Mahendraganj Assembly constituency

Mahendraganj
Mahendraganj
Constituency No. 54 for the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Meghalaya
District	South West Garo Hills
Lok Sabha constituency	Tura
Established	1972
Total electors	36,609
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	11th Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Sanjay A. Sangma
Party	NPP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2023

Mahendraganj is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Meghalaya state in India.^[2]

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It is part of South West Garo Hills district and it shares its international border with Bangladesh.

Year	Member
1972	Shamsul Hoque	Independent politician
1978	Manik Chandra Das	Indian National Congress
1983	Lokhindor Hajong	Indian National Congress
1988	Dhabal Ch. Barman	Hill People's Union
1993	Lokhindor Hajong	Meghalaya Progressive People's Party
1998	Abdus Saleh	Indian National Congress
2003	Nidhu Ram Hajong	Nationalist Congress Party
2008	Abdus Saleh	Indian National Congress
2013	Dikkanchi D. Shira^[3]
2018	Dikkanchi D. Shira^[3]
2023^[4]^[5]	Sanjay A. Sangma	National People's Party

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	Sanjay Sangma	13,560	41.47%	24.35
	AITC	Dikkanchi D Shira	11,842	36.22%	New
	BJP	Tingku N Marak	6,701	20.49%	1.20
	INC	Sayeedullah Nongrum	331	1.01%	48.93
	NOTA	None of the Above	173	0.53%	0.01
Margin of victory			1,718	5.25%	23.00
Turnout			32,697	89.31%	2.55
Registered electors			36,609		17.53
	NPP gain from INC		Swing	8.47

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dikkanchi D Shira	14,292	49.95%	0.21
	BJP	Premananda Koch	6,207	21.69%	New
	NPP	Sanjay Sangma	4,899	17.12%	11.29
	UDP	Nidhu Ram Hajong	1,572	5.49%	14.96
	Independent	Roberth S Sangma	991	3.46%	New
	GNC	Mafiara T. Sangma	168	0.59%	New
	Independent	Dhabal Ch Barman	127	0.44%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	155	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			8,085	28.25%	1.46
Turnout			28,615	91.86%	0.96
Registered electors			31,149		22.65
	INC hold		Swing	0.21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dikkanchi D Shira	11,580	50.16%	6.84
	UDP	Nimarson Momin	4,721	20.45%	17.82
	SP	Nidhu Ram Hajong	4,712	20.41%	New
	NPP	Semford B. Sangma	1,346	5.83%	New
	Independent	Silme Ch. Marak	298	1.29%	New
	NCP	Mafiara T. Sangma	220	0.95%	6.46
	Independent	Ismail Agitok Sangma	209	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			6,859	29.71%	24.32
Turnout			23,086	90.90%	0.68
Registered electors			25,397		43.58
	INC hold		Swing	6.84

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdus Saleh	7,017	43.32%	41.96
	Independent	Nidhu Ram Hajong	6,143	37.92%	New
	NCP	Sahidur Rahman	1,201	7.41%	36.66
	BJP	Utpal Kumar Koch	846	5.22%	6.63
	MDP	Dhabal Ch. Barman	449	2.77%	1.30
	UDP	Piyali Phukan Hajong	426	2.63%	New
	CPI	Sriniwas Dubey	117	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			874	5.40%	6.16
Turnout			16,199	91.58%	8.86
Registered electors			17,689		0.47
	INC gain from NCP		Swing	0.75

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Nidhu Ram Hajong	6,479	44.07%	*New*
	Independent	Abdus Saleh	4,780	32.51%	New
	BJP	Ramesh Ch. Barman	1,742	11.85%	12.81
	Independent	Golam Mostafa	903	6.14%	New
	MDP	Dhabal Ch. Barman	598	4.07%	New
	INC	Mukul Das	199	1.35%	35.58
Margin of victory			1,699	11.56%	0.71
Turnout			14,701	82.74%	1.52
Registered electors			17,773		12.08
	NCP gain from INC		Swing	7.14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abdus Saleh	4,933	36.93%	15.75
	BJP	Mahendra Modak	3,294	24.66%	New
	UDP	Nidhu Ram Hajong	2,029	15.19%	New
	Independent	Dhabal Ch. Barman	1,219	9.13%	New
	Independent	Premananda Koch	755	5.65%	New
	Independent	P. Homendra Marak	458	3.43%	New
	Independent	Srinivas Dubey	311	2.33%	New
Margin of victory			1,639	12.27%	9.84
Turnout			13,357	86.62%	3.70
Registered electors			15,857		12.29
	INC gain from MPPP		Swing	13.32

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MPPP	Lok Kindor Hajong	2,932	23.61%	*New*
	INC	Dhabal Chandra Barman	2,630	21.18%	19.75
	Independent	P. Homendra Marak	2,409	19.40%	New
	HPU	Golam Medihi	2,282	18.38%	36.24
	Independent	Abdul Hussain Sarkar	1,984	15.98%	New
	CPI	Alaudin Sheikh	106	0.85%	2.13
	Independent	Giridhari Barman	75	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			302	2.43%	11.26
Turnout			12,418	89.21%	2.06
Registered electors			14,122		19.16
	MPPP gain from HPU		Swing	31.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HPU	Dhabal Ch. Barman	5,558	54.61%	*New*
	INC	Harakanta Barman	4,165	40.93%	0.57
	CPI	Alaudin Sheikh	304	2.99%	New
	Independent	Asraf Ali	59	0.58%	New
	Independent	Jithen Sangma	16	0.16%	New
Margin of victory			1,393	13.69%	5.19
Turnout			10,177	87.45%	3.05
Registered electors			11,851		21.16
	HPU gain from INC		Swing	14.26

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lokhindor Hajong	3,269	40.35%	25.65
	Independent	Shamsul Hoque	2,581	31.86%	New
	APHLC	Dhabal Ch. Barman	2,208	27.26%	New
	HSPDP	Jithen Sangma	43	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			688	8.49%	27.75
Turnout			8,101	84.89%	0.09
Registered electors			9,781		3.55
	INC hold		Swing	25.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manik Chandra Das	5,158	66.00%	34.39
	Independent	Shamsul Hoque	2,326	29.76%	New
	Independent	Bindo Barman	155	1.98%	New
	Independent	Jithen Sangma	95	1.22%	New
	Independent	Dr. Romendra Ch. Das	81	1.04%	New
Margin of victory			2,832	36.24%	23.50
Turnout			7,815	85.15%	17.59
Registered electors			9,446		35.62
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	21.65

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shamsul Hoque	2,012	44.35%	*New*
	INC	Khelaram Barman	1,434	31.61%	New
	Independent	Manik Chandra Das	548	12.08%	New
	Independent	Baikuntha Nath Roy	543	11.97%	New
Margin of victory			578	12.74%
Turnout			4,537	69.72%
Registered electors			6,965
	Independent win (new seat)