ruling National People’s Party’s Agatha K. Sangma. Mr. Sangma won over 56% of votes while the incumbent NPP leader secured 33.93% of the votes. In Shillong, the regional Voice of the People Party’s Ricky Andrew J. Syngkon dislodged former Union Minister Vincent H. Pala of Congress by 3,71,910 votes.
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BJP ally NPP conceded defeat in both Tura and Shillong seats earlier in the day. “We humbly accept and respect the mandate of the people,” wrote Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on X.
General Elections for Meghalaya were held on April 19, during the first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls. People voted to elect two members; the voter turnout touched 76.60%, a jump from 2019’s 73.53% and 2014’s 70.66%. In the 36 Assembly seats of the Shillong constituency, a strong battle played out between incumbent MP Vincent Pala (INC) against NPP candidate and Cabinet Minister of Meghalaya, Ampareen Lyngdoh. The Voice of the People Party, a new entrant, has charted a meteoric rise since its birth before the 2023 Assembly elections. In Tura, Chief Minister’s sister and a former Union Minister, Agatha Sangma (NPP) contested against INC candidate Saleng A. Sangma.