North Shillong Assembly constituency explained

North Shillong
State:Meghalaya
Type:SLA
Constituency No:17
District:East Khasi Hills
Loksabha Cons:Shillong
Established:2008
Reservation:ST
Mla:Adelbert Nongrum
Party:Voice of the People Party (VPP)
Latest Election Year:2023
Electors:[1]

North Shillong is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.[2] It is part of East Khasi Hills district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It falls under Shillong Lok Sabha constituency.[3] The seat had been vacant following the resignation of Adelbert Nongrum, formerly of the Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement (KHNAM) on 12 January 2023.[4] [5] Nongrum won the seat again following the 2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election.[6]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The list of MLAs are given below[3]

|-style="background-color:#E9E9E9;"!Year!Member!colspan="2" align="center"|Party|-|2013| Roshan Warjri||-|2018|rowspan=2|Adelbert Nongrum||-|2023||-|}

Election results

2023

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meghalaya General Legislative Election 2023 . . eci.gov.in. 11 April 2023.
  2. Web site: Map of Meghalaya Parliamentary Constituencies . ceomeghalaya.nic.in . 30 January 2021.
  3. Web site: North Shillong (Meghalaya) Assembly Constituency Elections . elections.in . 20 March 2018.
  4. Web site: Meghalaya Assembly Election 2018 Result . elections.in . 20 March 2018.
  5. News: Meghalaya: MLA Adelbert Nongrum resigns; likely to join Voice of the People Party . India Today NE . 13 January 2023 . en.
  6. Web site: 2023-03-02 . Meghalaya Election Results 2023: Adelbert Nongrum retains North Shillong . 2023-03-18 . The Shillong Times . en-US.