Party Name: | People's Democratic Movement |
Foundation: | 1997 |
Dissolution: | 2003 |
Merged: | Indian National Congress |
Eci: | State |
The People's Democratic Movement (PDM) was a political party in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. Founded in 1997, the PDM successfully won three seats in the 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. The parties' three representatives were: Martin Danggo, Elston Roy Kharkongor and Cyprian R Sangma. The party failed to win any seats in the 2003 Assembly election and in December 2003 merged with the Indian National Congress (INC).[1]
Votes | |||||||
Contested | Won | +/- | Total | % | +/- | ||
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1998 | 19 | 3 | 58,225 | 6.95 | |||
2003 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16,425 | 1.8 | 4.1 |